Scientists used AI to find and track 95K ‘cryptocurrency free giveaway’ scams on Twitter
The San Diego State University team uncovered nearly a million dollars were scammed from victims via the Lists feature on Twitter — now called X.
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The San Diego State University team uncovered nearly a million dollars were scammed from victims via the Lists feature on Twitter — now called X.
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