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Ledger took to X to reveal how crypto users are targeted by a scam known as "address poisoning."
2024-6-22 20:38 | |
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Coinspeaker Hackers Takeover Twitter Account of Gate. io to Promote Phishing Scam The hackers took over the Twitter profile of Gate. io and offered a prize of 500 USDT to the first 1,000 winners.
2022-10-24 12:47 | |
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The Chinese government has never supported crypto activities since the emergence of the industry. The People’s Bank of China took further actions against the digital industry and banned all local digital assets operations.
2022-9-29 19:20 | |
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Input Output CEO Charles Hoskinson responded to a recent Cory Klippsten interview by calling the Swan Bitcoin CEO “an idiot. ” Hoskinson took exception to Klippsten calling blockchain a “marketing scam.
2022-7-27 20:30 | |
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The Discord scam was posted by someone who took control over the Yuga Labs community manager account.
2022-6-5 00:11 | |
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We are sorry to inform you that our Discord server has been a target of a malicious group of hackers. The hackers took over our MammEths discord on February 13, 2022, and through a scam post that mentioned a pre-mint event tried to lure our devoted community to a malicious website in order to extract […] The post New NFT project MammEths Discord group HACKED appeared first on NFT News Today.
2022-2-14 05:06 | |
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CZ exposes a new SMS phishing scam. The executive warns users not to click links from SMS. Over $100 million has already been lost this year to crypto scammers. Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao took to Twitter to notify users of a new SMS phishing strategy.
2022-2-8 17:16 | |
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Around 69,000 Bitcoin has vanished from a South African investment platform, Africrypt, along with two brothers who owned the crypto firm. Africrypt Founders Took $3. 6 Billion A new Bitcoin scam involving the disappearance of $3.
2021-6-24 08:57 | |
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It took Neil Armstrong more than three days just to reach the moon and when he later described his experience, he said, "One small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind." Evidently, the Doge coThe post 100 years down the line, 'what will be a greater scam - Dollar or Dogecoin?' appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2021-5-25 00:00 | |
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American YouTuber Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, is embroiled in accusations that he tricked his followers into buying a pump and dump token. Refinable’s Initial DEX Offering (IDO) took place on Tuesday and was Polkastarter’s biggest launch to date, selling out in less than five minutes.
2021-4-30 03:00 | |
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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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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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Founder and CEO of Filecoin, Juan Benet, took to Twitter to clarify that Justin Sun’s accusations of a Filecoin exit scam were completely false. [embed]https://twitter.com/juanbenet/status/131822The post Justin Sun's 'false accusations' meant to fork Filecoin, says Juan Benet appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-10-23 09:15 | |
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Hackers have compromised yet another prominent figure’s Twitter account, seeking to steal unsuspecting followers' crypto assets. This time it was India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who fell victim to malicious hacking that took over the twitter account affiliated to his website dubbed ‘Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF).
2020-9-4 19:50 | |
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Something happened in the crypto industry between 2015 and 2018. This is the period within which the most blatantly successful crypto scam took place. The OneCoin scam is approximated to have obtained upwards of $4 billion from unsuspecting investors.
2020-9-3 14:27 | |
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It’s not your traditional malware scam.
2020-8-24 16:28 | |
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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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Last week, possibly the most widespread scam using Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies occurred. Hackers compromised the security of the hugely popular social network Twitter and took control of several high profile accounts.
2020-7-23 13:38 | |
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Presidential hopeful Senator Joe Biden took an opportunistic chance to raise money from the recent Twitter scam. His Twitter feed included a snarky request for donations from anyone who wants to keep ‘Donald Trump a one-term President:’ I don’t have Bitcoin, and I’ll never ask you to send me any.
2020-7-18 14:10 | |
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Hackers behind the Twitter breach early on Thursday embedded a Monero (XMR) centric message on several of their Bitcoin transactions—paying $11 in costs to do so. The post “Why not Monero?” asks hacker who took over Twitter with Bitcoin scam appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2020-7-17 19:00 | |
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Crypto Twitter exploded this week, but not for the usual reasons — a Bitcoin scam briefly took over the entireContinue Reading The post Tweeter Beware! Bitcoin Scam Snares Kanye West, Elon Musk, CZ and More appeared first on CoinMarketCap Blog.
