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Welcome to Hard Fork Basics, a collection of tips, tricks, guides, and info to keep you up to date in the cryptocurrency and blockchain world. Google ‘cryptocurrency’ and the likelihood is you’ll see ‘exit scam’ somewhere in the results.
2019-7-16 16:56 | |
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Another exit scam, another dent to cryptocurrency. NovaChain has scammed investors worth millions after shutting down their operations. The post Investors Snagged, NovaChain Exits with Millions of Dollars appeared first on Ethereum World News.
2019-7-16 16:00 | |
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Scammers are trying to steal users’ funds by promoting fake giveaways This is a similar strategy as the one used in 2017 by many scammers As the cryptocurrency market continues to expand, it seems that new scammers are trying to take advantage of the renewed interest in Bitcoin (BTC) and other virtual currencies. One of […]
2019-7-15 17:24 | |
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Influencers are cancer upon our society today. While these people get paid to share sponsored opinions on products and services, they are not necessarily a reliable source of information. This is especially true in the cryptocurrency industry, where no one’s opinion should be trusted.
2019-7-15 05:00 | |
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New Crypto Scams If you’ve pursued Crypto Twitter recently, you have probably noticed an interesting trend: bots trying to scam cryptocurrency from consumer investors are back in full force. Under almost any tweet from anyone.
2019-7-14 10:05 | |
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Angry South African investors who lost millions of dollars in the now-defunct Bitcoin Ponzi scheme called “Bitcoin Wallets” have looted and burned down the house of Sphelele Sgumza Mbatha, the operator of the scam project, reports the Verge on July 12, 2019.
2019-7-13 21:00 | |
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Texas court has granted a motion against two American citizens that were soliciting Bitcoin impersonating the U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The criminals were using Facebook and email tactics to persuade citizens into sending them bitcoin, claiming they were investing those funds into financial products.
2019-7-12 21:00 | |
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Texas court has granted a motion against two American citizens that were soliciting Bitcoin impersonating the U. S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). The criminals were using Facebook and email tactics to persuade citizens into sending them bitcoin, claiming they were investing those funds into financial products.
2019-7-12 21:00 | |
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As the dreams of South Africans who put their money in Bitcoin Wallet hoping to double their money in 15 working days went up in smoke, so too did the property of the alleged operator of the cryptocurrency scam.
2019-7-11 12:29 | |
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A filing in a lawsuit filed against cryptocurrency firm OneCoin has revealed that one of the proposed lead plaintiffs lost over $700,000 in the scam. According to documents submitted on July 8th in a Manhattan court, proposed lead plaintiff Donald Berdeaux invested approximately $755,918.
2019-7-10 15:32 | |
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Like all Ponzi schemes, South Africa’s cryptocurrency investment scheme Bitcoin Wallet is reportedly on the verge of collapse. The Bitcoin scam which was initially based in Kwa-Zulu Natal’s rural town of Ladysmith has allegedly run out of money to pay out to investors.
2019-7-9 13:47 | |
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High-ranking police officers in India will receive cryptocurrency training to help with investigations involving digital currency. The country’s national police academy – the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel National Police Academy (SVP NPA) – has launched an educational course to help officers gain an understanding of how cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology work.
2019-7-8 13:52 | |
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The CID (Criminal Investigation Department) of India has arrested four individuals in Surat; Dhiraj Patel, Vijay Prajapati, Ashiq Shaikh and Kamruddin Syed in connection with an alleged cryptocurrency ponzi scheme.
2019-7-7 19:06 | |
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According to a July 5, 2019, report by The Times of India, State Crime Investigation Department (CID) has unearthed yet another cryptocurrency scam in Surat, India, which is estimated to have defrauded investors of more than $180,000.
2019-7-6 21:00 | |
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The allure of fast profits from cryptocurrency appears to have been too great for one bank manager in India. The manager of a Standard Chartered branch, a private bank in India, has been arrested for running a cryptocurrency scam in which he promised unrealistic returns on a digital coin, Business Standard reports.
2019-7-3 12:52 | |
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Listing of digital assets and tokens can be quiet tricky and the CEO of Kraken, Jesse Powell, believes that cryptocurrency exchanges should maintain a “neutral stance” while listing one.
2019-7-3 01:30 | |
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Crypto Scammer Gets 86-Month Jail Term Blake Kantor, a 44-year-old New Jersy based cryptocurrency scammer has been sentenced to 86 months in prison by the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) on July 1.
2019-7-2 22:28 | |
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The South Korean-based cryptocurrency wallet PlusToken has allegedly conducted an exit scam, stealing users’ funds. According to a recent report released by FinanceMagnates, the funds stolen are valued at over $3 billion from individuals using the wallet.
2019-7-2 17:53 | |
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English and Dutch authorities have arrested six people who created a fake crypto exchange website that managed to steal around €24 million worth of crypto from more than 4000 victims in over 12 countries according to a Europol press release, June 25, 2018.
