October 20th 2026, 5:10 AM
AG: Members of Gen Z increasingly becoming victims of crypto scammers
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LOS ANGELES (KESQ) - High-tech fraudsters aren't just targeting elders, law enforcement throughout California is seeing a sharp rise in reports of Gen-Z -- or people born from 1997 to 2012 -- being preyed upon by cryptocurrency rip-off artists on platforms like Twitch, TikTok and Instagram, officials said Monday. Crypto scams use the same psychological