FBI alarms crypto victims as scammers impersonate venture capital executives on Telegram

Malicious actors have started targeting crypto victims on Telegram, luring them to believe they’re dealing with venture capital investors. Crypto scammers are distributing a malicious software impersonating legitimate venture capital (VC) investors on Telegram. In an X post on Monday,…

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FBI warns of crypto scams impersonating agency in El Paso

Scammers are trying to lure victims into thinking a real investigation is being conducted, officials said. The Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has warned residents of El Paso, Texas, about phishing email letters from scammers pretending to be the bureau.…

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Fake beta-testing apps enlisted to rob cryptocurrency, FBI reports

The U. S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) warned that fraudulent beta-testing applications were masquerading as genuine cryptocurrency investment platforms to steal funds from unsuspecting victims, according to an Aug.

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FBI seeks victims of defunct Bitcoin mining platform as two arrested

Two Estonians were arrested for allegedly committing crypto fraud worth over $575 million The accused are the figures behind now-defunct Bitcoin cloud-mining service provider - HashFlare TheThe post FBI seeks victims of defunct Bitcoin mining platform as two arrested appeared first on AMBCrypto.

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FBI detects fake crypto apps that scammed $42.7M from 244 victims

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) detected three fake crypto apps that stole around $42. 7 million from 244 victims between October 4, 2021, and May 13, 2022, and recently issued a public warning against such fraudulent applications.

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FBI releases advisory on fraudulent crypto apps

With crypto-based cyber fraud victims having lost more than $42.7 million so far, the…

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New York Man Arrested for Alleged $1.8M Crypto Mining Scam

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested a 37-year-old man on Wednesday it says defrauded more than a dozen victims out of a total of $1.8 million in a long-running crypto mining scam.

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FBI Warns Ransomware Gangs Are Harassing Victims via Telephone Calls to Pay Crypto Ransoms

The U. S. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has released an alert that warns private industry in the country about incidents of harassment of victims made by ransomware gangs, such as the well-known Doppelpaymer group.

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Mobile Ransomware That Doesn't Ask Victims For Crypto Emerges

The study from Check Point reveals that cybercriminals are using the FBI’s name to collect ransom payments

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Ransomware Hacks Cost Victims $144M in BTC Over Last 6 Years, FBI Says

Ransomware has cornered victims into paying $144 million in Bitcoin since 2013

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QuadrigaCX: FBI Collaborating with Suspected Victims to Solve the Mystery

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has finally contacted some of the bitcoin (BTC) traders who lost their hard-earned money to QuadrigaCX and is now working with them to dig up more facts concerning the exchange’s collapse, according to reports on January 14, 2020.

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Defunct QuadrigaCX Exchange Victims Are Being Contacted By The FBI

The Federal Bureau of Investigation is now reaching out to QuadrigaCX victims via email in what appears to be confirmation that the federal agency has started carrying out investigations to try and establish what could have led to the collapse of the Canadian cryptocurrency exchange platform.

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The FBI Is Now Reaching Out to QuadrigaCX Victims

The FBI is emailing victims of the QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange, confirming the federal agency is investigating the circumstances around its collapse.

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US Authorities Arrest Alleged SIM Swappers After Crypto Thefts

The FBI has arrested two individuals on charges of stealing and attempting to steal $550,000 in cryptocurrency by SIM swapping 10 victims.

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FBI Opens Forms for US-Based QuadrigaCX Crypto Exchange Victims

The investigation moves beyond the borders of Canada, as US agencies take a hawkish stance to cryptocurrency activity.

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FBI Seeks for QuadrigaCX Victims to Aid Ongoing Investigation

According to a report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) on June 3, 2019, it is conducting an ongoing investigation alongside the Internal Revenue Service Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), the United States Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, and the Department of Justice’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section to seek victims who lostRead MoreRead More.

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FBI Brings Crypto Exchange QuadrigaCX Investigation to the United States

By CCN: The FBI officially expanded the QuadrigaCX case, in which the founder suspiciously died, and more than $100 million in cryptocurrency was lost, to the United States today. The agency took to Twitter to ask for US-based victims of the crime to come forward.

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US FBI Calls for QuadrigaCX Users to Provide Information

Victims in the aftermath of the QuadrigaCX scandal have been called on to provide information by the United States Federal Bureau of Investigation

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FBI Publishes Questionnaire Targeting Potential QuadrigaCX Victims

The Internal Revenue Service’s Criminal Investigation Division, the U. S. Attorney General’s office for the District of Columbia, the Department of Justice’s Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, and the FBI have all begun investigating the events of now-defunct Canadian crypto exchange QuadrigaCX.

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The FBI Is Looking for QuadrigaCX Victims

The FBI published a questionnaire for potential victims of QuadrigaCX on Monday.

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FBI asks victims of bankrupt QuadrigaCX cryptocurrency exchange to start snitching

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is stepping up its probe into defunct Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX. In an announcement yesterday, the FBI asked victims affected by the QuadrigaCX collapse to come forward and complete a questionnaire to aid with its “ongoing investigation.

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FBI Looking for BitConnect Victims to Aid with Investigation

The US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) is looking for victims who invested in the cryptocurrency BitConnect (BCC) to aid with the ongoing investigation of the alleged Ponzi scheme, the agency announced Feb.

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FBI Seeking Potential Victims of BitConnect to Assist Investigation

The FBI is reaching out to those who invested in the now-worthless BCC token offered by the defunct crypto exchange BitConnect.

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FBI Solicits Information From Bitconnect Investors With Voluntary Questionnaire

The FBI wants to identify alleged victims of the Bitconnect alleged ponzi scheme via a questionnaire

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The FBI Is On The Lookout For BitConnect Victims

Here’s a brief questionnaire you might not want to ignore.

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The FBI Is Seeking Bitconnect Victims to Aid in its Investigations of the Ponzi Scheme

The Bitconnect ponzi scheme managed to rope in a lot of investors in the two year period it was operational. From February 2016 till January 2018, BCC was the coin that guaranteed profits for many.

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The FBI Reaches out to BitConnect Victims as Investigation Trucks Along

The cryptocurrency world has seen many potential scams, fraudulent ventures, and projects which were abandoned fairly quickly. BitConnect has been one of the darkest stains in the industry as a whole.

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FBI Wants Your Help to Investigate $2.5 Billion Crypto Scam Bitconnect

Like most scams, it will be years before Bitconnect’s operators have felt the full weight of their actions. However, the US government wants victims to help bring the $2. 5 billion crypto Ponzi scheme to justice.

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FBI Seeks to Speak with Bitconnect Victims as Part of Investigation

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation is looking to speak to those investors burned by what has perhaps become the best known scam in cryptocurrency history, Bitconnect. The word Bitconnect is now synonymous with scams targeting the cryptocurrency community.

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FBI Is Looking For BitConnect Victims

The victims of the once popular lending platform that turned out to be the biggest crypto scam in history are encouraged to speak up by the FBI

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