WBTC thief spreads $71M loot across multiple crypto wallets

Stolen crypto from a $71 million wallet impersonation scam is on the move after six days of dormancy.

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Prominent Crypto Trader Issues Warning About Cold Wallet Scam

Stay vigilant in the crypto space! The Wolf of all Streets shares a cautionary tale of a Ledger scam encounter. Learn about the risks and how to protect yourself in a hyped market. The post Prominent Crypto Trader Issues Warning About Cold Wallet Scam appeared first on BeInCrypto.

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Crypto Scam Damage Multiplied: Web3 Expert Stresses AI Role In Escalation

Crypto scam has taken a worrisome turn as cybercriminals are now harnessing the power of artificial intelligence to enhance their malicious activities. According to Jamie Burke, the founder of Outlier Ventures, a prominent Web3 accelerator, these malicious actors are utilizing AI to create sophisticated bots capable of impersonating family members and duping them. In a […]

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Crypto influencer promotes scam, reimburses victims and apologizes

Crypto influencer Eunice D. Wong has recently come under fire for promoting a scam memecoin known as ThaddeusToken.

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Canadian senior swindled out of $7.5m in shocking crypto scam

In a jaw-dropping tale of deception and betrayal, a Canadian senior was lured off a staggering $7.5 million during a crypto scam that spanned months.  The original fraud began when the victim received a Mandarin-language text message in Spring 2022…

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US authorities seize over $112 million linked to crypto scam schemes 

The US Department of Justice has closed six cryptocurrency accounts with roughly $112 million. The wallets are reportedly linked to Arizona, California, and Idaho crypto scam schemes. Arizona, California, and Idaho-based scam crypto investment scheme orchestrators have hit a brick…

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Indian Police Arrest Two Suspected of Duping 1,400 in Alleged $12M Crypto Scam

Two individuals have been arrested on suspicion of duping 1,441 investors in a crypto scam, according to the Economic Offences Wing of Mumbai's Thane Police in the western state of Maharashtra.

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US DoJ To Seize Property From Attorney Who Helped Launder $400 Million For Crypto Scammers

Something happened in the crypto industry between 2015 and 2018. This is the period within which the most blatantly successful crypto scam took place. The OneCoin scam is approximated to have obtained upwards of $4 billion from unsuspecting investors.

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How Imposters Scam Entrepreneurs Out of Their Crypto

It's a new twist on an old scam: Someone pretending to represent a major media company will approach a small business offering to write about them… for a price, this time in crypto.

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BBC Air Documentary on Notorious ‘Crypto Queen’ Scammer

Nothing gets the clicks or views more than a good story of fear, uncertainty and doubt. The BBC, which has largely steered clear of reporting on crypto, has aired a documentary on the notorious ‘Crypto Queen’ who made a fortune on a scam ICO.

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BitConnect Promoter Wanted Over Another Alleged Crypto Scam

A promoter of the now-shuttered crypto fraud BitConnect has again been charged over a different claimed cryptocurrency scam.

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Official Google Account Hacked in Latest Twitter Crypto Scam

An official, verified Twitter account owned by Google has become the latest to be hacked to host a crypto "giveaway" scam.

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Report: 15,000 Twitter Crypto Scam Giveaway Bots

This week, researchers uncovered empirical data confirming what most in the crypto Twittersphere already know – the space if flooded with scam bots: 15,000 of them to be exact, according to Duo Security.

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15,000 Twitter Crypto Scam Giveaway Bots: Duo Security

This week, researchers uncovered empirical data confirming what most in the crypto Twittersphere already know – the space if flooded with scam bots: 15,000 of them to be exact, according to Duo Security.

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South Korean Authorities Raids Crypto Firm in Alleged Crypto Scam

A Local firm in South Korea, Shinil, was raided in the early hours of yesterday by authorities of the country due to an alleged crypto scam that saw the company promise investors the remains of a wrecked Russian ship, Dmitrii Donskoi, during the Russo-Japanese war in 1905.

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This Crypto Scam Botnet Consists of Over 15,000 Separate Bots

Researchers at Duo Labs have discovered that Twitter is home to at least 15,000 scam bots and have published their findings in a new report. Between May and July of 2018, staff members observed, collected and analyzed nearly 90 million public Twitter accounts that had released over 500 million tweets.

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South Korea: Police Raid Firm Whose Alleged Crypto Scam Promised Investors Shipwreck Gold

South Korean police have raided the office of a local firm whose alleged crypto scam promised investors the spoils of a sunken Russian warship

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Researchers Unveil Crypto Scam Involving 15,000 Twitter Bots

A Duo Security report raises the alarm on a huge botnet broadcasting fake cryptocurrency giveaways on Twitter.

