Australia’s ‘Barefoot Investor’ takes on crypto scammers stealing his likeness

Australian investing and finance educator Scott Pape, known as the “Barefoot Investor,” has broken down the secrets behind WhatsApp group crypto scams targeting Facebook users.

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Scott Pape, an Australian financial educator known as the “Barefoot Investor,” has spoken out about how he took on crypto fraudsters who stole his identity to scam his followers.

The Australian reported on Dec. 23 that Pape said he and his team had been reporting hundreds of fake Facebook groups that had been imitating his likeness in a bid to dupe people into taking part in scams. 

Instead of waiting for Facebook to remove the groups — which could see the scams proliferate in the interim — Pape decided to engage with the scammers and detail the process of what they do.

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