Scammers Deploy Fake Google Coin Chatbot
Malwarebytes researchers uncovered a live 'Google Coin' presale website that used a chatbot impersonating Google's Gemini AI to solicit irreversible cryptocurrency payments. The site showed fake progress counters, provided specific return projections (for example, 100 tokens at $3.95 allegedly becoming more than $2,700), and instructed visitors to send Bitcoin; Google has no such cryptocurrency, underscoring AI-enabled brand-impersonation fraud risks.
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- Read OriginalFake Google Gemini AI pushes ‘Google Coin’ crypto scamfoxnews.com