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Researchers Discover Huge Crypto Scam Botnet on Twitter

Researchers have uncovered a large botnet that mimics legitimate accounts on Twitter to spread a cryptocurrency "giveaway" scam.

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Crypto Twitter Bots Have Become Worse than Anyone Could Have Imagined

Cryptocurrency–One of the industry’s worst proponents is a pervasive, network of scam bots that has quickly come to litter the space of Twitter. While most social media users have become accustomed to the incessant “Ethereum giveaway” scams that adorn the profile of any crypto industry figure, the problem has begun to bleed over into other […] The post Crypto Twitter Bots Have Become Worse than Anyone Could Have Imagined appeared first on Ethereum World News.

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“People’s Money” Crypto to Outlast Fiat “Scam” – Rich Dad, Poor Dad Author

The author of the best-selling book ‘Rich Dad, Poor Dad’, Robert Kiyosaki, has spoken in favor of virtual currencies during a recent podcast. Mr. Kiyosaki described the United States Dollar (USD) as comprising a “scam” and predicted that precious metals and cryptocurrencies will outlast fiat currencies.

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Investors Petition for the Extradition of Sky Mining CEO Accused of Crypto Mining Scam

Nearly a thousand people have signed a petition for the extradition of Leh Minh Tam, the CEO of Sky Mining, a cryptocurrency mining firm based in Ho Chi Minh City. The signatories are calling for Tam’s deportation from the United States following allegations that he fled after defrauding investors of $36 million.

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India Investigates Another Crypto Scam

Cryptocurrency scams have become a very real problem over the past few years. With so many new users entering this ecosystem as of late, it is evident that many are at risk of being scammed. In India, another big crypto scam has been uncovered, and two individuals associated with the venture have been arrested. Cryptocurrency […]

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Macau Residents Hit With $2.5M Crypto Scam

Some 70 Macau residents claimed to have been allegedly victimized by a cryptocurrency scammer with over $2.5 million.

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$5 Million Lost Through SIM Card Bitcoin Scam

Reports out today suggest that a 20 year old student from Boston in the United States has been arrested after being accused of involvement in a cryptocurrency scam that is alleged to have seen the theft of $5 million worth of Bitcoin after hacking the phone numbers of more than 40 cryptocurrency traders and investors.

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Korean Authorities Looking into Possible ShipWreck ICO Scam

The authorities in South Korea are working round the clock to unravel a possible crypto investment scam, involving Shinil Group, a Seoul-based firm, which allegedly offered to pay investors in gold, from a Russian ship that sank 113 years ago.

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South Korean authorities are investigating a possible crypto investment scam involving the Seoul-based Shinil Group as the key figure, Korea JoongAng Daily reported July 31. Shinil Group (Shinil) allegedly promised to pay investors in gold from a sunken Russian shipwreck.

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Korean Authorities Investigate Alleged Crypto Scam That Promised Investors Shipwreck Gold

South Korean authorities are investigating a possible crypto scam by a Seoul-based firm, which promised to pay investors in treasure from a sunken Russian shipwreck

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CabbageTech’s Patrick McDonnell $11 Million Cryptocurrency Scam Details

The $11 million scam: How Patrick McDonnell's one-man crypto scam will cost him dearly Patrick McDonnell, the one-man band behind CabbageTech, must have believed himself to be the cryptocurrency world's Frank Abagnale after setting up the company which scammed a large number of investors out of their Bitcoin in exchange trading advice. While McDonnell must […]

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Hackers Are Using Steam To Illicitly Mine Cryptocurrency

Another large scale cryptocurrency scam has surfaced this week, with news of a ‘free game’ on gaming platform Steam, being used to deliver cryptocurrency mining malware to a large number of users.

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Patrick McDonnell's Crypto Scam May Cost Him Over $11M

After the fiasco surrounding Patric McDonnell's one-man cryptocurrency scam, the court presiding over his case may order an $11-million penalty.

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Nexo Crypto Lending Offers to Buy Out Rival SALT Amid Exit Scam Rumors

Nexo has offered to buy out SALT Lending, whose CEO’s unexpected departure spurred rumors that the company is pulling an exit scam.

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Crypto Savant Says KYC (Know Your Customer) and AML (Anti-Money Laundering) is Biggest Scam in Industry

KYC/AML Is a Bigger Scam Than Any Crypto Venture: Here’s Why It is definitely no secret that many new crypto ventures are later exposed to be scams, meant to make technological enthusiasts money before anyone notices.

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There’s bigger scam than anything in crypto its called kyc/aml

A system that keeps billions in poverty, kills innovation and provides an excuse for the banking system to lock out the competition. The direct cost of this compliance to the financial companies is now in the billions every year.

