2022-4-3 12:49 |
DogeMother is a honeypot scam that has trapped buyers, according to blockchain security firm PeckShield origin »
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A Turkish prosecutor wants to slap the founders and executives of the Thodex cryptocurrency exchange with what could be the harshest prison sentence of all time. Bloomberg reported Friday, citing Demiroren News Agency, that the charges against Istanbul-based Thodex crypto exchange seeks sentences of up to 40,564 years for each of the 21 accused. According […]
2022-4-2 19:00 | |
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OpenSea is in the midst of figuring out an attack on its platform that appears to be a phishing scheme according to tweets by the company and its CEO. At some point yesterday, OpenSea stated that a phishing scam had caused 32 users to sign into a malicious payload from an attacker and, unfortunately, some […] The post OpenSea Phishing Attack Causes Concern in Hot NFT Market appeared first on NFT News Today.
2022-2-21 19:57 | |
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According to blockchain research firm Chainalysis, scam involving crypto reached an all-time high of $14 billion last year, a record that comes as regulators demand for more power over the fast-growing sector.
2022-1-7 13:15 | |
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According to Barrons, an intelligence team from Binance is currently auditing the blockchain and is busy collecting relevant data and information that will assist authorities in capturing the perpetrators behind the Squid Game token scam.
2021-11-4 14:00 | |
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Months after a Coinbase user lost $10 million worth of Bitcoin to a scam, a federal judge in the United States has finally approved a warrant to freeze the 10. 2 Bitcoin that was moved into Houbi as part of the stolen fund in the April scam, according to a report from Business Insider.
2021-11-2 05:00 | |
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Decentralized Finance (DeFi) has become more and more popular in the past few months. According to the statistics, by Q1 ’21, the overall monthly trade volume has almost tripled compared to December 2020 ($25 billion).
2021-7-26 16:25 | |
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A massive police operation took place in Istanbul, Turkey, against a Chinese gang’s crypto scam. Authorities found that criminals kidnapped 101 people and forced them to run scam operations. Scammers Tricked Hostages by Promising Them Work in a Legit ‘Crypto Investment Consultancy’ According to Demirören Haber Ajansı, Istanbul police cracked down a fake “crypto investment […]
2021-3-17 18:00 | |
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According to reports from local news outlets, a Chinese gang of 18 suspects was recently detained by the police authorities of Istanbul on account of kidnapping and operating a crypto scam scheme. The gang which held its operations in Silivri in the Province of Istanbul, Turkey, attracted 101 people including two Turkmens, 95 Chinese nationals, […]
2021-3-15 15:33 | |
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Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is seeking the public’s help in locating Omotade Sparks Amos Sewanu, the mastermind behind the Inksnation crypto scam. According to a notice published in the local media on November 11, the EFCC wants Sewanu to respond to fraud charges relating to Inksnation’s purported crypto token- Pinkoin.
2020-11-17 23:45 | |
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Electrum-based malware scam was once again highlighted by Whale Alert tracking service by drawing attention to a payment made to an address used by Electrum malware. According to the tweet, the paymenThe post Payment of $32,000 in Bitcoin was sent to an address used by Electrum malware appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-11-14 23:30 | |
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Leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance says it has succeeded in tracing and retrieving funds stolen by the architect of Wine Swap, a DeFi exit scam. According to a blog post published on November 4, Binance has reportedly been able to recover nearly all the stolen funds — an estimated 99.
2020-11-5 16:38 | |
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Several cryptocurrency investors in the UK claimed to have lost hundreds of thousands of pounds in a so-called Lyfcoin crypto project which they believe to be a scam according to a local news report.
2020-10-30 19:00 | |
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Cybercrime gangs have stolen over to $22 million from users who use the Electrum Bitcoin wallets via a fake app update scam according to an investigation. The criminals later transferred the stolen fuThe post Hackers have stolen 1,980 Bitcoin via wallet 'fake update' appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-10-13 22:30 | |
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A leaked Telegram discussion by 50 so-called crypto influencers has exposed the extraordinary steps they take in order to profit on the back off unsuspecting defi investors. According to a leaked screenshot of the chat, an elaborate plan to defraud defi investors using the worthless “$Few” tokens had been hatched.
2020-9-29 08:15 | |
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Indian police are investigating a New Delhi-based crypto firm, ‘Pluto exchange,’ which has been accused of swindling Rs 2 crore (approximately $270K) from 43 crypto investors, according to local rThe post Crypto exchange in India under investigation over $200K crypto scam appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-9-22 20:45 | |
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Following the arrest of 109 accused members of the $6 billion Ponzi scheme called Plustoken, six alleged members of the team were prosecuted according to a court filing submitted on Monday. The prosecutors say the individuals are “suspected in organizing and leading criminal pyramid schemes.
