2023-5-26 17:04 |
In a worrisome development, an infiltrated Twitter account, @steveaoki, has been exploited to endorse a cryptocurrency phishing scam.
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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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There is a new crypto scam called 'Contra Trading.' The scam attacked an FTX User's account using 3commas API.
2022-10-24 15:00 | |
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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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No, Cardano creator Charles Hoskinson is not giving away 100 million ADA tokens following the Vasil upgrade
2022-9-26 21:03 | |
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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 phishing link.
2022-9-22 23:03 | |
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The hackers behind the attack may have been responsible for breaching India-based crypto exchange CoinDCX’s Twitter account given the similar fake XRP giveaways.
2022-9-21 23:15 | |
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The official Twitter account of Oman’s Indian embassy is now advertising an XRP giveaway scam
2022-9-21 21:54 | |
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Aaron Goldfarb verified Twitter account gets hacked by Ethereum founder's imposter
2022-9-8 18:38 | |
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This is yet another verified Twitter account that has been hacked in order to promote a blatantly obvious XRP scam
2022-9-4 11:50 | |
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Launched in November of 2013, itBit is a bitcoin exchange and OTC desk you can access from one single account. The company’s headquarters is in New York, and they have an international office in Singapore and offer free deposits and withdrawals in Singapore dollars.
2022-7-4 15:21 | |
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A Twitter hacker has compromised the account of EL Universal, a Latin American newspaper, to promote a fraudulent goblintown. wtf giveaway, an Ethereum-based non-fungible token (NFT) project, on-chain analyst @NFTherder unveiled.
2022-6-10 03:00 | |
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The Discord scam was posted by someone who took control over the Yuga Labs community manager account.
2022-6-5 00:11 | |
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An apparent phishing scam led to the hacking of the Twitter account belonging to digital artist Beeple, where more than $70000 in Ethereum was stolen. Mike Winkelmann, better known as Beeple, is a popular digital artist who helped drive the mainstream acceptance of NFTs (non-fungible tokens).
2022-5-24 09:56 | |
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Links posted to a fake Louis Vuitton NFT raffle were made to capitalize on a recent real collaboration between Beeple and the luxury fashion brand.
2022-5-24 06:46 | |
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Launched in November of 2013, itBit is a bitcoin exchange and OTC desk you can access from one single account. The company’s headquarters is in New York, and they have an international office in Singapore and offer free deposits and withdrawals in Singapore dollars.
2022-3-14 12:05 | |
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Elon Musk impostors highjacked some major Indian Twitter accounts
2022-1-3 17:39 | |
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The cryptocurrency industry is no stranger to scams and fraud, unfortunately, as bad actors were a part of it ever since Bitcoin (BTC/USD) first got its value. With that said, there has been a new trend among the scammers who are using stolen photos to make fake Instagram accounts and scam people by pushing fraudulent […] The post A fake Instagram account caught conducting crypto fraud appeared first on Invezz.
2021-12-16 20:16 | |
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Soon after Modi's Twitter account, with over 73.4 million followers, got hacked, attackers shared misleading information about the mainstream adoption of Bitcoin and a 500 BTC giveaway.
2021-12-14 08:00 | |
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The official YouTube account of the Civil Guard has been hijacked to promote an XRP scam
2021-5-28 17:54 | |
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According to reports from local news outlets, a Chinese gang of 18 suspects was recently detained by the police authorities of Istanbul on account of kidnapping and operating a crypto scam scheme. The gang which held its operations in Silivri in the Province of Istanbul, Turkey, attracted 101 people including two Turkmens, 95 Chinese nationals, […]
2021-3-15 15:33 | |
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Launched in November of 2013, itBit is a bitcoin exchange and OTC desk you can access from one single account. The company’s headquarters is in New York, and they have an international office in Singapore and offer free deposits and withdrawals in Singapore dollars.
2021-1-11 19:41 | |
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In an unexpected turn of events, the management team at Mirror Trading International (MTI) now suggest that their CEO Johann Steynberg may have exit scammed. The team alleges that Steynberg, now believed to be in Brazil, has locked out key management staff from accessing MTI’s account with a local bank.
