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AfreecaTV BJ Falls Victim to South Korean Crypto Scammer
4.3.2024
AfreecaTV BJ (broadcast jockeys) stars have become the latest targets of increasingly sophisticated South Korean crypto scammers.
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VC Firm Electric Capital Warns Crypto Community About New Disguised Crypto Scam
29.11.2023
Source: Pixabay The co-founder of the crypto-focused VC firm Electric Capital, Avichal Garg, has warned investors over a potential disguised crypto scam. The early-stage VC that raised $300 million for its third fund in September, is now being targeted by crypto scammers. According to Garg’s...
Meme Coin Love Hate Inu's CEO Carl Dawkins: “Instagram is Enabling Scammers"
29.5.2023
Love Hate Inu CEO Carl Dawkins, a well-known crypto personality, is outraged that social media giant Instagram won’t give him a verification blue tick – and as a result hundreds of people are being scammed.
Instagram is owned by Meta, the parent company of Facebook.
Both social media platforms...
Scam alert: $300,000 stolen by fake Blur airdrop websites
16.3.2023
Unsuspecting users looking to claim Blur token airdrops have had funds stolen by a number of fake websites
Chinese Prosecutors Close Net on 40 Suspected Crypto Scammers
20.2.2023
Up to 40 suspected crypto scammers are facing prosecution in China – with 10 already standing trial.
Per Jimu News, 10 of the alleged scammers are being tried at the Enshi (Hubei Province) branch of the People’s Court on fraud charges.
The public prosecution agency claims that the “gang”...
FBI Seizes Bitcoin From Overseas Scammers Who Posed as US Law Enforcement Officials
23.1.2023
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) says it has seized bitcoin worth millions of dollars from overseas scammers targeting the elderly. The scammers posed as members of U.S. law enforcement agencies and tricked the victims into transferring money to them for “safekeeping.” FBI Says...
Bitcoin.org Attacked by 'Double Your Bitcoin' Scammers
23.9.2021
ing them to send BTC and promising to send double the amount in return.Source: A screenshot, Bitcoin.orgThe website is operated by anonymous bitcoiner Cobra, also known for his
California Man Loses $27,000 in Bitcoin After Falling Prey to Crypto Scammers
26.1.2021
In Daly City, California, authorities are investigating a crypto scam incident where a man lost $27,000 worth of bitcoin. A 48-year-old man claimed the scammers tricked him into giving them the keys to his wallet. Scammer Impersonated a Crypto Wallet Hardware Firm Ledger Representative Per KTVU...
Skeptics Concerned Plustoken Scammers Plan to Dump $187M Worth of Ethereum
28.6.2020
Crypto market skeptics and speculators are concerned about 789,000 ETH that started moving four days ago last Wednesday. The transaction was recorded by Whale Alert, and the $187 million worth of ether stems from the Plustoken scammers. On Wednesday, June 24, 2020, at approximately 9:46 a.m. (ET)...