Identifying and Analyzing Cryptocurrency Manipulations in Social Media
Mehrnoosh Mirtaheri, Sami Abu-El-Haija, Fred Morstatter, Greg Ver, Steeg, Aram Galstyan

TL;DR
This paper presents a computational method to detect and analyze cryptocurrency pump and dump scams on social media, assessing bot activity and predicting scam success.
Contribution
It introduces a multi-platform, multi-modal approach for identifying scams and predicting their outcomes, along with an analysis of bot involvement in social media cryptocurrency discussions.
Findings
Effective detection of pump and dump scams in social media data
Significant increase in bot activity during scam events
Ability to predict the success of pump attempts
Abstract
Interest surrounding cryptocurrencies, digital or virtual currencies that are used as a medium for financial transactions, has grown tremendously in recent years. The anonymity surrounding these currencies makes investors particularly susceptible to fraud---such as "pump and dump" scams---where the goal is to artificially inflate the perceived worth of a currency, luring victims into investing before the fraudsters can sell their holdings. Because of the speed and relative anonymity offered by social platforms such as Twitter and Telegram, social media has become a preferred platform for scammers who wish to spread false hype about the cryptocurrency they are trying to pump. In this work we propose and evaluate a computational approach that can automatically identify pump and dump scams as they unfold by combining information across social media platforms. We also develop a multi-modal…
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Taxonomy
TopicsSpam and Phishing Detection · Cybercrime and Law Enforcement Studies · Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
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