2020-9-10 03:00 | |
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A bitcoin investor has issued a dire warning to the crypto community after getting scammed out of some funds attempting a transfer to Coinbase, according to a Reddit thread. Reddit Member seraf1990 published a post today detailing the unfortunate chain of events in a thread that has received dozens of responses.
2020-8-27 18:18 | |
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Tech giant Google rescinded the license of a Philippines business running a scam involving Bitcoin and gift cards over the weekend, according to local reports. The post Google busts firm running a $1.
2020-8-24 16:00 | |
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U. S. authorities have charged the organizers of the cryptocurrency-based investment scheme AirBit Club with fraud and money laundering. According to an announcement by the U. S. Department of Justice (DOJ), the defendants are being charged for, “their roles in an internationally coordinated fraud and money laundering ring involved in defrauding individuals through investments in AirBit Club.
2020-8-20 16:21 | |
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A recent episode of the popular BBC Sounds podcast the “Missing Cryptoqueen” has shown the public a very interesting view of the powerful Onecoin Ponzi. According to two witnesses the BBC interviewed, a London law firm and a reputation management company allegedly managed to get the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to take down a […] The post Reports Claim UK’s Financial Conduct Authority ‘Pressurized’ to Remove Onecoin Scam Warning appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2020-8-8 03:15 | |
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Chinese authorities have reportedly nabbed 109 persons allegedly involved in the PlusToken crypto scam. According to Chinese news agency CLS, the arrests covered 27 suspected masterminds and another 82 alleged key members of the elaborate crypto Ponzi scheme.
2020-7-30 15:31 | |
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PlusToken, one of the greatest exit scams in history, defrauded investors of nearly $6 billion, according to latest reports.
2020-7-31 14:07 | |
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In the past week, reports emerged that some key members of the Onecoin scam were found dead in Mexico. According to reports, the two Oscar Brito Ibarra and Ignacio Ibarra may have been kidnapped and murdered but the motives behind their murder is unclear.
2020-7-25 08:32 | |
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According to the latest report by blockchain analysis firm Elliptic, 22% or 2. 89 BTC of stolen Bitcoins from Twitter scam have been sent to a Wasabi Wallet for laundering. Elliptic analysis identified a wallet address that the firm strongly believes to “be part” of a Wasabi Wallet.
2020-7-19 20:52 | |
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Coinspeaker Twitter Hackers who Targeted High-Profile Accounts Received $121,000 in BitcoinThe hackers managed to receive over 400 payments in the scam, or $121,000 worth of Bitcoin. According to Tom Robinson, co-founder of cryptocurrency compliance firm Elliptic, the sum is quite low to become a historic one.
2020-7-17 12:00 | |
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On Wednesday, a large number of Twitter accounts were compromised and the hackers used the accounts to tweet about a bitcoin doubling scam. According to multiple reports, a Twitter employee was paid to give the hackers an internal tool that let them leverage high-profile social media accounts.
2020-7-17 02:05 | |
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A $14 million smart contract scam has been tracked down by the Chinese police. According to reports from a Chinese media outlet, the team of scammers who were said to have been situated in their headquarters in the Eastern Chinese province of Fujian was infiltrated by police officials who arrested the perpetrators. Allegations go as […]
2020-7-11 14:35 | |
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According to data from the EOS blockchain, a wallet that held over 26 million EOS tokens (worth $67 million) has moved the coins to an unknown wallet. In July 2019, this project was accused of being a Pyramid scheme that stole over $3 billion from its users.
2020-6-23 01:59 | |
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A fraud victim who had his BTC taken from a hardware storage device and asked the scammers to send him some back, has left Crypto Twitter, according to Adam Back
2020-6-18 15:49 | |
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Russ Albert Medlin, the founder of the infamous Bitcoin Club Network has been arrested by the Jakarta police force. According to a Jakarta media outlet, Medlin who had previously been indicted by the United States department of justice over a $722 million Cryptocurrency scam was apprehended in South Jakarta on Monday, for engaging in sexual […]
2020-6-17 01:49 | |
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Yes, XRP should be actually given out for free, according to legendary chartist Peter Brandt
2020-4-13 20:10 | |
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Cryptocurrency scams were the second riskiest scams last year, according to a report carried out by the Better Business Bureau (BBB), a US-based nonprofit founded more than a century ago. Crypto Scams Get Own Category on BBB Scam Tracker In 2018, BBB Scam Tracker, an annual report of the most nefarious scam types, listed cryptocurrency scams as an emerging problem.
2020-3-4 18:30 | |
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There’s a new extortion scam that targets Google AdSense serving websites and demands Bitcoin (BTC) in exchange for the prevention of an attack. This attack, according to the extortionist, would lead to the AdSense account of targeted users to be suspended or banned.
