2022-10-2 19:14 |
Scammers continue to hack popular Twitter accounts in order to impersonate Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse origin »
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The Investor Protection Unit of the Delaware Department of Justice has issued a summary order against 23 crypto projects and individuals. The cease-and-desist order was issued to establishments involved in a cryptocurrency scam known as the “pig butchering scam.” The…
2022-9-29 19:55 | |
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Cryptocurrency scammers have taken over account of Utah State Representative Mike Winder in order to promote sham with Elon Musk
2022-9-28 18:59 | |
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Coinspeaker 5 Ways to Protect Your Crypto Accounts From FraudCrypto sphere has still place for a lot of fraud cases. In order to secure your crypto account we have gathered best ways how to protect yourself from scammers.
2020-9-24 22:33 | |
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A new Bitcoin scam has emerged on YouTube, using the name of Elon Musk and his company SpaceX. The video is a live stream of a legitimate SpaceX event with Bitcoin addresses superimposed on the video asking viewers to send Bitcoin in order to join a “live conference.
2020-6-9 22:12 | |
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There’s a new scam circulating on YouTube and Telegram, a scam that involves Ethereum (ETH) holders sending their ETH in order to get a 10 times more valuable reward. Unfortunately, the crypto space is not at all free from scams.
2019-12-9 20:04 | |
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Canadians show Bitcoin security ultimately lies in the hands of the user
2019-8-30 13:56 | |
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the most important regulator of the country, has recently discovered a new Bitcoin scam. This new scam is using fake claims from the country’s former Prime Minister in order to convince investors to give them their money.
2019-8-1 22:51 | |
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Scammers are everywhere and they are just looking for a chance to steal money from people. As soon as Facebook unveiled its new Libra project, several scammers decided that it was a good idea to mimic the project in order to steal money and now Facebook and Instagram are having to deal with the shameless […]
2019-7-24 23:55 | |
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Android Phishing Malware Impersonated Turkish Crypto Exchange Hackers and scammers are getting more dangerous every day. According to ESET, the cybersecurity company behind NOD32, a new kind of malware that is based on Android uses Google’s SMS permissions in order to overcome two-factor authentication (2FA).
2019-6-18 00:50 | |
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Cryptocurrencies are complicated, very confusing to new users and lightly regulated — all of which makes them an ideal target for scammers. Amit Lakhanpal is one of four men who has been accused of stealing $71.
2019-6-1 00:01 | |
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Bitcoin has the potential to revolutionize the African continent. Through Bitcoin, millions of unbanked Africans will have access to financial services. These and many more such statements exist across the internet.
2019-6-1 21:48 | |
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Scammers are getting more creative every day. A crypto investor has affirmed on a Reddit post that some people are posing as CIA agents in order to con people into giving them $10,000 USD worth of Bitcoin (BTC).
2019-3-20 14:38 | |
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Bitcoin Scammers From Pakistan Steal $250,000 From Chinese Businessmen And Receive Jail Sentence Three criminals from Pakistan have been sentenced to one year in prison each after participating in a Bitcoin (BTC) scam.
2019-3-12 22:34 | |
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Cryptocurrency scams are getting more old-school with every week that passes. Hacks seem to be too difficult these days and old-fashioned threats are becoming the way of the crypto-criminal. According to emails seen by Bleeping Computer, scammers are now threatening victims with a hitman if they don’t pay $4,000 in Bitcoin to call off the hit.
2018-12-18 18:27 | |
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Usually, cryptocurrency scammers and extortionists are often confined to the virtual space, making exchanges and uninformed users their major target. However, the recent events that occurred in the past 24hrs have shown that these fraudsters are stretching their activities to university campuses and random workspaces.
2018-12-14 16:53 | |
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It seems cryptocurrency scammers aren’t afraid of using more old school tactics in order to extort Bitcoin from their victims. A man from South Africa was purportedly attacked for his Bitcoin by someone he met on Facebook, according to local news outlet, the Soweto Urban.
2018-12-4 18:57 | |
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Crypto scammers and hackers have no shame at all. They are so selfish and criminal that they do not even spare important services in order to make a quick buck. For instance, we have recently reported a new case of hackers using a ransomware on an East Coast water utility company to demand Bitcoin. The […]
2018-11-7 01:55 | |
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Jacinda Arden, Prime Minister of New Zealand has had her face used by a fake news site in order to promote articles aimed at Facebook to encourage a crypto startup. A local media source, ‘Stuff’ reported on Friday that multiple sponsored posts have recently been promoted on Facebook by using the likeness of the New Zealand PM with headlines such as New Investment Plan For Kiwis which were targeted at several different age groups around the country.
2018-10-12 16:30 | |
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Texas Securities Commissioner Travis J. Iles has issued emergency ordinances against three separate fraudulent cryptocurrency schemes linked to Russian scammers. The orders were issued on September 18, 2018, against DGBK Ltd.
2018-9-20 00:05 | |
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Customers of energy providers in Hawaii are the latest victims of a scam that has been designed to extort Bitcoin from victims. It’s a typical example of how cryptocurrencies can be used to illicit money out of unsuspecting victims, by using a cloak of anonymity to make the scammer seem legitimate.
2018-8-20 13:30 | |
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