2020-7-16 18:55 | |
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The cryptocurrency community was taken by surprise after a giveaway scam perpetrated by hackers took Twitter by storm. However, at the time of writing, the market was yet to register any consequence oThe post Cardano, EOS, Algorand Price Analysis: 16 July appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-7-16 14:00 | |
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A massive scandal occurred on micro-blogging service Twitter yesterday as hacker/s took over popular cryptocurrency and technology accounts to patronize a Bitcoin scam. Hacked Early on Thursday, crypto-exchange Binance tweeted they “partnered up with an organization called CryptoForHealth and that they would be “giving back 5000 BTC to the community.
2020-7-16 10:05 | |
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With the rising price and popularity of bitcoin come numerous scams. Bitcoin Superstar and Bitcoin Era are two investment schemes that have recently gained much attention. News. Bitcoin. com took a look at them, and it did not take much to spot how similar they are to each other and several other well-known scams.
2020-2-20 13:40 | |
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Bitcoin SV (BSV) took serious criticism in 2019 — which led to its delisting on multiple exchanges, particularly Binance. However, this may have allowed it to scam pump easier in 2020. Joe007 (@J0E007), a self-proclaimed ‘proto-Bitcoin Whale’ who has topped Bitfinex’s leaderboard, usually provides Twitter with insight on the inner working of the cryptocurrency world, […] The post Bitcoin SV Delistings Helping It Scam Pump, Claims Bitfinex Whale appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2020-1-16 21:29 | |
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China has been reinventing the meaning of chaos recently, ever since its direct confrontation and trade wars with the U. S. commenced. The country is in the news again after reports China a new scam related to cryptocurrencies took Twitter by storm.
2019-8-7 09:34 | |
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A face-off between BitMEX CEO Arthur Hayes and economist and crypto skeptic Nouriel Roubini aka Dr. Doom took place in Taipei Tuesday. The sparks flew on the stage at the 2019 Asia Blockchain Summit when both the parties debated on whether cryptocurrencies are the future or scam. Roubini a known crypto hater said “shitty behavior” […]
2019-7-3 19:49 | |
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Hackers took control of British multinational retailer Tesco’s Twitter account yesterday, urging followers to send Bitcoin to a wallet address and promising to return twice the value received. Luckily, though, Tesco’s followers did not fall for the Bitcoin scheme as no funds were deposited in the wallet address shared by the hackers.
2019-6-25 19:32 | |
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Two Israeli brothers have been arrested in connection with a cryptocurrency scam involving "tens of millions" of dollars. Jerusalem-based Eli and Assaf Gigi were involved in a scheme were they accessed traders' wallets and took the coins for themselves, Finance Magnates reports.
2019-6-25 18:43 | |
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By CCN: John McAfee fired back at self-proclaimed Satoshi Nakamoto Craig Wright, claiming the Bitcoin “pretender” will soon be unmasked. McAfee, who still intends to run for the U. S presidential office, rebuffed Wright’s earlier accusations of being a scam artist.
2019-6-9 20:50 | |
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OneCoin, whose leaders have been indicted on wire and securities fraud as well as money laundering, took umbrage with a recent report by the Central Bank of Samoa calling the crypto project a "hybrid ponzi-pyramid scheme."
2019-5-18 19:49 | |
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Though rumors have been swirling for a year, Hard Fork this week confirmed that the blockchain startups have dissolved their offices in the UK. RepuX, a data-sharing project, made a hearty $4.7 million off its ICO last March, while gambling coin JoyToken took in $3.3 million.
2019-5-17 20:53 | |
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By CCN: When it comes to ignorant allegations about bitcoin, Shark Tank’s Kevin O’Leary took the cake this week, managing to hit every wrong button in trying to bash the suddenly-resurgent cryptocurrency.
