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A case from Australia saw 15 victims lose $2.5 million. Scammers target the elderly. origin »
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Australia’s financial intelligence agency has spotlighted crypto ATMs as a growing vector for fraud and exploitation, identifying 90 people involved in suspicious activity, including scam victims and suspected offenders.
2025-6-26 13:44 | |
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Binance Charity, the blockchain-based charity arm of the world’s number one cryptocurrency exchange by trading volume, has announced that it has initiated the Australia Bushfire Donations project to help raise funds for the restoration of the region which has been devastated by wildfires.
2020-1-9 00:00 | |
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Cryptocurrency investment scams in Australia cost victims a record $14. 76 million between January and July this year. That’s according to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC).
2019-8-13 15:40 | |
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Australian police have charged five people in connection with a protracted cold call cryptocurrency investment scam that tricked more than 100 victims into losing $2. 7 million. The scam, which operated from Australia‘s Gold Coast, was busted as part of ‘Operation Quebec Walnut.
2019-8-8 14:21 | |
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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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In what could be one of the strangest milestones in cryptocurrency history, Bitcoin is now the preferred payment method of Australian tax scammers, surpassing iTunes vouchers for the first time.
2018-11-14 13:02 | |
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Fraudsters have stolen around $50,000 from four people, but local police believe that the number of victims is higher.
2018-10-8 18:56 | |
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In Melbourne’s West, scammers posing as debt collectors conned victims to deposit over $50,000 into a Bitcoin ATM. According to The Sydney Morning Herald’s article published on October 5, 2018, the four victims who were believed to be migrants, were threatened with an arrest if they failed to pay the total amount.
2018-10-7 10:00 | |
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Fraudsters posing as debt collectors convinced four victims to deposit over $50,000 into a Bitcoin ATM in Australia’s southern county of Victoria, reported Sydney Morning Herald on Oct.5. Police authorities stated that all victims were migrants and were bullied into paying up a hefty amount into the ATM, with the attackers warning of severe legal […] The post Fraudsters Steal $50,000 in BTC from Melbourne Bitcoin ATM appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2018-10-6 16:00 | |
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Scammers conned $50,000 out of regular Australians using a blatantly obvious fake tax debt fraud. Multiple victims have been lured into paying off non-existent debt through Bitcoin ATMs. A Time-Tested Scam Scammers have managed to con upwards of $50,000 from Australian citizens, luring them in to pay off a non-existent debt in a classic fraud.
2018-10-6 08:00 | |
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