George Santos a first term member of the House of Representatives appears to be involved in a crypto centric version of the classic Nigerian prince email scam geared toward a campaign donor according to the New York Times Santos is under indictment for thirteen felonies including allegedly embezzling contributions from supporters A request for comment [...]
Research done by internet sleuth ZachXBT indicates that the "Crank That" rapper has promoted dozens of NFT projects on social media, some of which turned out to be rug pulls.
They invite you to a restaurant to ink an investment in your project, and then they vanish – with the contents of your crypto wallet. Scams have popped up over the last few years targeting crypto companies. European authorities are investigating.