Scammer Posed as Trump-Vance Official to Steal $250K in Crypto, DOJ Says
In brief A Nigerian national allegedly posed as a Trump-Vance Inaugural Committee official using a lookalike email to steal $250K in Ethereum-based USDT. AI and deepfake technology will “amplify the scale and sophistication of scam activity,” with effective prevention requiring a “cross-sectoral approach,” Decrypt was told. Industry observers warn that scams exploiting political events and