On Friday, debtors who control the official FTX Twitter account warned the community to “be on alert for scams from entities claiming to be affiliated with FTX.” They also noted that neither FTX debto...
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Phony Crypto Facebook Post Sends Australia Into an Uproar
Crypto traders in Australia got scared a few weeks ago when they saw a phony Facebook advertisement claiming they needed “social credit scores” of approximately 100 or more to do business with crypto ...
Much Crypto Trading On Unregulated Platforms Could Be Phony, New Research Shows
LONDON, ENGLAND – DECEMBER 07: A visual representation of the digital Cryptocurrency, Bitcoin on … [+] December 07, 2017 in London, England. Cryptocurrencies including Bitcoin, Ethereum, a...
Over 500k users are involved in phony KYC services: survey
The Web 3.0 community is being defrauded by dishonest project development teams utilizing KYC actors. Over 500,000 individuals have reportedly bought or sold using phony KYC services, according to a s...
British Army Twitter Page Hacked to Push Phony NFTs
The social media accounts of the British Army have been hacked by someone looking to promote a cryptocurrency scam. The YouTube and Twitter accounts of the Army have been overtaken by someone who rema...
Do not leave any paper trail: how a group of sovereign citizens used a phony credit repair business to amass a real estate empire
Bad credit? No problem. A group of alleged scam artists have been charged with running a fraudulent credit repair business and then using their clients’ identities to get mortgages on millions of doll...
Crypto Phishing Groups Solicit Phony Aid Donations Amid Ukraine Conflict
Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, phishing scammers are masquerading as aid groups to solicit crypto donations, according to research published by cybersecurity firm Expel. “Since the start of the i...