Monkey Drainer Scammer Strikes Again, Steals $800K of NFTs

Notorious NFT hacker Monkey Drainer has stolen $800,000 worth of Crypto Punk and Otherside NFTs, according to blockchain sleuth ZachXBT.

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Phishing Scammer ‘Monkey Drainer’ Steals $1 Million In Crypto In Past 24 Hours

Phishing scams are increasingly becoming a pain in the arse in the crypto space. Cybercriminals are stepping up their game with one objective: to drain crypto wallets of thousands — if not millions — worth of cryptocurrencies.

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Phishing Scammer Has Drained $1M in Crypto and NFTs in Past 24 Hours, Says On-Chain Sleuth

A prolific scammer has so far netted more than $3.5 million in total, according to ZachXBT.

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$4B Crypto Scammer Added to FBI’s Most Wanted List

Ruja Ignatova has been added to the FBIs Ten Most Wanted List for allegedly scamming investors out of $4 billion through OneCoin. Wanted for $4 Billion Scam The hunt for...

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Crypto Scammer Who Defrauded League of Legends Developer Jailed for 10 Years

Singaporean who stole identity of League of Legends founder to mine crypto has been jailed for 10 years

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Jake Paul Blames Joe Biden for ‘Plummeting Crypto Prices’

Serial crypto scammer Jake Paul has blamed US President Joe Biden for a laundry list of economic ills, including high inflation and plummeting crypto prices.  The post Jake Paul Blames Joe Biden for ‘Plummeting Crypto Prices’ appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Turkey wants crypto scammer jailed for life

Turkish prosecutors are asking courts to jail suspected crypto scammers in the country for thousands of years, per available information. The post Turkey wants crypto scammer jailed for life appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Chinese Investors File Lawsuit Against US-Based Alleged Crypto Fraudster Who Promised $200,000 Profits per Day

A group of Chinese investors has filed a lawsuit against an alleged crypto fraudster based in New York, United States, who ran a Wechat group where he handled the scheme. The scammer reportedly promoted the bogus investment opportunity by promising earnings of “$200,000 in one day.

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South African Women Lose Money to Crypto Scammer Who Convinced Them That Botswana Pula Coins Are Bitcoins

A group of South African investors recently confessed to losing money to a brazen scammer after he convinced them to buy and hold nearly worthless physical coins. The coins, which are denominated in the Bostwana pula currency, were initially sold to a group of South African women back in 2019 when bitcoin was only worth […]

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This crypto scammer ended up scamming himself on Pancakeswap

There’s something highly satisfying when karma strikes.

The post This crypto scammer ended up scamming himself on Pancakeswap appeared first on CryptoSlate.

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Latest fake Elon Musk crypto giveaway scam costs man $550,000 in BTC

The latest Bitcoin giveaway scam to pop up on Twitter has claimed a massive victim last month, with a German man telling BBC that he sent 10 BTC, worth over $550,000 at press time, to the scammer believing it would double his money.

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How to Spot a Crypto Scam

Another scammer is impersonating the CoinDesk website and offering impossible investment returns. We did some digging.

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Bitcoin Ponzi Scammer Arrested by Jakarta Police for Sexual Assault

Russ Albert Medlin — co-founder of alleged crypto Ponzi scheme BitClub — was arrested in South Jakarta for sexual assault on minors.

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Tron’s Justin Sun Calls Craig Wright a Fraud After Being Termed a Scammer

A few days ago, the Tron CEO, a dynamic businessman and the most controversial founder of a blockchain project, Justin Sun was railed with all kinds of names by the crypto community for participating in dishonest schemes.

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Crypto Scammer Gets Lawsuit for Stealing Over $2 Million From Investors

The Illinois Federal Court has received a complaint on Brock H. Flagstad. The self-proclaimed ‘top-level businessman and the crypto trader’ was stealing from the investors. According to the court filings, he took at least hundreds of thousands of cash from $2 million cash pile, to fund his luxury life.

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US Prosecutors Ask to Pause SEC Action Against Alleged Crypto Scammer

U.S. prosecutors are seeking to pause the SEC's civil action against Blockchain Terminal founder and alleged $30 million ICO fraudster Boaz Manor to complete their own criminal prosecution.

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US Courts Charge $147M Gemcoin Crypto Scammer On Tax Evasion And Wire Fraud

Gemcoin founder Steve Chen appeared in court and pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to commit wire fraud charges and tax evasion. He and other perpetrators duped some 70,000 unsuspecting individuals out of a cool $147 million to invest in USFIA.

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Binance CEO Mocks Crypto Twitter Panic: 'With Healthy Retrace, Everyone Is Scammer'

Bitcoin (BTC) price seems to lose its steam as it declined again below psychological $10,000 level. Crypto Twitter is left guessing whether the rally is over.

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CFTC Sues Alleged Crypto Ponzi Scammer for $500K Theft

The CFTC is charging Breonna Clark and Venture Capital Investments with defrauding investors by pretending to run a commodity pool invested in crypto and foreign currency contracts.

