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Twitter Crypto Scammers Continue to Fly Under the Company’s Radar

12.8.2019
Over the last two years, cryptocurrency scamming on social media has been prevalent. In January 2019, it was reported that crypto impersonation scams on Twitter raked in millions in cryptocurrencies from people pretending to be well known blockchain personalities. Now a new form of deception can...

Exit Scams Swindled $3.1 Billion From Crypto Investors in 2019: Report

12.8.2019
In total, investors, users, and exchanges have lost some $4.3 billion from illicit activity

XMR Cryptojacking Malware Smominru Updated, Now Targeting User Data

10.8.2019
Malware Smominru mines Monero on at least half a million infected computers and now also steals sensitive personal data

Texas Securities Watchdog Shuts Down Craigslist Crypto Scammer

9.8.2019
Texas securities regulators issued a cease and desist order against an alleged crypto scammer advertising on Craigslist

Researchers Discover New Cryptocurrency-Focused Trojan

9.8.2019
Researchers have identified a new trojan that is able to capture administrative control of the targeted computer and retrieve crypto-related data

15 Countries to Develop Crypto Transaction Tracking System: Report

9.8.2019
15 countries, including the G7, will reportedly create a system for tracking crypto transactions to prevent its illicit uses under FATF guidance

Australian Police Charge 5 Over $1.8 Million Cryptocurrency Scam

8.8.2019
Five people have been charged in Australia over a cold-call cryptocurrency investment fraud that allegedly duped investors for over $1.8 million

Sextortion-A New Name with Old Intent Ramps up with Bitcoin Scam Email

8.8.2019
The blackmailing plot gets thicker when the extortion gets personal. Scammers are extorting money against the threat of leaking the sensitive photos of the user. Australians are becoming the target of this nasty game. It is almost a vicious cycle as the more money is surrendered to...

Canadian Bitcoin Educator Outwits Scammer, Donates Money to Charity

7.8.2019
A Canadian Bitcoin educator scammed a crypto scammer and sent the money to charity

Online Sentiment Toward Crypto Market in 2019 — Attitudes Are Positive

7.8.2019
Barring some mainstream media articles, most crypto-oriented content online present the industry in a good light, social media platforms driving sentiment change

Scam IRS Letters Trying to Trick Cryptocurrency Users to Pay Up

6.8.2019
Scam letters purporting to be from the United States Internal Revenue Service are trying con cryptocurrency taxpayers and others out of their funds

North Korea Stole $2 Billion in Cryptocurrency From Exchanges, Says UN

6.8.2019
UN: crypto hacks make big cash for North Korean gov’t

Venezuela Turned Airport Taxes Into Bitcoin to Avoid Sanctions: Report

25.7.2019
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his administration are said to be using proceeds from the airline industry – and cryptocurrency – to avoid sanctions

UK Finance Watchdog Mimicked in Crypto Scam Email

23.7.2019
British regulator, the Financial Conduct Authority, is being impersonated in an email promoting a cryptocurrency scam

Beware: Don’t Fall a Victim to Libra Scams

23.7.2019
A screenshot of a Libra scam website. Announcements great and small, particularly by large, well-known companies attract a particular group of people, targeting the inexperienced – the scammers. No wonder, then, that Facebook’s announcement of its Libra coin, even if not launched yet, is used as...