The “Bitcoin Generator” Scam
The “Bitcoin Generator Scam” (BGS) is a cyberattack in which scammers promise to provide victims with free cryptocurrencies in exchange for a small mining fee. In this paper, we present a data-driven system to detect, track, and analyze the BGS. It works as follows: we first formulate search queries...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2022-09-01
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Series: | Blockchain: Research and Applications |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2096720922000252 |