2020-2-18 00:44 | |
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Timothy Peterson, CFA at Cane Island Alternative Advisors, tweeted about Coinmetrics’ recent findings on Bitcoin SV (BSV) transactions, which show extremely high levels of wash trading. Bitcoin Satoshi’s Vision, or Bitcoin Scam Version? Bitcoin SV, the cryptocurrency led by self-proclaimed Satoshi, Craig Wright, seems to have heavily manipulated transaction data, according to a report by Coinmetrics.
2020-2-1 01:30 | |
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OneCoin remains the biggest scam to ever grace the digital currency industry. It now seems that the lawsuit affecting this company isn’t going according to plan either. More specifically, the lawyer representing OneCoin in this case has come under a lot of scrutiny.
2020-1-26 02:00 | |
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Another week, another round of Crypto Tidbits. The first week of January was a quiet one for the Bitcoin and broader digital asset market, with BTC gaining a mere 0. 7% over the past seven days, according to Coin360.
2020-1-5 00:00 | |
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Chinese law enforcement recently busted 72 individuals connected to the Cloud Token (CTO) scam. The Ponzi was similar to the Plustoken fraud and CTO scammers made off with $500 million. According to regional press, the CTO scam artists are likely connected to the Plustoken swindlers.
2019-12-29 03:20 | |
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A bitcoin trader who promised massive returns by investing in his BitMEX fund, has allegedly made away with more than $380,000 in BTC in what appears to be an exit scam. Bitcoin Scammer Drops Parting Joke According to Twitter handle ‘stealthbomber21,’ a bitcoin trader with the moniker ‘hitsXBT’ has defrauded investors in his Bitmex $BTC fund.
2019-12-23 16:15 | |
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It has been a while since an update on the PlusToken scam was provided. According to Chainalysis, this may be the reason why the Bitcoin price is dropping hard. It is evident that PlusToken has caused a lot of damage.
2019-12-18 07:00 | |
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One of the lead investigators at CipherBlade, Richard Sanders, alleges that the cryptocurrency exchange HitBTC is the “largest-scale criminally fraudulent entity” in the industry. According to Sanders, HitBTC is a “wolf in sheep’s clothing.
2019-12-18 04:53 | |
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On Monday, the blockchain surveillance company Chainalysis published an excerpt from the firm’s upcoming crime report that will publish in January. According to the Chainalysis research, the Ponzi scheme called Plustoken not only defrauded investors out of $3 billion but the scam “may also be driving down the price of bitcoin.
2019-12-17 16:00 | |
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The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has decided to revisit the Renwick Haddow case, a Bitcoin-related fraud where investors were stripped of a combined amount of $37 million. According to news outlet, Cointelegraph, the SEC expressed their intentions in a letter sent to Judge Lorna G.
2019-12-9 20:34 | |
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The infamous crypto Ponzi scheme OneCoin website has gone offline several months following US government officials indicted one of the key suspects involved in the scam, Cointelegraph reports. According to MLM scam monitor, OneCoin did not return live results from Nov.
2019-12-3 23:29 | |
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IDAX, an Asian crypto exchange whose users have been unable to make withdrawals since November 24, has announced that it’s CEO, who allegedly absconded with the exchange’s cold wallet is still nowhere to be found and as such, it is suspending all deposits and withdrawals indefinitely, according to a blog post on November 29, 2019.
2019-11-30 18:00 | |
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The third-largest Ponzi scam in history, Plus Token Wallet, could be responsible for the drop in price Bitcoin saw last week. According to one analyst, the massive liquidation from the Plus Token scam caused an abnormal effect on the market, leading to an increased sell pressure that forced miners to capitulate way ahead of schedule.
2019-11-27 15:58 | |
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In China, cryptocurrency is still not allowed to be used. Interestingly, the Tencent internet company recently launched a financial monitoring tool, which recently made it easier for the authorities in this country to locate substantial illegal activities.
2019-11-26 01:00 | |
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Konstantin Ignatov, brother of the missing Cryptoqueen founder of OneCoin, pleads guilty to actions related to the known scam and now faces 90 years in prison. According to a BBC report on November 14, Ignatov will not risk further charges and could apply to the US witness protection.
2019-11-15 14:00 | |
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Cloud Token is a platform that describes itself on its website as a “decentralized wallet.” Allegedly, according to a Behind MLM report. the platform is changing its approach of trading revenue to pay investors to a mandatory SIM card service and Ronald Aai confirmed when such a change happens, the company ceases company-funded withdrawals. Withdrawals […]
2019-11-4 20:25 | |
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Six people were recently charged by the Chinese police for their connection to a crypto scam. According to the reports from local media outlets, the police of the Jiangsu Province believes that these six fraudsters conned around 10,900 investors.
2019-10-25 00:31 | |
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