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Scammers use DOGE-Dogecoin confusion to prey on victims

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ScamsMarch 14, 2025 6:45 pm

Scammers use DOGE-Dogecoin confusion to prey on victims

Confusion about Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency originally founded as a joke that inspired the name of Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency, is playing into the hands of scammers.

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