2019-6-30 20:00 | |
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The CEO of the OneCoin cryptocurrency scam, Konstantin Ignatov, will have to undergo trial while still in custody. The New York Southern District Court’s Judge Edgardo Ramos denied a bond application filed by Ignatov despite the top leader of the cryptocurrency scam having proposed attractive release conditions, as first ported by Finance Feeds.
2019-6-30 17:45 | |
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A lot of things are happening in the world of cryptocurrency. While not all of these developments are prominent or even positive, it is important to keep tabs on everything that is going on. It now appears the Bitsane exchange has become defunct and they may have stone customer funds in the process.
2019-6-28 19:09 | |
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According to a Forbes article published on June 27, 2019, Irish cryptocurrency exchange Bitsane has suspiciously disappeared from the market leaving almost 246,000 users without their digital assets.
2019-6-29 19:00 | |
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Irish cryptocurrency exchange Bitsane has reportedly pulled an exit scam and disappeared with hundreds of thousands of dollars in cryptocurrency belonging to its users, reports Forbes. Bitsane’s website, which reportedly boasted 246,000 registered users, has been offline since (at least) June 17, when its Facebook and Twitter accounts were noted to be offline.
2019-6-28 13:16 | |
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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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In spite of repeated warnings by the country’s central bank, people in India continue to fall for cryptocurrency scams. In the latest, the anti-terrorist squad (ATS) of Rajasthan police has unearthed a Bitcoin scam worth INR 150 million ($2 million).
2019-6-27 12:55 | |
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An alleged moderator of AlphaBay, a dark web marketplace, has been indicted for facilitating sales on the site before law enforcement shut it down as a result of Operation Bayonet. According to court documents, the moderator received numerous payments in Bitcoin.
2019-6-25 11:24 | |
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Two Israeli brothers have been arrested in connection with a cryptocurrency scam involving "tens of millions" of dollars. Jerusalem-based Eli and Assaf Gigi were involved in a scheme were they accessed traders' wallets and took the coins for themselves, Finance Magnates reports.
2019-6-25 18:43 | |
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Cryptocurrency is getting hot and more popular by the day but with its popularity, it opens doors for people to scam those trying to get into the crypto game. Let’s take a look at a Canadian crypto exchange company.
2019-6-25 17:57 | |
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American cryptocurrency exchange Kraken has had a rather interesting relationship with the market, balancing between being an actual exchange and having a flawed system for liquidity. However, it seems to have found itself in more trouble, but not with Peter Brandt, like it has in the past. Instead, it appears that malicious actors are using […]
2019-6-23 00:16 | |
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In a press release issued on June 19, 2019, the United States Department of Justice (DoJ) unsealed a complaint against a Swedish citizen named Roger Nils-Jonas Karlsson and his company, Eastern Metal Securities (EMS), for orchestrating a multi-million dollar investment scam using bitcoin.
2019-6-21 21:00 | |
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The latest court-ordered report into the QuadrigaCX scandal arrived yesterday with some pretty damning claims of fraudulent activity. These include founder and CEO, Gerald Cotten, embezzling customer funds to margin trade (badly) on other exchanges for years.
2019-6-20 13:00 | |
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By CCN Markets: Avowed Bitcoin critic Nouriel ‘Dr. Doom’ Roubini has found another target – Facebook’s upcoming cryptocurrency Libra, on the day of its announcement. According to the New York University economics professor, Libra is ‘blockchain in name only’.
2019-6-18 18:05 | |
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Users of the BiteBTC exchange are reporting missing funds and blocked accounts. The platform replied to emails from AMBCrypto to explain the issues they are facing. The cryptocurrency market goes in waves, but the majority of altcoins follow the trend that Bitcoin ends up taking.
2019-6-17 17:13 | |
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It’s the start of a new week and that means it’s time for Moonday Mornings, Hard Fork’s wrap-up of the top cryptocurrency and blockchain headlines from the weekend. 1. Local news in South Africa is reporting about a cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme.
2019-6-17 11:47 | |
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The cryptocurrency market saw the prices of most cryptocurrencies follow the piped piper, Bitcoin, as it broke the $9,200 resistance. However, few users of BiteBTC exchange could not enjoy this price hike as they were unable to use their accounts or even withdraw their cryptos from the exchange.
2019-6-16 17:30 | |
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By CCN Markets: A cryptocurrency investment scheme in South Africa’s Kwa-Zulu Natal Province has proven that having an unoriginal name, Bitcoin Wallet, never stopped any scam from raking in tens of thousands of dollars daily from the masses.
2019-6-16 18:11 | |
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Cryptocurrency is already a rather controversial industry, made only worse by the drama that surrounds it. Another story of money laundering has reached the market, coming directly from the Samoan Seventh Day Adventist Church in New Zealand.
