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Can you recover stolen Bitcoin from crypto scams?

Recovering stolen Bitcoin from crypto scams is challenging due to the anonymous nature of blockchain transactions and jurisdictional issues.

2023-5-17 22:32
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Bitcoin Scammers Spur Canadian Police to Launch Awareness Campaign

Due to an uptick in Bitcoin scams, Canadian police have launched a public awareness campaign to educate potential victims of the danger. In Regina, the police have reported that an increasing number of people are getting scammed — even though many don’t know what cryptocurrency is.

2020-9-18 12:53
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Tim Draper Tweeted He Bought Bitcoin Cash (BCH) & Thanks Roger Ver; Turns Out To Be A Hack

Twitter hacks targeting the crypto community have become unfortunately commonplace. American VC and serial crypto investor, Tim Draper, appears to be the latest victim of such scams. Well known for his bullish sentiments on Bitcoin, a September 4th tweet vouching for Bitcoin Cash (BCH) came as a surprise to his followers.

2020-9-8 20:27	Bitcoin Cash (BCH)
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‘Bitcoin Pope’ faces up to 10 years in jail for running two crypto scams

The alleged crypto scam websites are still intact.

2020-9-8 14:28	United States
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Darknet marketplace “Empire” exit scams with $30 million in Bitcoin

A big marketplace known for selling illicit and illegal products on the dark web has reportedly exit-scammed with over $30 million in Bitcoin, as per reports. The post Darknet marketplace “Empire” exit scams with $30 million in Bitcoin appeared first on CryptoSlate.

2020-8-27 20:00	#scams
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Waterloo residents have lost $430K to crypto scams this year

Bitcoin scammers have thus far proven to be unstoppable in Canada.

2020-8-26 22:32	Cryptocurrencies
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Billionaire Chris Kirubi Still Grappling with Bitcoin Fraudsters

Yes, Bitcoin scams that flaunt fake celebrity endorsements are still a thing, and billionaire businessman Chris Kirubi continues his fight against them

2020-8-19 17:40
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Facial Recognition Could Help to Stamp Out Bitcoin Social Media Scams

Coincurve’s Rod Hsu says facial recognition can stamp out social media Bitcoin scams.

2020-8-9 18:00
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Twitter Bitcoin Breach Raises Questions

Coinspeaker Twitter Bitcoin Breach Raises QuestionsThis most recent hack on Twitter is a curiously high-profile money flipping scam. It may encourage people to be more aware of online scams going forward.Twitter Bitcoin Breach Raises Questions

2020-8-5 11:21	Uber
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Twitter Says High-Profile Hack Tricked Staff With Spear Phishing

Twitter has identified that their recent hack was a result of phone spear phishing. Hackers caused chaos after temporarily gaining access to internal tools. The Scope A Thursday morning blog post update from Twitter informed the public about the recent hack that saw high-profile user accounts compromised with run-of-the-mill Bitcoin scams.

2020-8-1 19:56	#twitter
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As Crypto Rips Higher, the US SEC Is Warning of ICO Scams Yet Again

It’s been an explosive past few weeks for the crypto market. While much focus has been put on Bitcoin and Ethereum, altcoins have also performed extremely well, with some rallying hundreds of percent or thousands of percent in literal days.

2020-7-31 03:00	SEC
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Crypto Hackers Ask for Bitcoin Donations After Hijacking Account of Top Indian YouTuber Carryminati

After the infamous Twitter hack when the criminals launched Bitcoin scams from the hijacked accounts, the same happened on YouTube to the account of Carryminati

2020-7-25 10:57
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Steve Wozniak Sues Youtube, Google for Promoting Bitcoin Giveaway Scam — Youtube Denies Fault

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak and 17 other victims have sued Youtube and Google for allowing, promoting, and profiting from bitcoin giveaway scams. However, Youtube insists that it is not at fault for scammers using its video-sharing platform for cryptocurrency giveaway scams and other fraudulent schemes.

