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43% of Meta ads linked to the UK Prime Minister are cryptocurrency scams

Fenimore Harper, an analytics firm founded by former members of the UK Treasury, found that 43% of all Meta ads based on UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer since the UK election were linked to cryptocurrency scams. Cybercriminals used Keir Starmer's deepfake in more than 250 Meta ads designed to defraud victims of cryptocurrency.