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A 33-year-old woman was swindled out of $300,000 worth of bitcoin after her Hinge romance turned scam

She thought the funds were going into a legitimate crypto exchange. Instead, the money went into th…

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An entrepreneur told police he was tortured for several hours by masked criminals attempting to steal his bitcoin millions

Zaryn Dentzel reportedly told police that an organized gang tied and gagged him before escaping wit…

Zahra Tayeb   


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The most successful blockchain scams have ripped off nearly $14 million from victims to date, VPN company says

"Due to their nature, blockchain projects remain profitable targets to cybercriminals," says Atlas …

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Bitcoin scammers used Apple's iPhone 13 reveal to steal $69,000 from fans

Bitcoin scammers used Apple's iPhone 13 reveal to steal $69,000 from fans

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US investors reported over $50 million in losses from crypto scams to the Federal Trade Commission in the first quarter

US investors reported a roughly 80% increase in crypto scam losses since the fourth quarter of 2020…

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A Hong Kong fashion executive thought she was adopting a kitten from Thailand. She ended up losing $764,000 in a Bitcoin scam.

The 58-year-old woman was conned into paying more than $764,000 to a scammer via 40 separate crypto…

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A new wave of robocallers are trying to scam crypto users here's how the scam works and how to stop it

These scams are particularly risky for cryptocurrency investors, as it's difficult to reclaim lost …

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South African regulator says it's powerless over suspected $3.6 billion bitcoin scam, as crypto is out of its reach

South Africa's financial services watchdog said Africrypt, the company linked to the missing bitcoi…

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Two South African brothers have vanished with $3.6 billion of bitcoin in what could be the biggest crypto heist in history

The siblings founded Africrypt in 2019. Soon after, the brothers, along with 69,000 bitcoins worth …

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Indian PM Narendra Modi's hacked Twitter account told 73.4 million followers that the country would distribute 500 bitcoins among its citizens

The now-deleted tweet said that India had accepted bitcoin as legal tender, and posted a link to a …

Matthew Loh   


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Twitter staff can tweet from any account in 'GodMode' because loopholes weren't closed after Bitcoin scam hack, former engineer reportedly says

It follows a 2020 incident when hackers got access to Twitter's internal systems and made $120,000 …

Pete Syme   


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Finland is looking to hire a broker to sell 1,981 bitcoins seized in drug bust

The bitcoins, worth around $79 million at time of publication, are currently with Finnish Customs a…

Isabelle Lee   


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Brazilian 'bitcoin king' arrested in an alleged $300 million embezzlement case

The arrests were made after a three-year investigation centered in the southern state of Parana.

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Cryptocurrency scams using ATMs and QR codes are on the rise, the FBI warns

Criminals send victims to a cryptocurrency ATM to buy coins. Then the victims use a QR code associa…

Jason Ma   


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The Justice Department sentenced a Swedish man to 15 years in prison for a $16 million crypto-fraud scheme

Roger Nils-Jonas Karlsson's fraud targeted financially insecure investors, the DOJ said, causing ma…

Isabelle Lee   


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A 33-year-old identity thief who bought a diamond-encrusted bitcoin pendant and stole half a million dollars gets 3 years in prison

The suspect acquired credit card information from "carding websites" on the dark web to carry out h…

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Crypto scams are preying on vulnerable people. Many victims are deceived online, including an elderly woman who lost thousands.

An Indiana-based woman was only able to recover a fraction of the money she lost to a man who convi…

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Sites pushing suspected dogecoin scams have skyrocketed in lockstep with the meme token's nearly 4,000% rise this year, study shows

Suspicious domain registrations relating to dogecoin jumped 744% from January to May, according to …

Isabelle Lee