Turkish Authorities Arrest Man in $4 Billion Cryptocurrency Scam

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Five accused of illicit $76M cryptocurrency scam captured in Thailand

In a massive cross-border operation, four Chinese nationals and a Lao citizen were apprehended over their alleged involvement in a multimillion cryptocurrency scam that left a trail of devastation and losses amounting to over 2.

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Indian police begin probe into alleged $270K cryptocurrency exchange scam

Another cryptocurrency scam in India has reportedly duped investors of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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Indian Police Crash “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” Crypto Scam and Charge Mastermind

Con artists in India have been accused of duping at least 12 people of over $250,000 in the latest cryptocurrency scam. Local business people were persuaded into investing in the KBC Coin and promising them huge returns.

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RusGas Could Be Making Millions in a New Cryptocurrency Scam

MonitorChain recently uncovered a potential scam in the cryptocurrency industry which could be enabling fraudsters to make millions of dollars at the expense of investors. The scam could be an exit strategy which is driving the price of the underlying security to nearly nothing.

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Belgium warns citizens against these 99 cryptocurrency scam sites

The Belgian Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA) continues to warn netizens of the dangers of dealing with cryptocurrency businesses having identified several new blatant scam sites.

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Bitcoin Scam: Thailand Police Finally Nabs Kingpin in Popular Cryptocurrency Scam

Thai authorities have arrested a prime suspect involved in a cryptocurrency scam worth 797 million baht. Details of the Arrest The Thailand Police arrested Parinya Jaravijit, elder brother of Thai actor, Jirapisit “Boom” Jaravijit, on October 11 (Thursday), at the Suvarnabhumi Airport.

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Nouriel Roubini Sounds off on Cryptocurrencies in Senate Hearing

Noted economist Nouriel Roubini sounded off on virtual currency and blockchain in a recent Senate hearing. The NYU professor classified cryptocurrency as a big scam and a bubble. Prominent economist Nouriel Roubini is one of the few who accurately predicted the 2008 financial crisis.

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Senate Struggles to Understand Bitcoin – A Scam or Genuine Innovation?

The world is learning more about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies every day as they are creeping into public consciousness steadily. However, learning about Bitcoin, investing in it, and creating laws that regulate the cryptocurrency sector are completely different things.

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Hackers hide cryptocurrency mining malware in Adobe Flash updates

Cryptocurrency scammers have gotten extra creative and are now hiding mining malware in legitimate updates of Adobe Flash Player. Researchers from cybersecurity firm Palo Alto Networks discovered a fake Flash updater which has been doing the rounds since early August.

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Twitter caught promoting bogus Elon Musk cryptocurrency scam

Those pesky Tesla-themed cryptocurrency scammers are back! Hackers have assumed the Twitterdentity of Elon Musk yet again, and are even paying Twitter to help swindle Bitcoin from unsuspecting users.

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Open Scam: Yobit Cryptocurrency Exchange Publicly Pumping Coins

A recent tweet by Yobit cryptocurrency exchange has shown the exchange is actively into cryptocurrency price manipulation. Yobit in its tweet had revealed that: “YoBit Pump in 22 hrs: https://yobit.

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Eos (EOS) Investors Unmoved By Bitcoin (BTC) Selloff

Chart for EOS/USD (1W) Cryptocurrency markets plunge deep in the red, dancing to the tune of Bitcoin (BTC). Eos (EOS) investors are not moved by this confusion. In fact, as the above weekly chart for EOS/USD shows, the price of Eos (EOS) has not corrected the same way as the rest of the market.

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Avoid These Crypto Scam Methods: Pump & Dumps, Fake ICO Tokens and Telegram Schemers

Cryptocurrency Scams Overview & How to Avoid! The regulation of crypto coins remains a grey zone in most jurisdictions as of press date. This has resulted to the loss of digital currencies via Coin exchange platforms which may be hacked.

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Suspected Mastermind Behind Kassh Coin Arrested

The New Delhi Police Branch has arrested Asif Ashraf Malkani – a thirty-five-year-old man accused of operating Kassh Coin – a multi-million dollar scam that duped Bollywood celebrities, among scores of Indian investors.

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AmaZix CMO Talks Bots Vs Scambots 2018 Cryptocurrency Trading Warfare

Bots Vs Scambots: 2018 Cryptocurrency Arms Race Since the existence of internet, there have been numerous scam bots reported, with the most notorious one being the infamous 419 Nigerian prince scam, which offered victims a large sum of money for covering the huge administration fees on international transfers for foreign dignitaries. With the emergence of […]

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Bitcoin Scam Results In A €31 Million Loss

One of the leading countries in the world, famous for the finest wines and cheeses, home of the Eiffel Tower, la France, has been in the news recently but not for the right reasons. The country hasn’t made a stance on where it’s at with cryptocurrency but some of its citizens have been victims of a recent Bitcoin scam according to a recent news report.

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Pincoin ICO Crypto Exit Scam Dupes 32,000 Investors In $660 Million Heist

Pincoin seems to be one of the latest exit scams in the cryptocurrency space. The Initial Coin Offering was able to gather $660 million dollars from 32,000 different investors from all over the world.

