Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago

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After clicking on a Facebook ad promoting Bitcoin, Helmer was quickly contacted by so-called financial advisers.
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By the time he realized it was all a scam, he says he had lost an estimated €26,000.

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