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SEC Brings Hammer Down on Infamous Bitcoin Scammer

After filing a motion for sanctions against Blockvest and its founder Reginald Buddy Ringgold III, the U. S SEC is now hoping to close the case for good.   US securities regulator builds up a case against Blockvest The US SEC continues its efforts to crack down on numerous crypto scams that took place in the last few years.

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McAfee Blasts Twitter Over Callous Disregard for Bitcoin Scams

Early on Monday, CCN brought to light the misadventures of an insidious scammer pretending to be none other than the Bitcoin renegade himself, John McAfee. McAfee: Twitter Never Even Responds to My Crypto Scam Reports After we tipped off McAfee and his wife, Janice, to the fraudulent article in question, John responded by sharing his […] The post McAfee Blasts Twitter Over Callous Disregard for Bitcoin Scams appeared first on CCN Markets

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Insidious Bitcoin Scammer Masquerades as John McAfee

An impersonator is attempting to scam followers of outspoken crypto celebrity John McAfee via Medium. The so-called "McAfee Crypto Extravaganza" promises mouth-watering 10x returns - if and only if - you deposit a small amount of Bitcoin or Ethereum in the attacker's wallet first.

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Texas Securities Watchdog Shuts Down Craigslist Crypto Scammer

Texas securities regulators issued a cease and desist order against an alleged crypto scammer advertising on Craigslist

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$28 Million Crypto Ponzi Lands Morally Bankrupt Scammer in Jail

An Australian citizen who ran an international crypto Ponzi scheme will face justice after police in India finally arrested him - but not before he defrauded victims out of $28 million. 'Hybrid crypto' with low risks and high returns India's Special Task Force (STF) arrested Sydney resident Harpreet Singh Sahni in a hotel near the […] The post $28 Million Crypto Ponzi Lands Morally Bankrupt Scammer in Jail appeared first on CCN Markets

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YouTube Bitcoin Evangelist Gives Crypto Scammer Taste of Own Medicine

Bitcoin is a powerful technology and movement. It stands for freedom and the crypto was designed to be decentralized so no single actor or party could ever control it. The idea of removing control from the governments and banks, while simultaneously being a breakthrough in bringing money into the digital age, has caused many to.

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Canadian Bitcoin Educator Outwits Scammer, Donates Money to Charity

A Canadian Bitcoin educator scammed a crypto scammer and sent the money to charity

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Scammer Demands 300 Bitcoin From Binance in KYC Data Ransom

News is emerging that the world’s largest crypto exchange, Binance, has been the victim of an attempted ransom demand from a scammer. The attacker threatened to release KYC information if the company did not cough up 300 Bitcoins.

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Bitcoin Expert Schools 'Idiot' Scammer in Legendary Fashion

Somewhere, there's a crypto scammer ruing the decision to pitch a fraudulent investment scheme to Bitcoin educator Ben Perrin. The Canadian YouTuber turned the tables on the scammer in epic fashion, defrauding the would-be thief and donating the proceeds to charity.

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UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Is Being Targeted By Crypto Scam Email Campaign

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), an important regulator from the United Kingdom, has recently been impersonated by an online scammer via an email campaign. According to local reports, the emails, which are from a new crypto scam, impersonate the British regulator in order to offer a chance to get money via cryptos. The email uses […]

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Israeli Scammer Steals $1.7m Worth of Cryptocurrency From Europeans

Cryptocurrency scams have always been successful ever since this industry was created. Even in 2019, there are multiple successful scams which cost people a lot of good money. In Israel, one scammer successfully stole $1.

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Crypto Scammer Running Blue Bit Banc (BBB) Investment Scam Gets 86-Month Jail Term

Crypto Scammer Gets 86-Month Jail Term Blake Kantor, a 44-year-old New Jersy based cryptocurrency scammer has been sentenced to 86 months in prison by the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) on July 1.

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US Authorities Seek Extradition of Alleged Crypto Scammer

The U.S. DoJ has revealed that a recently-arrested investments provider may stand trial in California for committing crypto-related fraud and money laundering

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British Bitcoin Scammer Pleads Guilty for Defrauding US Victims of $50 Million

By CCN Markets: Renwick Haddow, the operator of the fake crypto trading platform Bitcoin Store and the fraudulent shared office space Bar Works, admitted to the charges against him with one of his fellow collaborators found guilty by US court.

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Bitcoin Cash is ‘stupid’ and Roger Ver is a ‘scammer,’ claims Blockstream’s Samson Mow

In the latest edition of Magical Crypto Friends, Blockstream’s Samson Mow, CSO of Blockstream, criticized Bitcoin’s fork coins and their influential proponents. Whale Panda, one of the most popular influencers in the crypto-ecosystem, addressed a myriad of subjects on the episode.

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Notorious Crypto Pyramid Creator With Over 300 Fraud Cases Nabbed By Russian Police

Crypto Pyramid Creator With Over 300 Fraud Cases Nabbed By Russian Police The Russian Police has arrested the creator of a crypto pyramid scheme. Accused of defrauding investors through his scam scheme, the pyramid creator the country’s ministry of internal affairs reports that he has over 300 fraud cases leveled against him. The scammer who […]

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A Group of Major Crypto Traders Reportedly Considers Scammer Blacklist

Several major cryptocurrency traders have reportedly begun discussing plans to enact an industry-wide blacklist of suspicious actors, to stem the tide of scams, theft and fraud in the crypto space.