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$50,000 Bitcoin ATM Scam Surfaces in Australia

In Melbourne’s West, scammers posing as debt collectors conned victims to deposit over $50,000 into a Bitcoin ATM. According to The Sydney Morning Herald’s article published on October 5, 2018, the four victims who were believed to be migrants, were threatened with an arrest if they failed to pay the total amount.

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Scammers Flee After Selling fake Crypto Tokens Amounting $300,000+ to Investors In India

Six Persons Accused of Cryptocurrency Scam in India An employee of Brio Hydrophonics, an Ahmedabad-based company, was arrested on Friday in connection with an alleged crypto scam in Gujurat India.

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Scammers Use Cryptocurrency ATMs to Target Potentially Vulnerable Victims

Australian police have been informed of a scam in which the perpetrators are requesting people deposit funds for them at cryptocurrency ATMs. It is thought that those behind the scam are targeting newly-arrived migrants who are unsure if such requests are genuine since they are navigating an entirely foreign system of taxation for the first.

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Stablecoin Tether Incurs Scam Accusations Following USDT Drop

Tether incurred severe criticism after its supposed stablecoin USDT lost its value against the U. S. Dollar. On Tuesday, the USDT/USD dropped towards 0. 95 across several cryptocurrency exchanges, stirring panic among investors who were arbitraging between the crypto-assets.

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Philippines to deport fugitives to South Korea for $33M Bitcoin scam

Filipino authorities have advanced on international criminals suspected of running a large-scale Bitcoin pyramid scheme. Authorities have detained two of the six individuals thought to have defrauded South Korean investors for over $33 million, while the others remain on the run.

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Monero Volunteers Fight Back Against PC Mining Hijackers

The Monero (XMR) community has launched the Malware Response Workgroup website that aims to inform people about the dangers of cryptocurrency mining malware, as well as, best practices to remove such scripts and avoid the growing scam in the first place.

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Ethereum dApp Flagged by Crypto Wallet MetaMask as ‘Active Scam’

Ethereum-based decentralized application 333ETH, one of the protocol’s most used dApp, has been labeled as an “active scam” by cryptocurrency wallet MetaMask, reported Hard Fork on Sept. 28. Accessing 333ETH via MetaMask throws up a caution message to visitors–stating the website is flagged for malicious reasons and may compromise user data.

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Crypto Startup MetaMask Marks Ethereum (ETH) DApp As A Scam

Ethereum DApp 333ETH Meets MetaMask As reported by The Next Web’s cryptocurrency column just recently, MetaMask, the cryptocurrency startup known for its wallet and decentralized application (DApp) explorer/access point, has just classified a popular Ethereum-based DApp as an “active scam,” blacklisting it in the process.

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Bad Cryptocurrency Projects Have Squandered Millions of Dollars

Cryptocurrency scams take many forms. But one thing they all share is the goal of enriching their founders at the expense of investors. If a crypto project is “investing” a large portion of its capital into lavish parties, PR stunts and marketing, there’s a strong chance that it’s a scam.

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Russia's Central Bank Revealed Crypto Related Ponzi Scheme

The financial scam project known as Cashberry lured thousands of unsuspecting people offering sky-high returns on traditional and cryptocurrency investments.

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New Zealand Police Issues Crypto Warning after Investor Gets Robbed in Online Scam

Canterbury police have warned the public about online scams after a cryptocurrency investor was defrauded of more than $200,000.

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SEC Issues More Sanctions to PlexCoin Cryptocurrency ICO Token Scam Members

SEC Seeks Sanctions Against Plexcoin Organizers The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) is looking to impose sanctions on the perpetrators behind the scamming ICO known as Plexcoin. Since December 2017, the SEC has been involved in a lawsuit against PlexCorps, the company that allegedly organized the Plexcoin token crowdsale. The case, in which the […]

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FINMA: Cryptocurrency Firm Alliance Capitals Looks Like a Typical Scam Project

Switzerland’s financial regulatory watchdog, the Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA), has warned cryptocurrency investors to be wary of Alliance Capital, a firm claiming to offer clients cryptocurrency trading services, binary options, and other financial products, according to a Finance Magnates report on September 24, 2018.

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How Crypto Whitepaper Research Can Help You to Avoid Scams

by John van Rijck from www. allcryptowhitepapers. com In this article, I will give you some pointers on how to recognize scam coins & projects through whitepaper research. Although most projects that turned out to be a scam had a great whitepaper, some of them gave away their bad intentions in the whitepaper.

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AWS Mining Cryptocurrency MLM Scam Outed as a Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme

AWS Mining Outed As A Ponzi Scheme Popular scam watchdog site “Behind MLM” published a lengthy article recently outlining their belief that the AWS Mining company is an overt Ponzi scam selling unregistered, illegal securities to unknowing victims.

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Texas Securities Commission Issues Cease and Desist to Stop Cryptocurrency Scams

Russian cryptocurrency mining firm Coins Miner Investments, and Belize cryptocurrency wallet company Digital Bank were recently issued cease and desist orders by the Texas Securities Commissioner (TSC).

