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Scam warning as Columbia’s President ‘endorses’ Bitcoin Era
3.9.2020
Not even the Colombian president is exempt from being impersonated by Bitcoin scammers
OneCoin: A deep dive into crypto’s most notorious Ponzi scheme
1.9.2020
Following the latest ruling on the OneCoin class-action lawsuit, we look into the biggest Ponzi scheme in crypto
The Great Reset and accredited investors: Bad crypto news of the week
29.8.2020
Check out this week’s Bad Crypto podcast
Australian racing groups probe firm allegedly involved in OneCoin
29.8.2020
Phoenix Thoroughbreds may need to wait before racing again
Ministers used influence to pilfer millions in alleged Ponzi Scheme
28.8.2020
They even wrote a self-help book about becoming a millionaire. Sounds like that may need to be updated
YouTube’s Whac-a-Mole Approach to Crypto Scam Ads Still Remains a Problem
27.8.2020
Despite lawsuits and Google’s own ad policies, cryptocurrency scam ads are still making it through the YouTube gates and circulating for days
Reddit user warns of a copy & paste exploit that stole his crypto
26.8.2020
He doesn’t know if it was the work of crypto malware or a more sophisticated hack
Biggest Darknet Market Allegedly Exit Scams USD 30M In Crypto - Report
26.8.2020
Leading darknet market Empire Market has reportedly shut down its operations, exit scamming the site’s estimated 1.3 million users out of some bitcoin (BTC) 2,638, worth close to USD 30 million.
Reported by dark.fail, a journalist specialized in covering the darknet, the development comes with...
Waterloo residents have lost $430k to crypto scams this year
25.8.2020
Bitcoin scammers have thus far proven to be unstoppable in Canada
P2P Cryptocurrency Exchanges in Africa Pivot: Nigeria and Kenya the Target Markets
25.8.2020
Leading cryptocurrency exchanges are bullish about Africa’s growth prospects as evidenced by their ongoing forays into the continent. During the month of August, Kucoin crypto exchange announced the addition of Nigeria’s naira currency as a payment option on its peer-to-peer platform....
Pulling the rug: DeFi investment hype fuels rise in crypto exit scams
24.8.2020
Rogue actors are swarming Uniswap with fake tokens designed to capitalize on the growing DeFi hype to defraud investors
I would never invest one cent in Bitcoin, says Ryanair CEO
24.8.2020
“Avoid Bitcoin like a plague.”
Google Pulls Work from BPO Whose Employees Was Involved in Bitcoin Scam
23.8.2020
Don’t use your workplace to scam people
Youtuber Explains How Crypto Scammers Took Control of His Account
23.8.2020
It’s not your traditional malware scam
Digital Currency, Akoin and Blockchain Voting: Bad Crypto News of the Week
22.8.2020
Check out this week’s Bad Crypto podcast
DeFi Be Warned: The Short, Unhappy Life of Yam Finance
21.8.2020
Was Yam Finance’s short-lived rebasing project a useful economic experiment or just another scam? The crypto community is divided
CFTC Seeks $429M Penalty Against Ponzi Operator Who Ghosted Them
21.8.2020
While nobody can find the man behind alleged ponzi scheme Control-Finance, the CFTC is asking the court to throw the book at him
KuCoin Warns of Impersonator Website Offering Incentives to Deposit Crypto
19.8.2020
Impersonation scams continue to permeate the cryptocurrency space
Game Show Winner Loses $39K in Bitcoin Facebook Scam
18.8.2020
A former winner of Deal or No Deal has lost nearly $40,000 after a bitcoin investment company turned out to be a Facebook scam
Two States Sanction South African Firms for Crypto Debit Card Fraud
18.8.2020
The Texas State Securities Board and Alabama Securities Commission issued cease and desist orders in response to a crypto debit card scam