2020-12-24 04:30 | |
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Canada’s Scotiabank has helped itself to $3,000 (CAD) from one of its customers’ accounts after he fell victim to a job recruitment scam. Justin Smith of Toronto, who is a longtime customer of Tangerine – Scotiabank’s online subsidiary – has spoken about his ordeal with the bank in a story that illustrates the pitfalls of … Continued The post Canadian Bank Seizes $3,000 from Scam Victim’s Account to Reimburse Itself appeared first on BeInCrypto.
2020-11-24 10:38 | |
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Brave browser (BAT) is integrating an anti-phishing intelligence solution to protect users against scams as per an update on Sep 8. The open-source browser plugin by PhishFort is fast, detects crypto scams, and reports any suspicious domains, dApp, mobile app, or social media account to users.
2020-9-10 17:00 | |
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Hackers have compromised yet another prominent figure’s Twitter account, seeking to steal unsuspecting followers' crypto assets. This time it was India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who fell victim to malicious hacking that took over the twitter account affiliated to his website dubbed ‘Prime Minister’s National Relief Fund (PMNRF).
2020-9-4 19:50 | |
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It’s not your traditional malware scam.
2020-8-24 16:28 | |
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After twitter was hacked to get Obama and others to scam two bitcoin for one, and after Elon Musk’s twitter account was finally unfrozen, he first asked “will those who...
2020-7-19 17:48 | |
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SpaceX and Tesla CEO is adamant to promote Dogecoin as his favorite cryptocurrency over Bitcoin. As one of the prominent public figures whose account was hacked during the twitter-bitcoin scam, Elon musk now thinks that Dogecoin will soon sweep over the global financial system like a sandstorm.
2020-7-19 16:24 | |
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It’s a tired old scam in the cryptocurrency world. An account that may or may not resemble a famous person will say: “Send me some Bitcoin, and I’ll send you back double right away!” It might look like Elon Musk, but it’s not.
2020-7-17 14:46 | |
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Twitter’s thin veil of security went into full meltdown at 19:00 UTC on Wednesday. Within hours, even Barack Obama’s account was compromised.
2020-7-16 00:37 | |
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Official Twitter accounts across the cryptocurrency space have been compromised. Accounts for Binance, Justin Sun, Changpeng Zhao, Gemini, and KuCoin all appear to have been hacked. Even Elon Musk’s account...
2020-7-16 23:17 | |
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На видеохостинге YouTube обнаружили фейковый аккаунт главы Ripple Брэда Гарлингхауса, от имени которого мошенники анонсировали раздачу 50 млн токенов XRP взамен на монеты пользователей. @YouTube @bgarlinghouse @Ripple @JoelKatz someone has created a YT account as Brad Garlinghouse and is using this video to promote an xrp airdrop scam. @YouTube you need to shut this down […]
2020-3-25 11:58 | |
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На видеохостинге YouTube обнаружили фейковый аккаунт главы Ripple Брэда Гарлингхауса, от имени которого мошенники анонсировали раздачу 50 млн токенов XRP взамен на монеты пользователей. @YouTube @bgarlinghouse @Ripple @JoelKatz someone has created a YT account as Brad Garlinghouse and is using this video to promote an xrp airdrop scam. @YouTube you need to shut this down […]
2020-3-25 10:21 | |
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Someone created a Youtube account pretending to be Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse, to scam users. The scammer promoted an XRP airdrop requesting deposits from 2,000 XRP to 250,000 XRP to participate, offering high amounts as a “reward” after an airdrop.
2020-3-25 09:54 | |
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Bogus YouTube account exposes a fake XRP airdrop scam to over 270,000 subscribers, impersonates Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse
2020-3-25 17:02 | |
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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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There’s a new extortion scam that targets Google AdSense serving websites and demands Bitcoin (BTC) in exchange for the prevention of an attack. This attack, according to the extortionist, would lead to the AdSense account of targeted users to be suspended or banned.
2020-2-18 00:44 | |
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A Libra scam has appeared on Twitter to conduct a fake initial coin offering (ICO) of its coin LIBT. The account has existed on Twitter since 2018, but data from Etherscan has shown that the ERC20 token was created on Jan.