2019-5-16 23:10 | |
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By CCN. com: Carlos Matos, who promoted Bitconnect throughout its existence, posted a bizarre video to YouTube today in which he claims that he lost most of the money invested in BitConnect and that it was not the first scam to which he fell victim.
2019-5-4 13:30 | |
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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recently took legal action against Eric Pinkston, who was accused of promoting a scam involving cryptocurrency, along with Thomas Dluca, Louis Gatto, and Scott Chandler.
2019-4-29 07:03 | |
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By CCN: It’s not easy being Charlie Lee. It’s no secret the Litecoin creator has had to deal with a crypto community that hasn’t gotten over his LTC portfolio sale. But he’s also fending off other blockchain projects, many of which have no place in the ecosystem to begin with.
2019-4-25 01:15 | |
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Bitcoin fraudsters have actually failed for once! Hawaiian Electric customers have successfully been ignoring a “robocall” scam requesting they pay a Bitcoin amount in exchange for keeping their electricity supply running, hah! According to Hawaiian Electric, of the more than 70 scam calls reported, none of the customers paid out any money – an encouraging sign that customers are simply ignoring the scammers.
2019-4-16 13:31 | |
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Earlier today Jackson Plamer, one of the founders of popular cryptocurrency Dogecoin took to Twitter to report about a new crypto scam which he deems “one of the laziest scams” that he has ever seen.
2019-3-5 22:58 | |
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There are two primary reasons why storing your private crypto keys in the cloud is a bad idea. First, your cloud provider represents a centralized honeypot that could experience a security breach, allowing cyber criminals to access your data.
2019-2-19 00:19 | |
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According to the latest court documents in the ongoing QuadrigaCX case, the exchange sent roughly $470,000 CAD (approximately $355, 000 USD) worth of bitcoin from a hot wallet to a cold-storage wallet on February 6, 2019.
2019-2-13 03:56 | |
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Chinese Police arrested a group of cryptocurrency scammers following a raid in Xuchang City. The bust, which took place five months ago, was only publicized this week after a story on CCTV News. During the break-in, police seized cash valued at $1.
2019-2-1 02:07 | |
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What a great way to get the New Year started than with the Venezuelan government-backed cryptocurrency known as #MadCoin. According to the news reaching us, the Whitepaper explaining the whole project is nothing more than a used Toilet paper-like document.
2019-1-30 01:56 | |
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“New year, new me” moniker doesn’t seem to apply to the world of cryptocurrency, as suspicious, scam-like projects are popping up all over the place with unbridled intensity. The latest project that got exposed for its shady dealings and behavior is one called Apollo (APL).
2019-1-23 18:50 | |
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A Group of Bitcoin con artists in Taipei, Taiwan, have recently been charged by the police for creating a crypto scam that took millions of dollars from investors. Both foreign and local investors were fooled according to The Next’s Web’s Hard Fork, which has also reported on this story. The scam began on October 2016 […]
2019-1-18 23:03 | |
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Twitter has been the host of multiple Twitter scams over the course of the last year, and it is clear that hackers aren’t planning to take time off for the start of 2019. A report from Indian Express indicates that a recent hack on Twitter took the national cricket association in South Africa as its […]
2019-1-14 21:49 | |
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Scammers took over the account of a Belgian non-profit, transforming it into a “Coinbase promotion account” and posting a scam BTC giveaway
2019-1-10 05:00 | |
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2018 saw a new scam epidemic that gradually took over Twitter – and eventually the entire cryptocurrency and blockchain space: the Bitcoin giveaway scheme. It all started in January, at the height of the cryptocurrency mania.
2018-12-29 12:00 | |
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Chinese mining giant Bitmain is suing an anonymous hacker that allegedly stole $5. 5 million in cryptocurrency last April from the company’s account on the digital exchange Binance.
2018-11-14 23:31 | |
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MapleChange Loses 913 Bitcoin ($6M) In “Hack,” Deletes Twitter Page And Shutters Website On Sunday morning, a lesser-known crypto exchange, revealed that it had apparently fallen victim to a hack, resulting in a loss of consumer-owned funds.
2018-10-29 00:33 | |
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