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Scams and cryptocurrency can go hand in hand – here’s how they work and what to watch out for

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When one of our students told us they were going to drop out of college in August 2021, it wasn’t the first time we’d heard of someone ending their studies prematurely.

What was new, though, was the reason. The student had become a victim of a cryptocurrency scam and had lost all their money – including a bank loan – leaving them not just broke, but in debt.

The experience was financially and psychologically traumatic, to say the least. This student, unfortunately, is not alone. Currently there are hundreds of millions of cryptocurrency owners, with estimates predicting further rapid growth.

As the number of people owning cryptocurrencies has increased, so has the number of scam victims. We study behavioral economics and psychology – and recently published a book about the rising problem of fraud, scams and financial abuse.

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