2024-10-9 14:19 |
Ripple's top executive takes dig at AI product that suggests prosecuting people who get scammed on Bitcoin or other crypto origin »
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The now-deleted livestream directed viewers to deposit Bitcoin, Ethereum, and Dogecoin at a fictitious website. The stream, which at one point had more than 30,000 viewers, ran for five hours over the weekend and utilized semi-pixelated videos of Elon Musk.…
2024-6-24 18:45 | |
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Cyber gang BlackCat allegedly scammed its own affiliates as the group went dark shortly after it disrupted the U.S. healthcare system. An address associated with the ransomware gang BlackCat, also known as ALPHV and Noberus, received approximately $22 million worth…
2024-3-8 13:12 | |
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A relief fund has been set up to help victims of crypto scams to recover their money lost to crypto scams. According to the CEO of Report Scammed Bitcoin (RSB) Mr. Simon Britt, the relief fund is set The post Recover money lost to crypto scams using Report Scammed Bitcoin (RSB)! appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2023-11-3 10:45 | |
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New York, USA, November 2nd, 2023, Chainwire Great crypto recovery news for victims of crypto scam. A relief fund has been set up to help victims of crypto scams to recover their money lost to crypto scams.
2023-11-3 17:38 | |
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Crypto investors have fallen victim to a scam token, which shares the same ticker as BlackRock’s legit ETF. BNB Chain-based iShares Bitcoin (IBTC) token has scammed investors for nearly $90,000 worth of crypto as the crypto community is abuzz with…
2023-10-26 16:23 | |
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Crypto fraudsters have scammed iPhone users of $1.4 million via popular dating apps and Facebook
2021-10-14 14:20 | |
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Giveaway Scam Bitcoin scams are getting as brazen as ever. Bitcoin. org, the homepage of an open-source project dedicated to spread the word about Bitcoin, got hacked and led visitors to an apparent giveaway scam, CoinDesk reports.
2021-9-24 21:36 | |
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In an unexpected turn of events, the management team at Mirror Trading International (MTI) now suggest that their CEO Johann Steynberg may have exit scammed. The team alleges that Steynberg, now believed to be in Brazil, has locked out key management staff from accessing MTI’s account with a local bank.
2020-12-24 04:30 | |
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Due to an uptick in Bitcoin scams, Canadian police have launched a public awareness campaign to educate potential victims of the danger. In Regina, the police have reported that an increasing number of people are getting scammed — even though many don’t know what cryptocurrency is.
2020-9-18 12:53 | |
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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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One of the world’s largest darknet markets (DNM), Empire Market, allegedly exit scammed after the marketplace was taken offline for a number of days this week. DNM patrons are upset about Empire Market’s departure and customers say that $30 million in bitcoin held by the darknet’s admins has been stolen.
2020-8-26 17:15 | |
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The defrauded bitcoin amassed during Wednesday’s monumental Twitter hack is already “on the move,” according to cryptocurrency tracing firm Chainalysis.
2020-7-16 04:45 | |
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A bug in three major cryptocurrency wallets let scammers dupe people with double-spent Bitcoin, allowing unconfirmed transactions to count in a user’s total wallet balance. Unreliable Bitcoin Wallet Balances The...
2020-7-4 23:26 | |
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"They thought I had fallen into the hands of scammers; they thought I was being scammed," Tendai Tomu, author of Libra in Africa, told me when I asked him what his family's reaction was to his blockThe post Investing in Bitcoin? - 'They thought I was being scammed' appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-6-24 18:00 | |
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A Bitcoin exchange transaction resulted in a user getting scammed as a spoofed SMS message from a payment app made it seem that the attacker executed the payment.
2020-6-3 18:00 | |
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The President of the United States, Donald John Trump, is meeting most of his tweets with a somewhat sophisticated bitcoin scamming operation. Someone who fell for it says: “I was... The post Trump Twitter Bitcoin Scammed, Thousands Lost appeared first on Trustnodes.