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There's a Bigger Scam Than Anything in Crypto, It's Called KYC/AML

Anti-money-laundering and know-your-customer practices have cost many billions more than all ICO scams put together – yet, what they have produced?

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Google Yanked MetaMask From the Chrome Store, Left a Phishing Scam Up

Scams are an epidemic in the crypto space, and clumsy actions by big tech companies can open up the opportunities, as MetaMask learned recently.

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Try Changing Your Twitter Name To Elon Musk, NO WAIT, You Might Get Banned

Twitter have designed a genius plan to help reduce the number of cryptocurrency scams circulating the Twitter sphere. Well, we say genius but actually, we can’t help but question who came up with this idea… According to reports, Twitter is disabling any Twitter accounts that are unverified and use the display name ‘Elon Musk’.

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Crypto Scams, And The Scammers Who Scam The Stats

Bloomberg Research recently published a study from the Satis Group, an ICO advisory service, purporting to show that crypto is a minefield for bad investments. But not only was the reporting selective to the point of being misleading, some of the research itself was clearly gleaned from a cursory Google search – and it was dead […] The post Crypto Scams, And The Scammers Who Scam The Stats appeared first on Crypto Briefing.

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Dominant Finance: Legit Bitcoin Mining Offer Or Crypto Scam?

What Is Dominant Finance? At first glance, the company is a standard scam like you would typically see on the internet. Dominate Finance promises to provide users with monthly profits of 8% – 20% by way of Bitcoin Mining.

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Omicrex Exchange: Is Omicron Trust A Crypto Scam Or Legit?

What Is Omicrex? The new exchange is for trading Bitcoin, Ethereum and other significant altcoins. It’s an online exchange platform to help you exchange, buy or sell cryptocurrency tokens. Another purpose of the platform is to monitor personal crypto-holdings in a convenient place without real-time price watches. Before I get into this, it’s important to […]

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Australia’s ACCC Scam Watch Site Issues Crypto Investment Warning

With the rapid rise in cryptocurrency prices at the end of 2017 and the start of this year, the market faced a soar in amounts lost due to fraud and scams in the field. According to the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) investment instruments have seen an increase in scams generally during the year […]

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Stop Scams With Bitdepositary

The Bitdepositary mission is to eliminate scam ICOs and guide less experienced investors to make the right ICO Investment decisions. Its Salesforce integrated Blockchain platform allows users to vote for projects they believe in.

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PowerNodes Review: Mize Network’s Crypto Mining Scam Reboot?

The official PowerNodes website gives little to no information about their company or who is in charge which is our immediate impression upon first visiting. The website for PowerNodes domain (powernodes.

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A Shipwreck, a Sunken Treasure, and a Possible Crypto Scam

A South Korean company has claimed to have discovered the 113-year old wreck of the Russian battleship Dmitrii Donskoii, reportedly containing more than $100 billion worth of lost gold. While the matter of who actually has salvage rights remains contested, a cryptocurrency exchange has emerged, offering to “share profits” from the wreck with its users.

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BitFunder Founder Seeks Plea Agreement from SEC for Crypto Fraud

FinanceFeeds’ revealed, on July 20, that the founder of the shutdown bitcoin stock exchange, BitFunder, Jon Montroll is trying to work on a “plea agreement” with the U. S Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), for both his and BitFunder’s multiple fraud and scam activities.

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Crypto Media: What We’re Reading This Week

Mainstream media, financial bigwigs, and Congressman Brad Sherman never tire of eye-popping displays of moral sanctitude as they proclaim Bitcoin to be a digital pyramid scheme; the scam of the century; something that needs to be outlawed to protect the ‘kidz’.

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Crypto Market Leaders Call For Twitter to Ban ‘Scam Bots’

Crypto scam bots have become a common sight in the Twitter landscape, with many premier cryptocurrency personalities seeing an influx of fraudulent accounts commenting on their posts. This has become such a large problem that well-known cryptocurrency figures, like Binance’s CEO and Charlie Shrem, have signed an “open letter” calling for these scams to end.

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DagCoin Crypto Ponzi Scheme Evolves From OneCoin Success Factory Scam

DagCoin Ponzi Scheme Evidence Continues To Pile The OneCoin Ponzi scheme was a major scam that left thousands of investors with empty pockets and a dulled outlook on the crypto market. With the prevalence of scams like OneCoin’s, it is no wonder why many investors continue to be weary of approaching the newly-minted market with […]

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Kodak-Branded Bitcoin Mining Scheme Collapses

The Kodak-branded bitcoin mining rigs unveiled at the CES technology trade show this year will no longer be available to mine for customers. Amid scam accusations, the company behind the Kodak Kashminer crypto mining scheme has reportedly confirmed the plan has collapsed, citing intervention by the U.

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