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Massive Fake Celebrity-Endorsed Bitcoin Investment Campaign Duping Google, Facebook Traced to Moscow
17.12.2020
A massive bitcoin ad scam campaign — which features celebrities and mainly targeted Australians — has been traced. The investigation’s findings point to a “highly organized” global business that relies on five addresses in Moscow’s center. Massive Bitcoin Ad Scam...
After Fake Assange Pardon News, Crypto Fans in Clamor Over Ulbricht Pardon Rumor
16.12.2020
A promotional banner on Times Square, New York City. Source: Twitter/@Free_Ross
As the world enters the very last days of the Donald Trump presidency, the rumor mill is in full swing as Twitter-based commenters and more ask what Trump may have planned – and what spanners he could potentially throw...
Popular Browsers Like Google Fail to Catch Copycat Crypto Sites, Scams Make the Top Results
13.12.2020
As the digital asset economy grows popular and a number of crypto companies become well known, copycat scammers appear in greater numbers. There are a number of websites that are clones of the official web page from companies that provide mining device sales, wallets, full nodes, paper wallet...
Cryptoverse Warns: Protect Your Bitcoin From Fake Ledger Apps
10.12.2020
A number of people on social media sites have been reporting receiving or knowing people who have received phishing emails, pretending to be from France-based major hardware wallet manufacturer Ledger and attempting to steal people's crypto. Some have reportedly lost all bitcoin (BTC) held in their...
Belgian Regulator Warns of Crypto Scammers That Target Male Tinder Users With Fake ICOs
10.12.2020
The Belgian regulator, the Financial Services and Markets Authority (FSMA), says scammers are employing new techniques which target Tinder and Facebook users. Using what the FSMA terms an “emotional scam,” criminals are targeting male users of the dating app Tinder with promises...
Execs from '99% fake' exchange face charges over market manipulation
9.12.2020
Police have charged Coinbit chairman Choi Mo and two unnamed executives with fraud and forgery related to market manipulation and prosecutors are preparing the case
South Korean Authorities Formally File Fraud Charges Against Coinbit’s Executives
8.12.2020
In South Korea, authorities have formally pressed fraud charges against the chairman of a major crypto exchange in the country, Coinbit, plus two unnamed executives of the firm. They are suspected of price manipulation. Coinbit’s Executives Formally Charged by South Korean Authorities...
Fraudulent Crypto Browser Extension Redirects to a Fake Metamask Domain
6.12.2020
A crypto intelligence firm has raised red flags about an increasing flow of comments in the crypto community about an ongoing phishing campaign, which is stealing funds from people who install a malicious browser extension. Chrome Browser Extension Is Redirecting Crypto Users to a Fake Metamask...
Warning: This Phishing Scam is *Very* Easy to Fall For
3.12.2020
Can you tell the difference between the real site and the fake one?
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Texas State Securities Board Flags 15 Investment Entities Including One Unregistered Crypto Trader
21.11.2020
The Texas State Securities Board (TSSB) has announced a series of enforcement actions against 15 online investment entities that illegally market cryptocurrency, binary options, and forex investments in Texas. Fake Social Media Accounts The regulator alleges that operators of the companies...
Fake Uniswap app on Google Play Store has already lost one user $20,000
20.11.2020
The fraudulent mobile app has already received over 100 downloads
Former Microsoft Engineer to Serve 9 Years in Prison in a Case That Involves Use of Bitcoin Mixers
10.11.2020
A U.S. court in Seattle has sentenced a former Microsoft engineer to 9 years in prison after finding him guilty of 18 federal felonies relating to his elaborate scheme to defraud the tech giant $10 million. In passing the judgment, the court blasts Volodymyr Kvashuk, a software engineer and citizen...
83 Tons of Fake Gold Bars Backing $3 Billion Loans in China: This Man Claims to Know the Truth
5.11.2020
The gold industry was shaken when it was discovered that 83 tons of fake gold bars were used to back loans worth 20 billion yuan in China. While Chinese authorities have not said whether the real gold exists or where it is, an insider claims to know what happened. The Mystery Behind the Chinese...
Getting the story straight: Blockchain to curb fake news
18.10.2020
Rather than responding to existing fake news, this solution prevents imposters, a type of fake news story that appears to be from a legitimate news agency
Filecoin Offering: Community Alleges Token Dumping, Tron’s Justin Sun Wants the US SEC to Investigate
17.10.2020
The recent Filecoin (FIL) token offering is creating controversy as some crypto community members are alleging that an unknown account has received 1.5 million tokens when only 500,000 were due for unlocking. According to reports, 800,000 tokens out of the 1.5 million of such tokens have been...
New Blockchain Program Aims to Counter Fake Viewer Data, Scam Ads
25.9.2020
he platform targeted at combating scams advertised in video ads deploys a combination of Theta’s blockchain, Google’s BigQuery solution and Chainlink’s oracles
Bitcoin Is Undervalued, Fair Value Price Should Be $15,000, Says Analyst
25.9.2020
Bloomberg cryptocurrency analyst Mike McGlone says bitcoin is greatly undervalued, suggesting that its fair value price should currently be somewhere around $15,000. The price of bitcoin (BTC) has see-sawed between $10,000 and $12,400 over the last few weeks, often tumbling sharply following what...
Sushiswap’s 2 Million Token Airdrop: Founders Face Accusations of ‘Making Defi a Joke Again’
14.9.2020
Sushiswap’s new leader and FTX CEO Sam Bankman-Fried tweeted on September 12 that the promised 2 million token airdrop would go on as scheduled. The process was expected to last up to two hours or less depending on network congestion. The airdrop caps an eventful week for Sushiswap that...
Singapore man pleads guilty to stealing $360K in fake Bitcoin sale
9.9.2020
The cases of the robber’s two accomplices are still pending
Criminals Target Privacy Coins: How To Avoid Downloading Fake Wallet Apps
4.9.2020
Reports in the past few weeks detail that bad actors are targeting two privacy coin projects, Monero and Zcash, adding to concerns about the growing rate of security incidents involving blockchain networks. Such incidents, as well the repeated 51% attacks on the Ethereum Classic network or...