2020-1-4 19:13 | |
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Joerg Molt is one of several individuals claiming to be the identity behind the pseudonym, Satoshi Nakamoto. He is also still operating what appears to be a Ponzi scheme from 2017, potentially defrauding seniors with a so-called ‘Bitcoin Pension’ plan.
2019-11-15 04:27 | |
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SPAC Nation?s pastors who scammed students into taking loans to fund their crypto businesses enjoy a very lush life
2019-11-8 20:24 | |
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The darknet marketplace Berlusconi Market has been reportedly down for more than two weeks, according to users who patronize the hidden website. The outage has led many to believe the market administrators exit scammed with all the funds.
2019-10-14 18:45 | |
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The third largest Ponzi scam in history, Plus Token Wallet, allegedly scammed investors out of $3 billion in cryptocurrency. Over $2. 1 billion of this is in Bitcoin. As the perpetrators make their exit these coins could flood the market and tank prices.
2019-8-21 21:04 | |
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Coinspeaker How to Avoid Being Scammed when Buying BitcoinAs the crypto industry is attracting more and more newcomers every day, it is attracting more and more fraudsters as well. That's why it's vitally important to know at least the key rules that will help you to avoid scams while trading Bitcoin.How to Avoid Being Scammed when Buying Bitcoin
2019-8-17 09:01 | |
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According to Primitive founder, Dovey Wan, the latest Bitcoin sell-off is down to a major Chinese ponzi scheme. Little known outside of China, PlusToken scammed over 200k BTC and 800k ETH, which are now hitting exchanges in batches.
2019-8-15 13:00 | |
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A Canadian Bitcoin educator scammed a crypto scammer and sent the money to charity
2019-8-8 19:37 | |
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Losing money hurts a lot. When you lose it because you made a bad investment is already pretty awful, but when you are scammed, it hurts even more. Now, if the thieves actually text you to explain that they robbed your money, well, that’s just a tragedy. This is what happened to an Australian couple […]
2019-7-5 23:40 | |
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By CCN Markets: A gang in India’s Madhya Pradesh state which scammed U. S. citizens hundreds of thousands of dollars through Bitcoin and other methods has been busted and its members arrested. The gang which ran its operations out of a call center is estimated to have made around $1.
2019-6-14 15:07 | |
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In a recent report, the Beijing News analyzed a case which involved more than 100 people who were scammed out of 7,000 BTC. Wei Xiao, a council member at the Bank of China Law Research Association, stated that owning bitcoin in China is legal.
2019-5-23 23:45 | |
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A recent police investigation that involved Bitcoin machines at the Tampines One Mall in Singapore, was able to save an individual from scammers. The fraudsters impersonated officials and scammed users in the market.
2019-4-29 23:12 | |
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During the first week of April, news.Bitcoin.com reported on a large swarm of darknet market (DNM) users flocking from Dream to the Wall Street marketplace. However, the migration hasn’t been as successful as it may have first seemed, with some vendors alleging that Wall Street has pulled an exit scam and ran off with $30 […] The post Darknet Users Allege Wall Street Market Exit Scammed, Possibly Snatching $30M appeared first on Bitcoin News.
2019-4-21 01:18 | |
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A Twitter user @XRP4Fam, on April 6, complained about losing his Bitcoin [BTC] and XRP from his ledger. After his post gained significant traction on social media, the XRP community stepped in to help the user.
2019-4-7 19:30 | |
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The UK$53,000) per day lost to scammers, enough to buy well specced BMW 3 Series. In some cases victims were hit by a double con. After being scammed for a first time, victims would be targeted by secondary scammers making false claims they could get back the victim’s lost funds for… This story continues at The Next WebOr just read more coverage about: Bitcoin
2019-3-28 13:22 | |
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An unnamed Bitcoin ATM provider serving the Canadian market was scammed last year across a number of the nation’s cities. Police are now seeking information regarding four suspects believed to be involved in the fraud.
2019-3-13 02:00 | |
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Over 30 people have come forward to the police after being scammed by a supposed crypto mining scheme that promised a 70 percent return on investment, the Bangkok Post reports on February 18, 2019. Mining for Money In the world of blockchain, it seems like it is another day, another scam.