2019-6-15 18:03 | |
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By CCN Markets: Judgment day has arrived for a Samoan church that New Zealand authorities say has damning links to the notorious OneCoin cryptocurrency scam. New Zealand, Samoa Target Church Over OneCoin Crypto Scam According to Radio New Zealand, New Zealand’s Department of Internal Affairs is investigating the Auckland branch of the Samoan Independent Seventh Day Adventist Church (SISDAC) over investments it made in OneCoin.
2019-6-15 21:34 | |
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Over the past few years, a fair few things have changed in the cryptocurrency industry. Currencies have come and gone, as have projects, blockchains, and noteworthy figures. One trend which will always remain is the cryptocurrency scam, in many different shapes and forms.
2019-6-11 17:00 | |
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Over the last 48 hours, cryptocurrency enthusiasts have been discussing a Bitcoin snapshot fork called Bitcoin2. The little known coin gained over 5,200% since May 28 on only two exchanges and managed to get listed on Coinmarketcap.
2019-6-8 22:15 | |
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By CCN: Coinroom, one of the largest cryptocurrency exchanges in Poland, has suddenly closed down its services in April as part of an exit scam that had left thousands of customers as victims. According to the Polish media outlet Money.
2019-6-7 12:39 | |
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By CCN: Five-time Ballon d’Or winner Cristiano Ronaldo is the latest celebrity whose likeness has played an unfortunate role in promoting a string of evil bitcoin scams. According to British tabloid Daily Mirror, cryptocurrency scammers are faking the football star’s endorsement as well that of veteran broadcaster Jonathan Ross to shill fraudulent crypto investment schemes.
2019-6-6 18:40 | |
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John de Mol, a Dutch media tycoon and creator of the “Big Brother” reality TV show, has slapped Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook with a lawsuit on June 5, 2019, claiming that the social media network allowed his name and image to be used in advertisements promoting a bitcoin (BTC) scam scheme, according to a Reuters reportRead MoreRead More.
2019-6-6 13:00 | |
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Coinroom, a Polish cryptocurrency exchange – which was registered in 2016 – reportedly ceased all operations and disappeared with… The post Polish Exchange, Coinroom Pulls Exit Scam Overnight appeared first on Invest In Blockchain.
2019-6-6 23:38 | |
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Recently, Vitalik Buterin, the creator of Ethereum [ETH], the leading smart contract platform and the second largest cryptocurrency, spoke about Bitcoin SV and the famous episode of the coin being delisted from Binance.
2019-6-4 22:04 | |
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Authorities in India have unearthed another cryptocurrency scam that seems to be tied up to the alleged chief of BitConnect Asia, Divyesh Darji. This, according to a report by The Next Web, June 4, 2019.
2019-6-4 19:00 | |
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By CCN: Another cryptocurrency scam, same fraudster. Police in India’s city of Surat have implicated infamous BitConnect promoter Divyesh Darji in yet another cryptocurrency scam. According to The Times of India, Darji was involved in promoting a cryptocurrency known as Regal Coin to investors by promising them astronomical returns.
2019-6-4 13:23 | |
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A promoter of the now-shuttered crypto fraud BitConnect has again been charged over a different claimed cryptocurrency scam.
2019-6-4 12:17 | |
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The Criminal Investigation Department in Gujarat, India has unearthed an alleged cryptocurrency scam involving a BitConnect promoter
2019-6-4 23:37 | |
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Bitcoin Magazine Bitcoin Price Falls to $103,000 As Government Starts to Reopen, Trump Weighs Tariff Checks Bitcoin price dipped below $104,000 after briefly rising above $106,000, as traders weighed Trump’s proposed $2,000 “tariff dividend” stimulus, ongoing government reopening, and key technical levels near $99,000 support and $109,000–$111,000 resistance.
Ethereum Foundation President Aya Miyaguchi sat down with UNICEF innovation unit builder and Giga founder Christopher Fabian and talked about how the UN’s Children Fund came to embrace crypto and the blockchain.
Bill Dudley, the former chief of the New York Fed, warned against holding Bitcoin as a reserve and urged a focus on regulation. Dudley criticized a proposed federal Bitcoin (BTC) reserve championed by Donald Trump during his presidential campaign. In…
Bhutan, the Himalayan kingdom renowned for its happiness index, has seen its Bitcoin holdings surge to over $1 billion as the crypto market rallies. Arkham, in data shared via X on Nov. 11, revealed that the Royal Government of Bhutan’s…
Government-held Bitcoin reserves highlight the significant influence of state actions on crypto markets, potentially shaping future digital finance regulations. The post Bitcoin held by governments near $33 billion mark appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
Bitcoin's inability to surpass $60,000 despite reduced selling pressure from Germany highlights ongoing market volatility and external influences. The post Bitcoin struggles to break key level amid easing selling pressure from German government appeared first on Crypto Briefing.
His predecessor, Andrew Griffith, will head up the Department for Science, Innovation and Technology.