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Op Ed: Why Your Financial Advisor Won't Talk to You About Bitcoin

Bitcoin is in the news, and we’ve all seen the stories about early investors who’ve made millions and driven away in new lambos. So it’s only natural that people who haven’t invested already are wondering if they should.

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Is Bitcoin Really Money? A Look Into What Qualifies As Money

Recently, a conversation between friends about cryptocurrency, its viability, and its reality in today’s world was held. One side was in favor of crypto and the future it holds, while the other side believed “Bitcoin” (because all cryptocurrency is Bitcoin to those who know little or nothing about cryptocurrency) is a scam, fake, and not […] The post Is Bitcoin Really Money? A Look Into What Qualifies As Money appeared first on NullTX.

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Texas State Securities Board Uncovers Three New Crypto and ICO Scams

The Texas State Securities Board issued three emergency cease and desist orders Tuesday, Sept. 18, to shut down a Russian cryptocurrency scam, charge DigitalBank and two principals for threatening immediate and irreparable harm to the public, and charge a forex and Bitcoin trader of guaranteeing false ROIs, respectively.

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Reddit User Exposes his Crypto Astroturfing Operation

The shadowy world of spam marketing and sock puppeting on behalf of cryptocurrency and blockchain projects has hit the headlines for its impact on Twitter users. The ubiquitous “crypto giveaway” scam has targeted everyone from Roger Ver to Pope Francis.

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Elon Musk Fed Up with Twitter Crypto Scams, Turns to Dogecoin Creator for Help

Eccentric tech entrepreneur and founder of Space X and electric vehicle manufacturer Tesla Motors, Elon Musk, is reportedly getting fed up with the cryptocurrency giveaway scam bots that have been plaguing popular social media platform Twitter for the better part of a year.

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Stolen XRP: Lack Of Laws Stop FBI And Korea From Recovering $800K

The U. S. FBI and law enforcement in South Korea and Japan have arrested two people in connection to phishing scam that stole $800,000 worth of Ripple (CRYPTO: XRP) tokens in a joint operation reported last week.

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Elon Musk recruits Dogecoin creator to fight cryptocurrency scambots

We might finally be getting an antidote to Twitter’s cryptocurrency scambot virus – thanks to none other than Tesla CEO Elon Musk. Determined to stop malicious botnets from impersonating him, Musk has asked Dogecoin creator Jackson Palmer to help him build a solution to curb the spread of fraudulent bots on the platform.

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OKEx Founder Walks Free After 24 Hours in Police Custody for an Alleged Crypto Scam

Star Xu, the founder of the world’s second largest crypto exchange OKEx and exchange service provider OKCoin, has been reportedly released from custody after being arrested by the Shanghai police on the evening of Sept.

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Scam Alert – John McAfee is not Giving Away a Tesla Model 3

Cryptocurrency scams have been around for as long as people can remember. It appears criminals will never stop coming up with newer ways to separate hodlers from their coins. This time they decided to impersonate a big influencer in the crypto community, none other than John McAfee. It would be rather unlikely for the real […]

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2 Exchanges Still Refer to BitConnect Despite the Project Turning Into a Scam

Bitconnect eventually turned into one of the biggest Ponzi Schemes the cryptocurrency industry has ever seen, surprisingly it is still actively listed on exchanges today. While the number of trading opportunities is nearly reduced to zero, it seems some service operators still have some cleaning up to do. The two following platforms still have active […]

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Venezuela’s Cryptocurrency Petro Has No Users, No Investors and No Oil to Back It Up

The petro has stirred up a lot of debate among the cryptocurrency community. Some believe it is a successful example of using the technology to create resource-backed assets and bypassing financial sanctions.

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Man Sells 26 Bitcoins for €180,000 In Counterfeit Cash

Adding to the litany of cryptocurrency scams being brought to public attention recently, a man has just reported to Dutch authorities that he was given €180,000 in counterfeit cash in exchange for 26 Bitcoins ($154,693).

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Bitcoin Price Watch: Currency Still at $7,000, Jordan Belfort Still Thinks There’s a Scam

At press time, the father of cryptocurrency has managed to remain at $7,000 after hitting the newfound zone during yesterday’s afternoon hours. Bitcoin huddled at the $6,400 mark for several days and remaining largely unaffected by relative financial news, but later spiked to $6,700 and broke the $7,000 line about 24 hours ago. Despite the […]

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Elon Musk Thinks Ethereum Is A Scam, But He Still Wants It

Elon Musk, the man, the myth the legend? Whatever you think of him, you can’t deny that he has a notorious presence within cryptocurrency. According to recent reports, he’s now jumping on the Ethereum train, even though he’s suspicious that it could be a scam.

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CheapAir Sends Warning To Customers About Bitcoin Extortion Scam

Popular travel and accommodation website CheapAir. com mentioned in a blog post how they were threatened with a social media smear campaign demanding $10,000 in Bitcoin.   CheapAir. com is a well-known website for intrepid travelers, but it’s also achieved notoriety inside of the cryptocurrency world.

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