Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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The 5 biggest crypto scams in history stole an estimated $17 billion: OneCoin, BitConnect, FTX, pig butchering, and rug pulls. Here's how each one worked and the red flags to spot.

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Learn how the five biggest crypto scams actually pulled it off and what each one teaches you about protecting your own money:

🔹 How OneCoin sold a "cryptocurrency" that had no blockchain at all, and why founder Ruja Ignatova is still on the FBI's Ten Most Wanted list
🔹 Why BitConnect's promise of 1% daily returns was a $2.4 billion Ponzi hiding in plain sight
🔹 How FTX left an $8 billion hole in customer funds, and the one question that would have exposed it
🔹 The five warning signs that showed up in every single scam (miss these and you're the next target)
🔹 Why rug pull losses jumped from $90 million to nearly $6 billion in a single year

None of this is ancient history. Pig butchering and rug pulls are still accelerating right now, and the same five warning signs keep showing up.

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⏱ Chapters:
0:00 $17 billion stolen: what these scams have in common
0:41 OneCoin: how do you sell a coin that never existed?
2:15 BitConnect: why was 1% a day the loudest Ponzi ever?
3:51 How do you actually know what's in your crypto portfolio?
4:49 FTX: where did $8 billion in customer funds go?
6:48 Pig butchering: how a "wrong number" text drains your savings
8:25 Rug pulls: the DeFi scam that grew 6,000% in a year
9:51 The 5 red flags that appear in every crypto scam

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