2020-7-24 20:30
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Crypto Scammer on the Prowl as YouTube and Twitter Become Central to Bitcoin Scams

Bitcoin giveaway scammers are getting away with Bitcoin.

2020-7-24 16:15	cybersecurity
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Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Sues YouTube Over Bitcoin Giveaway Scams

Wozniak is among 18 plaintiffs suing the video-sharing giant for allowing crypto giveaway scams using his likeness to flourish on the platform.

2020-7-23 01:43
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Here’s How to Check If a Bitcoin Address Is a Scam

With the rapid rise in the number of bitcoin scams, there are easy ways to check if a bitcoin address has been reported as being used by scammers, such as in fake bitcoin giveaways. You can also easily report any bitcoin address associated with a scam.

2020-7-22 08:30
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Not Just For Selfies: Twitter Crypto Scam And How Social Media Transfers Value

This week, the popular social platform Twitter was hacked to promote a scam where $120,000 in Bitcoin was stolen. Similar crypto scams have run rampant on the platform for some time. The ongoing issue highlights how social media has transformed from a place to post selfies, into an online community that is used to transfer […]

2020-7-18 00:00	xbtusd
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Good For Bitcoin? BTC is Now Trending after Exploding on Twitter

A ton of blue check twitter accounts got hacked to promote bitcoin-related scams. Hijacked accounts claimed that they were going to give people bitcoin or double their stash after they sent some to an address first.

2020-7-17 20:35	Bitcoin News
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“Bitcoin is not the enemy, centralization is” – Bitcoiners remain bullish amid mainstream media attacks

Nearly 24 hours after the “big” cryptocurrency scam, tranquillity is slowly returning to Twitter and as new trends surface, the discussion is shifting from what can be titled as one of the swiftest and most popular cryptocurrency scams of the year, to regular day to day topics.

2020-7-17 20:26	btcusd
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Twitter Hack: Here’s What We Know (And Don’t Know) So Far About The Bitcoin Thief

Cryptocurrency Giveaway scams are nothing new, but this year they have been the go-to method for hackers who have made and are expected to continue making millions of dollars from it. In the past week, we have reported on so many giveaway scams, most of which were carried out on YouTube. However, it looks like […]

2020-7-17 19:25	#twitter
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Twitter On Fire After Obama, Musk, Gates Accounts Were Hijacked to Promote Bitcoin Scams

It was galore of commotion for the entire Twitter space on the 15th of July. Users of the social media application have been left in shock after witnessing what Cybersecurity experts say is the “worst hack of a major social media platform yet.

2020-7-16 12:15	#twitter
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Bitcoin Scammers Have Stolen $24 Million in First Half of 2020: Whale Alert Report

In the first six months of 2020, scammers made off with about $24 million in bitcoin, as per the Twitter bot Whale Alert's latest report. These scams involved giveaways, sextortion, fake exchanges, fake ICO's, bitcoin recovery, video scams, Ponzi schemes, fake tumblers, malware, and so on.

2020-7-14 21:54	cryptojacking
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Binance CEO CZ Reacts After Appearing in Latest YouTube Bitcoin Giveaway Scam

Over the past few weeks, YouTube cryptocurrency giveaway scams have been gaining popularity for their increased fraudulent ads where crypto CEOs and Founders have been impersonated, and their identity used to defraud unsuspecting YouTube viewers of millions of cryptocurrencies.

2020-7-12 23:38	Changpeng Zhao
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Sextortion scams: Bitcoin, not Monero, is the most used crypto

Bitcoin has had a slew of crimes related to it in the past few years, that's the price you pay for using a censorship-resistant universal cryptocurrency. But looking at the facets of what makes a crimThe post Sextortion scams: Bitcoin, not Monero, is the most used crypto appeared first on AMBCrypto.

2020-7-5 20:00	BTC Trading View
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Bitcoin Scams on YouTube: An everyday affair?

Be careful of what you see and click The Internet has pushed the entire world into its phones and laptops. With this, came bad actors with the malicious intent to lure users into a fraudulent websiThe post Bitcoin Scams on YouTube: An everyday affair? appeared first on AMBCrypto.

