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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…
Natasha Dailey
After the 'Tinder Swindler', the FBI is now warning about the rise in romance scams, while a survey showed 1 in 3 Americans are more likely to date someone who talks about crypto
Romance scams increasingly involve crypto, as 33% of Americans say they're more likely to date some…
Adam Morgan McCarthy
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
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 …
Carla Mozée
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
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…
Will Daniel
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…
Matthew Loh
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 …
Madison Hall
Lawyers for the South African brothers who vanished with $3.6 billion of bitcoin in possibly the largest-ever crypto heist have been terminated from the case
The South-Africa based lawyers told Bloomberg their mandate to assist the brothers has been termina…
Emily Graffeo
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…
Harry Robertson
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 …
Isabelle Lee
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
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
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
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.
Carla Mozée
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
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
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…
Shalini Nagarajan
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…
Zahra Tayeb
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 …