Scientists used AI to find and track 95K ‘cryptocurrency free giveaway’ scams on Twitter
The team from San Diego State University revealed that almost a million dollars were fraudulently obtained from individuals through the Lists feature on Twitter, now known as X. Researchers at the university, based in California, developed an artificial intelligence system to detect, monitor, and bring to light cryptocurrency giveaway scams on X (formerly Twitter).
Named GiveawayScamHunter, this automated system identified 95,111 scam lists between June 2022 and June 2023, originating from 87,617 accounts on the X platform.
Using the tool, the team autonomously extracted website and wallet addresses linked to these scams, leading to the discovery of 327 domains associated with scam giveaways and 121 new cryptocurrency wallet addresses linked to scams.
The initial approach to tackling the issue involved identifying a novel
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