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The phishing scam appears to be quite obvious, given MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor's recentbullish statements on Bitcoin.
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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…
2024-3-7 12:52 | |
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Scam Sniffer has revealed that an individual possessing Pepe lost more than $450,000 due to a phishing scam, a nefarious scheme that has illicitly accumulated over $7 million from unaware victims.
2023-6-3 15:37 | |
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Law firm Miller Thomson says the imitation website is not authorized and asks users not to use it or provide their personal/confidential information. The post Defunct QuadrigaCX Crypto Exchange is Back; But As A Phishing Scam first appeared on BitcoinExchangeGuide.
2021-2-10 18:07 | |
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Can you tell the difference between the real site and the fake one?
The post Warning: This Phishing Scam is *Very* Easy to Fall For appeared first on CoinMarketCap Blog.
2020-12-3 17:35 | |
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Ledger users are under attack and targeted by a phishing scam (here is a link to understand the anatomy of a phishing attack). Kraken Security Lab has done a great job at describing what’s going on and we appreciate their help in this matter.
2020-11-11 19:46 | |
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A PayPal related cryptocurrency scam caught the attention of Northumbria Police who issued a warning today especially to all PayPal users. In its notice, the police warned: A message for all PayPal uThe post UK police warn PayPal users about crypto phishing email scam appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-11-10 00:30 | |
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Crypto scams and attacks are on the rise once again as the broader sector breaks out of a nearly three-year-long bear market. The post 1.1m XRP stolen in phishing scam on crypto wallet Ledger lookalike appeared first on CryptoSlate.
2020-11-9 11:25 | |
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Ledger wallet owners have fell victim to a scheme that defrauded them out of 1,150,000 XRP. A community-run fraud awareness group xrplorer unveiled this news on November 2, noting that the scam leveraged a phishing email that instructed users to use a fake version of the Ledger website, which contained a homoglyph in the URL.
2020-11-7 22:58 | |
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Phishing scams targeting crypto users seem to be far from over as per an update by XRP Forensics, which says close to 1,150,000 XRP tokens have been stolen in a new scam. This particular one targeted Ledger wallet users and went to the length of sending security update emails to unsuspecting XRP token holders.
2020-11-7 20:58 | |
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After a major leak of email and personal information earlier this year, Ledger customers are experiencing a surge in phishing attempts.
2020-11-7 07:44 | |
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Chief Security Officer at cryptocurrency exchange Kraken, Nicholas J. Percoco alerted users today about a scam that was targeting crypto users, which involved a homograph phishing attack and “multiThe post Kraken sounds the alarm for a phishing attack targeting its users appeared first on AMBCrypto.
2020-10-17 20:00 | |
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Billionaires, politicians, and celebrities were victimized in a large-scale phishing campaign with the hackers defrauding people for over $100,000 in Bitcoin. Hackers used their access to trick people into participating...
2020-7-16 02:07 | |
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Imagine falling foul of a phishing attack that stole a significant portion of your crypto savings, only to discover that a good Samaritan had returned it to you out of the goodness of their heart.
2020-7-3 21:16 | |
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Thousands have their personal data leaked by a crypto-based phishing scam.
2020-7-1 18:55 | |
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Price analysis for Ethereum (ETH), Grayscale falls victim to a phishing scam, and Bitcoin (BTC) drops twice and $25M in longs are wiped out.
2020-6-25 01:34 | |
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Typically, every overhyped blockchain-related product draws the attention of blatant scammers. Investors have unveiled a phishing attempt by Grayscale impersonators
2020-6-25 13:35 | |
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A fraud victim who had his BTC taken from a hardware storage device and asked the scammers to send him some back, has left Crypto Twitter, according to Adam Back
2020-6-18 15:49 | |
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Scammers have stolen over 2,100,000 XRP by luring victims with the false promise of... The post Phishing scam steals secret keys of XRP users using homoglyph domain appeared first on Coin Journal.
2020-6-17 15:27 | |
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Experts from Xrplorer say that a fake XRP giveaway scam emerged in January 2020 and remains alive.
2020-6-17 23:38 | |
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A new Bitcoin-related scam emerged through a phishing site that impersonates a self-destructing encrypted notes service.
2020-6-16 21:23 | |
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Crypto community members have donated 0.7 BTC to the victim of a phishing scam who lost his entire Bitcoin savings.
2020-6-15 22:30 | |
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In a tragic event, Eric Savics, the host of the ”Protocol Podcast” lost all his bitcoin savings — 12 BTC worth over $100k — that he accumulated over 7 years in a hardware phishing attack. “I had all of my Bitcoin stolen from me in a hardware wallet phishing scam.
2020-6-14 19:29 | |
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A man has taken to Twitter to air his story after he apparently fell victim to a phishing attack. In a video that has since attracted the attention of many crypto enthusiasts, one Eric Savics says he lost 12 Bitcoins in the attack that has now threatened his dream of buying his own apartment. Appeal […]
2020-6-14 18:28 | |
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A victim of a hardware wallet phishing scam, an entrepreneur, has got over 12 BTC stolen and asks CT for help, CZ Binance promises to block the scammers Bitcoin address
2020-6-13 14:04 | |
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Sextortion phishers are pivoting away from Bitcoin to alternative cryptocurrencies to avoid being caught by email filters, ZDNet reports. In particular, some sextortionists now rely on Litecoin, as major email providers automatically flag suspicious emails that feature Bitcoin wallet addresses.
