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Indian investors have lost nearly ₹1,000 crore to fake cryptocurrency exchanges
Cyber-security company CloudSEK said it has uncovered an ongoing operation involving several phi…
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Crypto scammers are masquerading as lovers on dating apps like Hinge and conning victims out of their entire life savings
FTC data shows romance scams involving bogus crypto investments hit a record-high in 2021, totaling…
Hannah Towey
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The SEC is charging a man for defrauding crypto investors out of at least $7 million
The SEC says a Latvian citizen defrauded hundreds of investors via two fraudulent offerings for dig…
Carla Mozée
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Hackers target bestselling NFT artist Beeple's Twitter account and make off with $438,000 from followers through a phishing scam
"Stay safe out there," the NFT artist told his followers after the targeted scam. Beeple in 2021 so…
Carla Mozée
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A teen accused of a $36.5 million crypto theft used some of it to buy a rare gaming username — which the police used to track him down
The victim, who lives in the US, was the target of a cell phone scam known as SIM swapping.
Carla Mozée
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Facebook’s fake crypto ads are being taken to court by Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest
In more bad news for Facebook, Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest has filed a criminal case agai…
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London's massive public transport body is cracking down on crypto ads after meme token floki inu's campaign flooded the city's travel system
London's transport authority is tightening its rules on crypto ads after a campaign for an unregula…
Camomile Shumba
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Revenue from crypto scams spike 81% to a near-record $7.7 billion in 2021, says Chainalysis
The surge was paced by a type of scam called "rug pulls," which is when developers unexpectedly aba…
Carla Mozée
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Some of the biggest cryptocurrency HODLers are also crypto criminals, finds Chainalysis report
More than 4,000 of the biggest cryptocurrency accounts have gotten their tokens through illicit mea…
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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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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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About half of the crypto donation campaigns for Ukraine were scams, says blockchain research report
"They raised anywhere from a couple of hundred dollars to a couple thousand, before being taken dow…
Phil Rosen
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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 …
Carla Mozée
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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…
Will Daniel
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Indian crypto exchanges, influencers fall prey to hacks promoting crypto scam
Exchanges like WazirX, CoinDCX and CoinSwitch Kuber were amongst the ones affected.YouTubers like A…
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Scammers are using crypto ATMs and impersonating everyone from law enforcement to utility workers to steal money, the FTC warns
"Nobody from the government, law enforcement, utility company, or prize promoter will ever tell you…
Carla Mozée
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'Squid Game' token goes offline after skyrocketing 75,000% - and that means the 'scam' is over, CoinGecko says
A cryptocurrency inspired by "Squid Game" jumped 75,000% as buyers crowded in, but dead links to it…
Camomile Shumba
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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 …
Madison Hall
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A student persuaded by his friend to get his legs amputated for a $1.3 million insurance scam wound up getting only $7,200 that he now has to return: prosecutors
Zhang, 23, soaked his feet for over 10 hours in dry ice so they'd get so badly frostbitten that he'…
Matthew Loh
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Cryptojacking scams are on the rise once again, after declining for two years
However, according to a report by security firm Kaspersky, cryptojacking cases have risen in t…