2024-6-22 17:06 |
Ledger has spotted brand new type of scam used for hitting TRX, MATIC and ETH wallets origin »
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The scammers convinced victims to transfer millions of dollars into U.S. bank accounts, which were then used to launder the illicit funds.
2024-5-18 12:52 | |
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The X account of movie star Tom Holland was recently hacked, with attackers using it to falsely promote SPIDER cryptocurrency tokens and Spiderverse NFTs. The account, which boasts more than 7 million followers, was used by bad actors to announce…
2024-4-17 12:47 | |
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The recent URF promotion worked towards undermining Solana's credibility. Reportedly, the URF team used the presale funds to trade meme coins. Since its launch in 2020, Solana [SOL] has expeThe post 'Sketchy' URF presale raises 2400 SOL, influencer pitches $450K 'scam' appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2024-4-3 17:00 | |
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A deepfake scam used Vitalik Buterin's face to endorse a phishing site Situation demands enhanced detection technologies, stricter regulations, and user education Ethereum (ETH) co-founder VThe post Ethereum: Buterin's face used for deepfake video promoting wallet drainer appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2024-2-9 17:30 | |
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During the early hours of October 22, the Gate.io Twitter account was hacked and used to promote phishing scams. The post Gate.io Twitter Account Hacked to Promote Phishing Scam appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2022-10-23 15:30 | |
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Attackers deployed malicious contract to old address of one of most popular DeFi protocols, 1inch
2022-10-16 17:03 | |
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Mining is a great way to understand cryptocurrency much deeper and earn money by mining cryptocurrencies. One of the most common ways of mining is hardware mining and it’s been used for 10 years.
2022-6-5 13:42 | |
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Check out U.Today’s news digest and make sure you are up-to-date with the latest events in the industry!
2022-5-28 19:13 | |
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NFT-related scams have been on the rise lately; finally, authorities in the US arrested two over an alleged rug pull involving NFT assets. NFT Projects: Good or bad? More than once, we’ve witnessed NFTs being used as a tool to scam, steal, or launder money.
2022-3-26 06:14 | |
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Mining is a great way to understand cryptocurrency much deeper and earning money by mining cryptocurrencies. One of the most common ways of mining is with hardware mining and it’s being used since the 10 years.
2021-8-17 17:43 | |
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On Tuesday, a California state judge dismissed the case filed against YouTube by Apple Inc’s co-founder, Steve Wozniak. In the lawsuit, Wozniak claimed that his image was used in some YouTube videos to promote a fake Bitcoin giveaway.
2021-6-3 13:09 | |
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A California state judge has ruled that Steve Wozniak, a co-founder of tech giant Apple, can’t sue YouTube over Bitcoin scam videos that used his image, Bloomberg reported today. The post US courts say Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak can’t blame YouTube for Bitcoin scams appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2021-6-3 13:00 | |
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A cryptocurrency founder has been arrested and is facing up to 10 years imprisonment for tax evasion after running an exit scam. He allegedly made millions of dollars from his cryptocurrency and used an elaborate scheme to avoid paying taxes.
2020-12-13 05:55 | |
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Злоумышленники, эксплуатирующие уязвимость биткоин-кошелька Electrum, похитили более $32 000 у очередного пострадавшего пользователя. 🚔 A payment of 2. 042 #BTC (32,876 USD) was just made to a confirmed Malware scam! ℹ️ The receiving address is used by the Electrum malwarehttps://t.
2020-11-16 09:42 | |
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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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An investigation by the New York State Department of Financial Services has revealed how the great Twitter hack in July happened. A total of 130 high-profile, celebrity accounts were compromised and many were used to tweet about a bitcoin giveaway scam.
2020-10-26 22:15 | |
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BitMEX has long been a source of polarization within the crypto industry. Despite many traders blaming it for the so-called “scam wicks” and immense volatility within the crypto markets, it remained the largest and most widely used Bitcoin trading platform.
2020-10-3 05:00 | |
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The president of Colombia became an impersonation victim of yet another crypto-related scam If... The post Columbian president’s name used for Bitcoin scam appeared first on Coin Journal.
2020-9-3 13:37 | |
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A different kind of scam.
2020-8-17 01:00 | |
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Coinspeaker New Bitcoin Scam Uses Daniel Craig for Fake Celebrity EndorsementsCelebrities and high-profile public figures such as members of the Dragon’s Den, Piers Morgan, James McAvoy, Elon Musk, Richard Branson, and Martin Lewis are used excessively by Bitcoin scammers for promotional purposes.
2020-8-8 20:52 | |
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YouTube took down Jon Prosser’s channel with 262K subscribers after hackers used it to promote a free Bitcoin giveaway scam.
2020-8-7 08:13 | |
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The ASIC has received numerous reports on fake crypto trading robots and other schemes used to scam Australians.
2020-7-31 18:47 | |
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With the rapid rise in the number of bitcoin scams, there are easy ways to check if a bitcoin address has been reported as being used by scammers, such as in fake bitcoin giveaways. You can also easily report any bitcoin address associated with a scam.
2020-7-22 08:30 | |
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This week, the popular social platform Twitter was hacked to promote a scam where $120,000 in Bitcoin was stolen. Similar crypto scams have run rampant on the platform for some time. The ongoing issue highlights how social media has transformed from a place to post selfies, into an online community that is used to transfer […]
2020-7-18 00:00 | |
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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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Billionaires, politicians, and celebrities were victimized in a large-scale phishing campaign with the hackers defrauding people for over $100,000 in Bitcoin. Hackers used their access to trick people into participating...
