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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Gustaf Kilander

Scammers target Trump supporters - and bad spellers - after Republican announced he’d take crypto donations

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Scammers are going after Trump supporters after the former president announced last month that his campaign would take donations in cryptocurrency.

Cybercrime detection firm Netcraft found dozens of websites trying to trick supporters of Donald Trump to hand over their crypto, Wired reported. The firm found just before the announcement was made, scammers registered domains with common misspellings to lure Trump supporters intending to visit donaldjtrump.com.

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