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Report: Australians Lost Over $4 Million to Crypto Scams in 2018

The latest edition of “Targeting scams,” an annual report released by the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) revealed that the country saw a 190 percent increase in cryptocurrency scams, with a total of $6.

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Bitcoin Sextortion: Kansas Police Warn of Bizarre Crypto Scam

By CCN: Police in the tiny town of Norton, Kansas posted a bulletin to their website yesterday morning urging followers not to fall for a bizarre Bitcoin sextortion scam. Spear-Phishing Attack Targets Individuals With Secret Porn Habits In this version of a classic spear-phishing attack, the scammer sends an e-mail to the victim and tells them they have a recording of the victim pleasuring him or herself – complete with the content they were watching at the time.

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Bitcoin Trader Claims Funds Misdirected – Crypto Exchange Screams ‘Scammer!’

CCN previously reported on a disturbing discovery by a security researcher who had a problem with Sistemkoin exchange. He found that he was able to spy on other people’s support tickets, and more to the point that most of the support tickets were related to withdrawal troubles.

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New York Fraudster Faces 20 Year Sentence for Facebook Crypto Scam

New York resident Patrick McDonnell AKA “Jason Flack” was arrested and charged with nine counts of wire fraud in a Brooklyn court on Tuesday. McDonnell allegedly convinced others to “invest” in cryptocurrency through Facebook and Twitter, stealing the money for his own use and providing false balance statements in return.

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Alexander Vinnik, Alleged Bitcoin Scammer, Sets Sights on Possible Extradition to Russia

Alexander Vinnik has been a popular name in crypto news lately, having been extradited to multiple countries in the last year. It does not look like the former operator of BTC-e is stopping these travels anytime soon, as he has just appealed to the courts in Greece to be released or extradited to Russia. Vinnik […]

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ANON Founder Gets SIM Swapped Losing 2.5 BTC: Can The Crypto Community Help Find The Scammer?

ANON's Founder Gets Sim Swapped Losing 2. 5 BTC; Can The Crypto Community Help Find The Scammer? ANON’s Founder who goes by the name of The Crypto King on Twitter has called upon the crypto community to expose a hacker who sim swapped and stole 2.

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Scammer Accused of Duping Victims of over $400,000 Arrested

Wong Chung-kit, a Hong Kong scammer who has made over $400,000 from peddling fraudulent mining machines, has been arrested, as reported on February 28, 2019. To the Slammer Wong Ching-kit, a Hong Kong-based crypto entrepreneur, has been arrested for running a scam selling fraudulent crypto mining machines to his victims.

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Indian Law Enforcement Officials Expose Crypto Scammer Group ‘CashCoin’ Who Allegedly Accumulated 1 Billion Rupees

Cryptocurrency scams happen all around the world, as these individuals seek out ways to get the profits that crypto can offer, but without the same efforts. In a report from Times of India, it looks like law enforcement officials had to crack down on one group in Mumbai, India. The group has been accused of […]

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5 Suspicious Factors about Bitcoin Exchange QuadrigaCX and its $150m in Missing Crypto

Bloomberg just reported that QuadrigaCX CEO and founder Gerald Cotten legally changed his will just 12 days before his death on December 9. This fact is just the latest in a string of interesting elements regarding the Canadian Bitcoin exchange’s sudden closure and supposed $150 million in missing crypto funds.

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GainBitcoin Crypto Scammer’s Nearly 452 Bitcoin (BTC) Seized by Indian Authorities

The GainBitcoin Ponzi scheme was among the most significant Bitcoin schemes to hit the crypto space. In addition to stirring up a new round of panic and accusations that the cryptocurrency community ought to be more properly regulated, this Ponzi scheme is linked to another scam which set the stage for the OneCoin MLM scam, […]

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CryptoPros.biz Review: Is the Crypto Pros Founder a Renowned Scammer?

Crypto Pros does not have an active website. Surprisingly, the platform registers new clients using Google forms and links on YouTube. Although the payments are supposedly made through cryptopros. biz, no website is registered under this domain name.

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Oyster (PRL Token) Exit Scammers to be Taken to Court by Crypto Investor Victims via OysterUpdate.com

Con artists have been at work since the dawn of economics. This was most prevalent during the age of sails when a scammer would promise riches from the East Indies or the New World. After raising money for the “expedition”, he would simply vanish.

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Ezekiel Osborne: How Did an Allegedly Notorious Crypto Scammer Make It Onto Forbes Middle East Cover?

Mounting pump and dump schemes, scamming cryptocurrency investors with phony embezzlements, false claims, and misleading allegations, all are among a list of actions Ezekiel Osborne is suspected to have carried out.

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Organo Gold’s Holton Buggs Risks Tarnishing Reputation with New Crypto MLM Scammer Association

Last month, Organo Gold announced that it had reached an agreement with Digital Skynet. The two companies will collaborate to form a joint venture that is yet to be named. The highlight of the deal, however, was the appointment of Holton Buggs.

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