2019-10-9 15:11 | |
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Crypto phishing scam MasterMana reaches 2,000 users weekly: research
2019-10-4 10:43 | |
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Welcome to TNW Basics, a collection of tips, guides, and advice on how to easily get the most out of your gadgets, apps, and other stuff. A few days ago, I was baffled to see an obviously scammy event pop up in my Google calendar: I’d won $2,338 in some ‘annual competition.
2019-8-28 10:11 | |
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A scammer who sold people’s personal details on the dark web has been ordered to forfeit $1. 12 million worth of Bitcoin. Grant West, also known as “Courvoisier “, gathered sensitive information about individuals using a phishing scam targeting a popular online takeaway ordering service and other well-known British retailers.
2019-8-24 23:00 | |
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CryptoScamDB is a database that currently houses records of 6500+ known scams across Ethereum, Bitcoin, XRP, NEO, and many more chains. They were originally known as EtherScamDB. Currently, their data shows that there are over 6,800 scams and there has been a sharp increase since the beginning of the year. Phishing; fraud; theft; hacking all […]
2019-7-20 19:34 | |
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The brothers two allegedly embezzled over $100 million over a multi-year scam.
2019-6-25 21:00 | |
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Just last week BitcoinExchangeGuide reported a story about Ripple wallet and gateway-as-a-service provider GateHub getting hacked. They were a victim of hacking that led to $10 Million worth of XRP getting stolen.
2019-6-14 07:43 | |
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GateHub announced that a recent phishing campaign has been targeting its XRP wallet users
2019-6-14 23:54 | |
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Harry Denley, researcher for MyCrypto, found and dismantled a clever phishing site that targeted Binance users.
2019-6-4 17:00 | |
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North Korean hacking group, “Kim-Soo-ki,” have allegedly orchestrated a phishing attack targeting users of South Korean cryptocurrency trading venue, UpBit, in a bid to steal their bitcoin, according to a report by The Next Web on May 31, 2019.
2019-6-1 01:00 | |
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Hackers from North Korea were reportedly behind a phishing scam targeting users of South Korean cryptocurrency exchange UpBit
2019-5-31 13:20 | |
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It is very common in the digital asset sphere to have cases of different types of scams regularly. The latest of such crypto scams that has got the attention of everyone in the cryptocurrency community is a social media attack on the Jibrel Wallet.
2019-5-9 00:08 | |
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Electrum servers are still under a sustained Denial-of-Service (DoS) attack. The wallet developers announced the issue on April 7, 2018. In correspondence with Bitcoin Magazine, Electrum developer Thomas Voegtlin speculated that the attack may be a form of retaliation from a phishing attacker who has been targeting Electrum in recent weeks.
2019-4-11 21:47 | |
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Phishing scams are the bane of a good day. What better way to wake up than reading an email saying your credit card has been stolen? How about an email asking for bitcoin to keep you out of jail? Don’t you love phishing scams? There’s a new, particularly nasty crypto-related scam floating around, and it very well may ruin your life, quite literally, if you don’t pay attention.
2019-4-8 11:10 | |
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Phishing is a type of cyber attack that often appears in an email, unbeknownst to the recipient. Many phishing scams have gotten quite good at making the recipient believe that the email is from a reliable source and that it contains information that is useful to them. Once the user opens the email, clicks on […]
2019-4-8 00:58 | |
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Crypto phishing scams are becoming one of the most profitable methods for cybercriminals to steal your cryptocurrency. Phishing for Crypto Cybercrime exists because it’s profitable. You might think the efforts of malicious actors are petty or trivial when you delete obvious scam emails from your inbox, but every so often, one of them works — and it makes money for the bad guys.
2019-4-6 14:00 | |
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There are two primary reasons why storing your private crypto keys in the cloud is a bad idea. First, your cloud provider represents a centralized honeypot that could experience a security breach, allowing cyber criminals to access your data.
2019-2-19 00:19 | |
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Reddit user alerts to Coinbase phishing scam A reddit user (username u_asparagus_) has alerted readers of a possible phishing scam in the /r/bitcoin subreddit. The user posted a screenshot of the alleged phishing attempt in the form of a message from the exchange.
2019-2-13 08:32 | |
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MyEtherWallet users are being targeted by a phishing email scam, according to the official MyEtherWallet Twitter account. The email asks users to send their private keys to a third party email address to avoid having their wallet data compromised.
2019-2-5 02:11 | |
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According to a post from the official MyEtherWallet’s Twitter account, reports suggest that users of the popular Ethereum network interface have been targeted by a phishing email. The fraudulent correspondence requests users give up personal information that could put their crypto holdings at risk of theft.
2019-2-5 00:00 | |
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On January 26, 2019, clients of peer-to-peer bitcoin trading service LocalBitcoins were the targets of a phishing scam which resulted in the theft of a handful of bitcoins.
2019-1-31 18:40 | |
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Users of the peer-to-peer OTC Bitcoin trading service LocalBitcoins have been targeted by cyber criminals as part of a phishing scam, resulting in the user’s Bitcoin being stolen. Forum users were being redirected to a phishing site, which was prompting the users to input two-factor authentication codes that were used to access user accounts and empty.
2019-1-26 16:37 | |
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My Online Security, a UK-based cybersecurity website has discovered a spoofing attack which masquerades as the BBC‘s website, and redirects users to an affiliate bitcoin generation page and phishing platform, Security Intelligence reports on January 15.
2019-1-17 20:00 | |
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Phishing scams are nothing new, but it’s certainly unusual to see them show up in your Twitter timeline as a promoted tweet. Nevertheless, earlier this evening, I came across this promoted post from the (since deleted) account @PaypalChristm.
2019-1-2 21:31 | |
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A variation of an old scam attempting to steal private keys has been making the rounds on social media.
2018-12-19 16:14 | |
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