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China Discovers Major Crypto Laundering Scam, Police On Arrest Spree
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 digi...
YouTube Channel of South Korean Government Hacked in an Elon Musk-Crypto Scam (Report)
Hackers have reportedly attacked several big-name South Korean YouTube channels in the past few months. After gaining access, most wrongdoers used the platform to upload cryptocurrency-related videos....
Actor Will Sasso’s Twitter Hacked; Used To Promote ADA Scam
Canadian Actor William Sasso’s Twitter account has been compromised, with the hackers using the account to promote an ADA scam. The compromise is the latest of a series of Twitter account hacks in a c...
Cardano (ADA) Scam Promoted by Hacked Twitter Account of “How I Met Your Mother” Star
Alex Dovbnya No, Cardano creator Charles Hoskinson is not giving away 100 million ADA tokens following the Vasil upgrade The official Twitter account of Canadian actor Will Sasso has been hacked in or...
Utah Man Charged With 7 Felonies in Connection to Alleged $1.7M Crypto Mining Scam
The Department of Justice (DOJ) says James Wolfgramm, 43, of Spanish Fork, Utah, wooed his victims by portraying himself on social media as “a multimillionaire who made his fortune in cryptocurrency.”...
Hackers Breached Twitter Account Of Oman’s Indian Embassy To Push XRP Scam
Hackers keep trying new ways to loot money in crypto and fiat. This time, scammers hacked a Twitter account of the Indian Embassy in Oman to promote an XRP scam that requires users to click on a phish...
Oman’s Indian embassy Twitter account compromised to promote XRP scam
Scammers have hacked the official Twitter account of the Embassy of Oman in India, replacing the profile picture with Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse and using the reply function to spam users with fake ...
Ripple Scam Promoted by Hacked Account of Oman’s Indian Embassy
Alex Dovbnya The official Twitter account of Oman’s Indian embassy is now advertising an XRP giveaway scam The Twitter account of Oman’s Indian embassy has been hacked in order to promote an XRP scam....
Crypto gambling livestreams to be banned from Twitch after $200K scam
Hot on the heels of a Twitch streamer confessing to scamming fans out of more than $200,000, the platform has announced it will ban all crypto gambling livestreams from October 18. The Amazon-owned si...
XRP Giveaway Scam Launched on Crypto Exchange CoinDCX’s Twitter Account
The Twitter account of Indian crypto exchange CoinDCX remained compromised for hours on Tuesday. Hackers posted a fake XRP giveaway scheme through the exploited Twitter handle @CoinDCX to the exchange...
UK watchdog warns crypto firm FTX is unregistered — it could be a scam
Bahamas-based FTX has responded to the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) warning that the crypto firm is operating unauthorized in the country. According to an FTX spokesperson, the phone numbers...
BadgerDAO Detects a Phishing Scam and Warns Users to Be Wary
BadgerDAO recently unraveled a phishing scam where bad actors took over the Discord invite link and redirected users to a fraudulent server. The intention was to steal their information and, thereby, ...
BitConnect Promoter Gets 38 Months in $2.4 Billion Ponzi Scam
(Bloomberg) — The top North American promoter of the BitConnect cryptocurrency investment platform was sentenced to 38 months in prison for running a $2.4 billion Ponzi scheme that defrauded at ...
US SEC Sues Owner of Alleged Ponzi-Like Cryptocurrency Scam
The Securities and Exchange Commission launched a lawsuit again two advisory companies and their owner for running a Ponzi-like cryptocurrency scheme. The firms operated for over four years and manage...
EthereumPoW (ETHW) Community Targeted by Twitter Scam Campaign
Vladislav Sopov Malefactors created numerous impersonating accounts to steal user data of ETHW community Contents Fake EthereumPoW (ETHW) accounts flooded Twitter Here’s how to protect your hold...
Twitter Verified Scam Account Targeting User During Ethereum Merge
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Twitter Verified Scam Accounts Busted for Duping Investors During Ethereum Merge
The publicity around the Ethereum Merge has fascinated a throng of phishers who are using verified Twitter accounts and sites to dupe investors. At least forty-five “Ethereum merge double your money” ...
Man sentenced for UN crypto scam backed by Nancy Pelosi’s son
A 50-year-old man has been sentenced this week after robbing investors of $600,000 via a crypto investment scam backed by the son of Nancy Pelosi and sponsored by a hoax United Nations partner. Asa Sa...
Cop tried to invest in bitcoin but ended up funding $100k scam
A 26-year-old Singaporean man has been sentenced to a year in prison after tricking a policeman into giving him S$25,000 ($17,600) which he used to fund a currency exchange scam. As reported by local ...
Crypto Scam and Investments Duped Over $242 Million In Australia
Since the cryptocurrency grew in the last few years, it also has become the favorite place for fraudsters and cybercriminals to loot money. Per the latest estimates, Australia records significant loss...
U.S DOJ Sentences Man to 5 years of Jail For Crypto Scam
Bitcoin News Joshua David Nicholas was the “Head Trader” for EmpiresX as per DOJ. The exchange was a scam that stole digital assets worth $100 million. Florida native Joshua David Nicholas pled guilty...
Elon Musk and DOGE Co-Founder Make Fun of Uniswap and CZ Scam Twitter Bots on Halloween
Yuri Molchan Dogecoin co-creator was trolling crypto scam bots that impersonate CZ, when Elon Musk stepped in with his Halloween tweet Billy Markus, the only Dogecoin co-founder who is still on good t...
“Vitalik Buterin Scam” Hits Verified Account of Famous Journalist
Gamza Khanzadaev Aaron Goldfarb verified Twitter account gets hacked by Ethereum founder’s imposter The closer we get to the transition of Ethereum to the PoS consensus, the more hype around the...
The Bitcoin scam on Instagram
This article is about yet another Bitcoin scam that took place on the Instagram social network. The Bitcoin scam on Instagram As is increasingly the case, the scammers’ strategy was well-engineered....
Apple Crypto Scam Fools Thousands of Users
Alex Dovbnya Thousands of users mistakenly tuned in to a fake Apple livestream that was adverting a cryptocurrency scam Cryptocurrencies scammers attempted to cash in on today’s Apple event with a fak...
Fraudsters Fool Fans With Online Crypto Scam Feed
Cybercriminals managed to scam thousands of Apple fans with a fake cryptocurrency endorsement during the firm’s latest press event, the launch of its iPhone 14. During Apple’s “Far Out” launch event e...