2020-6-26 18:00	BTC Trading View
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Over $67 Million EOS Tokens Transferred From The PlusToken Scam Wallet; Dump Incoming?

In the latter months of 2019, one of the biggest cryptocurrency heists/scams was revealed, whereby approximately $3 billion in investors’ Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH) and EOS (EOS) was lost in a Ponzi-like scheme.

2020-6-23 20:53	EOS (EOS)
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BTC Giveaway Scams Using Elon Musk’s Name Pulls in More than $2M in Just Over a Month

Bitcoin giveaway scams bearing the name of Tesla CEO and the founder and CEO of SpaceX, Elon Musk raked in more than $2 million in just the past two months. While these giveaway scams have been around for over two years now, the latest ones involve the use of Bitcoin vanity addresses such as 1MuskPsV7BnuvMuHGWmmXUyXKjxp3vLZX6 […]

2020-6-22 16:00	cybersecurity
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Crypto Scams Not Limited to Planet Earth

A lot of people out there want Bitcoin to take off towards the moon. But some crypto thieves have made that term a little too literal. The newest crypto scam involves Elon Musk, SpaceX, and possibly the moon and Mars.

2020-6-12 22:25	elon musk
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5000 BTC Giveaway Scam: Chamath Palihapitiya, Elon Musk Not Giving Away Bitcoin

The number of bitcoin giveaway scams has been increasing rapidly amid rising prices of cryptocurrencies and deepening economic crisis worldwide. These scams claim that famous people are giving away bitcoin, such as Virgin Galactic Chairman Chamath Palihapitiya, Tesla CEO Elon Musk, and U.

2020-5-21 05:15
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Scams, Schemes and Crypto Privacy, Feat. Preston Byrne

“There’s no easy answers” for bitcoin companies, says lawyer Preston Byrne.

2020-5-10 17:00
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Bitcoin Sextortion: Scams Using Email, Videos, Passwords to Extort BTC

Millions of people worldwide have received sextortion scam emails in 2020 asking for bitcoin. These bitcoin sextortion schemes sometimes include recipients’ passwords to make the threat more real.

2020-5-3 22:05
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Bitcoin Email Scams 2020: Threatening Blackmail Tactics Used to Demand BTC

The number of bitcoin email scams has been growing in 2020 and the authorities in several countries have warned of new blackmail tactics used in threatening email scams asking for bitcoin. As the world scrambles to cope with the coronavirus pandemic and economic crisis, email scams are taking advantage of people’s fear to extort bitcoin.

2020-4-25 11:45
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Fighting Scams and Preaching Bitcoin in Botswana, Feat. Alakani Itireleng

On this final episode of the Bitcoin in Africa series, we join Anita Posch as she travels to Botswana and speaks with Alakanani Itireleng on bitcoin's present and potential future in the "original home of the honey badger"

2020-4-24 17:00
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Crypto Scams on the Rise and Can Still Affect Bitcoin’s Price

PlusToken is not behind the recent March 12–13 crash but crypto scams could still affect Bitcoin price in the future

2020-4-19 12:10	Coronavirus
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Cryptocurrency Scammers Using Falsified British Royal Family Endorsements

Fake endorsements are circulating being attributed to the Duke and Duchess of Sussex to promote Bitcoin and other cryptocurrency-related scams. Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are the latest celebrities to have their names hijacked to promote cryptocurrency scams.

2020-4-11 19:10	United Kingdom (UK)
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Bitcoin (BTC) Ponzi Schemes Take Massive Hit During COVID-19 Pandemic, but You Have to Watch Out for These Scams

The operators of cryptocurrency Ponzi schemes are not immune to falling prices, but phishing and blackmailing scams are on the rise

2020-4-11 18:27
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Fake COVID-19 Treatments Ask for Bitcoin Payments on Social Media

A twitter post on January 29 promoted a website selling a so-called cure for coronavirus, accepting Bitcoin as payment. Scams such as this have proliferated as the global crisis escalates. Scammers Selling False Hope & Asking for Bitcoin The Russian-based website selling the fake cure has been deactivated.

