NFT Fraud, Crypto Mining Scams, and MLM Scams

Jason Scharfman ()
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Chapter 10 in The Cryptocurrency and Digital Asset Fraud Casebook, Volume III, 2025, pp 201-226 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract This chapter begins with a discussion of fraud involving non-fungible tokens (NFTs). Techniques employed by scammers to execute NFT scams, including lazy minting, bot spamming, gallery scraping, phishing attacks, rug pulls, pump-and-dump schemes, and impersonation methods, are discussed. Next, case studies in cryptocurrency mining fraud are then analyzed. The chapter then discusses cases related to cryptocurrency multi-level marketing (MLM) schemes. The chapter concludes with a review of two-factor authentication (2FA) and SIM swap fraud.

Keywords: NFT fraud; Lazy minting; Bot spamming; Crypto MLM; 2FA; SIM swap attacks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-031-84108-8_10

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