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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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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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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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.
2019-4-30 20:07 | |
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Yet another organization thought to be tied the multi-billion dollar cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme OneCoin has been uncovered. Central Bank of Samoa (CBS) has named the Samoa Worship Centre as being used as a front in the $3 billion OneCoin scam which promised unrealistic returns for investing in a fake cryptocurrency.
2019-4-26 15:16 | |
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It used to be that a far better and quite unfakable measure of status was whether your Twitter replies were filled with scam bots promising to send 10 eth if... The post Cryptonians Start Feeling Left Out For Not Being Sued by Craig Wright as Major Exchanges Delist BSV appeared first on Trustnodes.
2019-4-17 15:16 | |
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Singapore has joined a growing list of countries cracking down on the promoters of the multi-billion dollar OneCoin pyramid scheme. The Business Times reports that investigations conducted by the Singapore Police Force (SPF) hav resulted in two men being charged for promoting OneCoin cryptocurrency.
2019-4-10 12:28 | |
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Cryptocurrency bull Tim Draper has fired a shot at the chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase, Jamie Dimon, nearly two months after the big four U. S. bank announced the creation of a digital currency known as JPM Coin.
2019-4-8 17:45 | |
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A special South Korean investigative agency in Seoul has successfully used Artificial Intelligence (AI) to unravel a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme that defrauded 56,000 people of more than $18. 7 million.
2019-4-8 15:30 | |
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Police have reportedly used AI to spot a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme in South Korea that cheated investors out of $18.5 million.
2019-4-8 14:20 | |
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Gold and bitcoins worth of hundreds of thousands of euros are the spoils of an elaborate online fraud discovered by the postal police in Liguria, Italy. Bitcoin Scam Artist Impersonated Swiss Crypto Firm Local sources reported that the Italian authorities recently arrested a Genoa-based computer expert who entangled his victims by exploiting encrypted communication channels and false identities found on the darknet.
2019-3-22 20:16 | |
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An self-styled cryptocurrency mining company from Luxembourg has fielded multiple scam accusations after it emerged its executives do not exist. Critics Say OnMiners Claims Too Good to Be True OnMiners, which purports to produce three mining rigs with vastly superior hash power to market competitors, used stock photos and likely fake names for its leadership on its website.
2019-3-20 14:00 | |
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On March 6th, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) arrested OneCoin ringleader Konstantin Ignatov at Los Angeles International Airport (LAX). The government alleges that he was one of several masterminds behind the multi-billion dollar crypto pyramid scheme.
2019-3-9 04:30 | |
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Coinbin, a South Korean crypto exchange, declared bankruptcy on February 22, 2019, citing foul play from inside the company. Business Korea reported on Coinbin’s recent failure, claiming that the company had lost $26 million as a result of theft and the subsequent bankruptcy declaration.
2019-2-27 23:13 | |
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It’s difficult to tell whether wide-spread use of predictive policing AI is the result of capitalism or ignorance. Perhaps it’s both. AI cannot predict crime; it’s ridiculous to think it could.
2019-2-22 00:19 | |
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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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Reports by a cyber security firm claim to have identified a piece of malware designed to beat the two-factor authentication commonly used to help protect various online accounts. The software steals credentials, including browser cookies, to allow access to cryptocurrency exchange accounts.
2019-2-1 00:00 | |
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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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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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Several of South Korea’s top crypto exchanges have found themselves in hot water, with executives at a couple of exchanges facing criminal charges and jail time. According to a news report on the Korean website Blockinpress, the CEO of Komid, a Korean crypto exchange, has received a three-year prison sentence for committing fraud against investors by artificially inflating the exchange’s actual trading volume.
2019-1-23 00:57 | |
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Vlad Nistor, CEO of Coinflux, was arrested by local authorities in his native Romania after the United States launched a formal investigation charging him with several crimes against American citizens.
2018-12-17 16:23 | |
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