2020-3-28 20:30	COVID-19
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UK Counties Warn of Bitcoin Scams Using Coronavirus as a Hook

U.K residents are being warned against scammers claiming to offer information on locals infected with coronavirus for payments in bitcoin.

2020-3-27 13:00
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Manitoba Regulator and Police Warn of Increase in Bitcoin Scams

Manitoba’s securities regulator has issued a warning against crypto scams after an increasing number of locals have been victimized by virtual currency fraud

2020-3-26 08:38	police
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Common Bitcoin Scams You Need to Know Before You Invest

Introduction One who does not know much bitcoin trading must know about the pros and cons of bitcoin trading. Most of the bitcoin trading bots do not bring forward the flaws of bitcoin trading.

2020-3-18 18:05	Press Release
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Stay Safe From Coronavirus but also Keep your Bitcoin(s) Safe

The time is ripe for another round of scams and shady schemes, as the coronavirus panic is used to extort potential Bitcoin buyers. Beware of scammy schemes or shady exchanges. Scammers May Seek Naive Bitcoin Investors at Times of Panic Scammers may be hunting for naive Bitcoin investors during times of panic.

2020-3-15 17:00
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Bitcoin News Roundup for March 9, 2020

Markets crater as scams plague bitcoin. This is the Markets Daily Podcast from CoinDesk.

2020-3-10 20:28
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How to Avoid Bitcoin (BTC) Scams ? 10 Signs from Financial Expert Martin Lewis

As the amount of scams in the UK grows exponentially, including BTC frauds, financial expert Martin Lewis shares key ways to avoid them

2020-2-25 14:25
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Bitcoin Superstar and Bitcoin Era – The Latest Two Faces of the Same Scam

With the rising price and popularity of bitcoin come numerous scams. Bitcoin Superstar and Bitcoin Era are two investment schemes that have recently gained much attention. News. Bitcoin. com took a look at them, and it did not take much to spot how similar they are to each other and several other well-known scams.

2020-2-20 13:40
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Thousands Sent to Ethereum and Bitcoin Youtube Scams of Fake Livestreams with Elon Musk, Vitalik Buterin, Brian Armstrong, Roger Ver and the XRP Guy

Youtube has become infested with ethereum, bitcoin, bitcoin cash, and xrp scams whereby endless fake livestreams of notable individuals pretend they are giving away eth, bitcoin, bitcoin cash, or even.

2020-2-13 21:00	ripple
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How to Red Flag Scams: Bitcoin Doubler Club, Cryptomia247, Mining Cheap, Orelex, and Wintrust

Last week’s news. Bitcoin. com post warning about common bitcoin scams like “The Bitcoin Code” elicited a plethora of comments and suggestions from readers, asking about and reporting other platforms and services claiming to provide bitcoin investment opportunities.

2020-2-12 00:35
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Anonymous Bitcoin txns could lead to untoward incidents: Securrency CEO

The use of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies for criminal endeavors has a long history. From the wild days of the Silk Road to sordid exit scams pulled off during the ICO bubble, the crypto-industry The post Anonymous Bitcoin txns could lead to untoward incidents: Securrency CEO appeared first on AMBCrypto.

2020-2-3 10:00	Trading View
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Don’t Invest in Bitcoin Code, Bitcoin Doubler or Bitcoin Trader – They Are All Scams

Those new to crypto and with money signs in their eyes can easily be taken in by scams, and there are many, thanks to the decentralized nature of bitcoin and the lack of knowledge surrounding it for beginners.

2020-2-2 12:50	Scam
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SEC Brings Hammer Down on Infamous Bitcoin Scammer

After filing a motion for sanctions against Blockvest and its founder Reginald Buddy Ringgold III, the U. S SEC is now hoping to close the case for good. US securities regulator builds up a case against Blockvest The US SEC continues its efforts to crack down on numerous crypto scams that took place in the last few years.

2020-1-28 19:00	SEC
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