AI scam targets Ripple holders and memecoin trader loses it all: Crypto-Sec
An AI-generated video purports to show Chris Larsen claiming to give away XRP, and a trader 10x’d a MicroStrategy memecoin but gave it to a phishing account.
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An AI-generated video purports to show Chris Larsen claiming to give away XRP, and a trader 10x’d a MicroStrategy memecoin but gave it to a phishing account.
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