2019-2-20 16:00 | |
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A virtual bitcoin mining farm in Thailand has allegedly scammed users out of 42 million baht (approximately $1. 35 million), according to a report in the Bangkok Post. 30 victims have filed a complaint against the company, CryptoMining.
2019-2-19 13:41 | |
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Users of the peer-to-peer OTC Bitcoin trading service LocalBitcoins have been targeted by cyber criminals as part of a phishing scam, resulting in the user’s Bitcoin being stolen. Forum users were being redirected to a phishing site, which was prompting the users to input two-factor authentication codes that were used to access user accounts and empty.
2019-1-26 16:37 | |
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Tokyo police arrested eight men on November 14, 2018, for a cryptocurrency-related pyramid scheme that scammed 6,000 people of 7. 8 billion yen (approximately $68. 42 million). According to Japanese News company Asahi Shimbun on November 16, 2018, the Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department suspected that the arrested men might have violated the Financial Instruments and Exchange Law as they failed to register their.
2018-11-18 02:00 | |
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The $34 million Bitcoin scam has its prime suspect named Prinya Jaravijit who was arrested in Thailand after returning to the country. Jaravijit is allegedly part of a scam which saw a man from Finland, Aarini Otava Saarimaa scammed out of over 5,500 Bitcoins, this would be worth around $34 million in today’s market.
2018-10-17 12:00 | |
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Nouriel Roubini, an economist best known for his predictions of the 2008 housing bubble, and Peter Van Valkenburgh, Coin Center’s director of research, testified before the U.
2018-10-12 18:06 | |
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The fake Facebook Bitcoin ads have scammed people out of thousands and have been destroying lives. The English millionaire – who made his money off consumer advice – Martin Lewis has begun to sue Facebook over these ads trading off his trusted reputation.
2018-10-4 15:30 | |
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Just recently Josh Garza was sentenced to 21 months of prison and six months of home confinement for his role in the many Ponzi scams like Gaw Miners, Zen Miners, Hashlets, and of course the controversial Paycoin that appeared in 2014.
2018-9-15 04:15 | |
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A big question from today is if Craig Wright is about to bring about the downfall of Bitcoin Cash? Just to prevent you from worrying, Bitcoin Cash isn’t going to physically (or virtually?) die.
2018-9-3 14:00 | |
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Nearly eight months to the day after the ponzi scheme BitConnect exit scammed, the sins of the project have caught up to one of its figureheads. Divyesh Darji, the alleged leader of BitConnect’s Asian team, was arrested this Saturday, August 18, 2018, in the Delhi airport by the Gujarat Criminal Investigation Department (CID).
2018-8-20 19:54 | |
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According to the Bangkok Post, a Finnish Bitcoin millionaire, Aarni Otava Saarimaa, was scammed by a group of Thai people in 2017. Thailand’s Crime Suppression Division (CSD) noted that the Finnish man lost about 5,600 Bitcoins to the Thai gang through a fraudulent investment scheme.
2018-8-15 14:07 | |
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The $11 million scam: How Patrick McDonnell's one-man crypto scam will cost him dearly Patrick McDonnell, the one-man band behind CabbageTech, must have believed himself to be the cryptocurrency world's Frank Abagnale after setting up the company which scammed a large number of investors out of their Bitcoin in exchange trading advice. While McDonnell must […]
2018-7-31 09:05 | |
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On 24th July, Jon Montroll, the main accused in the $46 million Bitcoin fraud case, has pleaded guilty to obstruction of justice and fraudulence. Cott was responsible for establishing WeExchange Australia Pty Limited, which acted as a cryptocurrency exchange and depository.
2018-7-25 02:50 | |
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Venmo could be the ultimate cryptocurrency experience from a user-experience perspective. Any cryptocurrency that seeks to power the future of global transactions must ensure that it is supported by a payment system that is simple, user-friendly and free — like Venmo.
2018-6-11 16:51 | |
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