2020-1-29 19:43 | |
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Investors in Dash were hit with a huge surprise last night. On December 1st, the Dash Uncensored account on Twitter exposed the platform, stating that the Senior Advisor with Dash Core Group had up and left with the funds of their customers.
2019-12-3 20:12 | |
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As you might expect, China is leveraging its censorship state to align with its new blockchain-focused goals. It is now reportedly removing all articles claiming blockchain is a scam. The Chinese state is so serious about blockchain that they’re even outright censoring anyone who disagrees with the technology.
2019-10-29 16:06 | |
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The authorities in India appear to have fallen victim to their own anti-crypto regulations. Money seized from a convicted Bitcoin scammer is currently sitting trapped in a frozen State Bank of India of bank account.
2019-10-4 23:00 | |
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We present Orionix, a comission-free games and items exchange platform along with ORX token that covers operational costs by minting its own native currency. The project aims to facilitate communication, exchange and security between players.
2019-8-16 16:03 | |
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Hackers have hijacked the official Twitter handle of Tesco, a British multinational groceries and general merchandise retailer with over 3,400 stores scattered across the globe. The bad actors tried to orchestrate a bitcoin (BTC) giveaway scam with the account without much success, according to a BleepingComputer report from June 25, 2019.
2019-6-27 13:00 | |
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The UK-based supermarket giant Tesco has had its Twitter account compromised by hackers. Almost mirroring an attack last year, those behind it have attempted to scam Bitcoin from the store’s customers.
2019-6-26 02:00 | |
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Hackers were able to control Tesco’s Twitter account on June 24 and urged followers to send Bitcoin to a wallet address. The hackers promised users that they were going to receive back twice the funds they send.
2019-6-26 00:22 | |
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Hackers took control of British multinational retailer Tesco’s Twitter account yesterday, urging followers to send Bitcoin to a wallet address and promising to return twice the value received. Luckily, though, Tesco’s followers did not fall for the Bitcoin scheme as no funds were deposited in the wallet address shared by the hackers.
2019-6-25 19:32 | |
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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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The purpose of this infographic is to visualize the size of large cryptocurrency hacks that have occurred in the past as if they all happened today. The hacks included in this infographic extend beyond exchanges, as there were other large entities that experienced cryptocurrency hacks, such as marketplaces like Silk Road 2.
2019-5-25 21:56 | |
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The return of notorious cryptocurrency ponzi scheme Bitconnect is closer than ever, its mysterious organizers claim after revealing a July launch date. Bitconnect: Unapologetically Fraudulent A fresh tweet from the Twitter account of the so-called ‘Bitconnect 2.
2019-5-20 12:00 | |
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A shocking incident has emerged in the cryptocurrency community, with a trader reportedly falling victim to a phishing attack resulting in a staggering loss of $71 million. The unfortunate sequence of events unfolded when the trader, in a routine transaction, created a new address labeled “0xd9A1b0B1e1aE382DbDc898Ea68012FfcB2853a91” and transferred 0.05 $ETH […]
Fireblocks' latest dApp security features that protect against phishing and clarify DeFi transactions for enhanced user safety The post Fireblocks unveils features to prevent DeFi scams appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
A 71-year-old digital artist in India fell victim to scammers pretending to be an NFT art dealer. According to a local report, Shivaprasad R (name changed), a practicing chartered accountant (CA), lost INR 1.58 lakhs (approximately $1895) in fees to…
An unidentified market participant unfortunately fell victim to a phishing scam, leading to a significant loss of over $674,000 in USDC amid the escalating prevalence of these deceptive schemes. Blockchain security platform PeckShield identified the incident in a recent post…
The Lena Network's CANDY token lost over 95% of its value today following a rug pull of 753 Ether, or approximately $2.9 million.
Although the address is related to the Inferno Drainer scam, CertiKs team member states that it is unlikely that this scheme is still active.
The crypto industry is perpetually vulnerable to malicious activities, with hackers seemingly relentless in their pursuits. It’s been only two months into 2024 and crypto scams are already making their appearance.