2020-7-16 02:07 | |
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The Twitter accounts for a large number of famous influencers have been hacked, offering a run-of-the-mill Bitcoin scam. The hacks appear to be related to a hacked posting service. It seems like some Twitter API posting service has been compromised and being used to send out fake "giveaway" tweets from popular crypto/blockchain accounts.
2020-7-16 23:57 | |
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Over the past few weeks, YouTube cryptocurrency giveaway scams have been gaining popularity for their increased fraudulent ads where crypto CEOs and Founders have been impersonated, and their identity used to defraud unsuspecting YouTube viewers of millions of cryptocurrencies.
2020-7-12 23:38 | |
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Billionaire Wissam Al Mana has demanded Facebook disclose the identities of the parties who used his image to promote a crypto scam
2020-3-26 02:15 | |
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Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and James Bond?s Daniel Craig have one thing in common -- their famous names being used to promote cryptocurrency scams
2020-3-24 10:37 | |
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The two scammers used a Twitter account to pose as crypto exchange staff to persuade an Oregon resident to hand over bitcoin.
2020-3-18 13:31 | |
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Wissam Al Mana, the Qatari billionaire who has been married to Janet Jackson, is suing Facebook for promoting a crypto scam that used his image. He claims false advertising, malicious falsehood and defamation by a crypto firm that hasn’t been named yet.
2020-2-25 19:46 | |
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Janet Jackson’s ex-husband, Qatari billionaire Wissam Al Mana, is suing Facebook over fake ads using his image to endorse a crypto scam. Al Mana’s Image Used to Endorse a Crypto Scam Facebook has come under fire again when it comes to cryptocurrency.
2020-2-24 16:00 | |
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When bad press surrounding the scam started circulating, Onecoin used fake positive reviews TrustPilot and Quora to try to protect its public image
2020-1-29 12:54 | |
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Ethereum tokens controlled by the "anonymous' HEX flush address were secretly used to prop up the "scam token" on crypto exchanges. The post Crypto Investors’ Ethereum Secretly Used to Prop up HEX ‘Scam Token’ appeared first on CCN.com
2020-1-6 00:00 | |
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A new brazen scam was detected in Telegram and on YouTube, in which scammers ask gullible ETH holders to send their Ethers for a reward worth 10 times in value.
2019-12-10 17:55 | |
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Evidence shows EtherDelta was sold to new owners in China and used in an exit scam. Chinese authorities are allegedly taking legal action against the decentralized exchange, according to documents provided by Dovey Wan, a founding partner at Primitive Ventures.
2019-8-8 20:57 | |
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A retired couple in Australia have reportedly lost $900,000 to an elaborate cryptocurrency scam. Mike and Karen Taylor were traveling around Australia in a camper van when they fell for the online scam.
2019-7-19 16:46 | |
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Scammers are trying to steal users’ funds by promoting fake giveaways This is a similar strategy as the one used in 2017 by many scammers As the cryptocurrency market continues to expand, it seems that new scammers are trying to take advantage of the renewed interest in Bitcoin (BTC) and other virtual currencies. One of […]
2019-7-15 17:24 | |
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The allure of fast profits from cryptocurrency appears to have been too great for one bank manager in India. The manager of a Standard Chartered branch, a private bank in India, has been arrested for running a cryptocurrency scam in which he promised unrealistic returns on a digital coin, Business Standard reports.
2019-7-3 12:52 | |
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Facebook has taken down a sponsored post scammers shared with hundreds of thousands of unsuspecting users. The fraudsters used the post to attract victims to a fake bitcoin trading platform they marketed with Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed, the Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces.
2019-6-30 10:06 | |
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A Swedish citizen has been charged with securities, wire fraud, and money laundering in a scheme that saw him encourage victims to invest using cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin In a complaint submitted on March 4, 2019, and unsealed yesterday, Roger Nils-Jonas Karlsson and his company, Eastern Metal Securities (EMS), were charged with engaging in a scheme that defrauded more than 3,500 victims of over $11 million.
2019-6-20 11:49 | |
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A call center scam that targeted US citizens and requested payment in Bitcoin has been busted by police in India resulting in the arrest of 78 people. According to a report, the Indore unit of Madhya Pradesh police’s Cyber Cell unearthed the online scam, which saw tele callers with American accents dupe US citizens.
2019-6-13 11:21 | |
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John de Mol, a Dutch media tycoon and creator of the “Big Brother” reality TV show, has slapped Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook with a lawsuit on June 5, 2019, claiming that the social media network allowed his name and image to be used in advertisements promoting a bitcoin (BTC) scam scheme, according to a Reuters reportRead MoreRead More.
2019-6-6 13:00 | |
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Facebook is being sued by Dutch media tycoon, John de Mol, for posting fraudulent Bitcoin ads that listed him as an investor. Billionaire Claims Facebook Turns a Blind Eye to Scams On Wednesday, Reuters reported that John de Mol, the billionaire businessman behind the popular reality TV show ‘ Big Brother’ was suing Facebook for publishing false advertisements which used his name to carry out Bitcoin-related investment fraud.
2019-6-6 00:00 | |
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Embattled pseudo-crypto ponzi scam, OneCoin, has a lot to answer for, now allegedly including the ‘compromise’ of Samoa’s financial system. This is according to the country’s Central Bank, which is investigating two Samoan churches for money laundering over OneCoin.
2019-5-2 16:00 | |
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