These cybercriminals reach out to romance-seekers from dating apps like Tinder before convincing them to invest in their fraudulent cryptocurrency investment schemes. 212 Total views 4 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFT The New Jersey Bureau of Securities has ordered three website operators to stop luring romance-seeking victims […]
Atto, the pseudonymous creator behind Little Shapes NFT has exposed that the job was infact a “social experiment” developed to shed light on massive NFT bot network rip-offs on Twitter. Since late December, Little Shapes hadactually been bringin a reasonable quantity of attention from the media and crypto neighborhood. This is due to anumberof semi-viral […]
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has took 2 non-fungible tokens (NFTs) worth more than $100,000 and 86.5 Ether (ETH) from a reported phishing fraudster. The declared fraudster in concern, Chase Senecal — understood as Horror (HZ) online — was atfirst exposed through a prolonged examination by independent blockchain sleuth ZachXBT published back in September. […]
Scammers have been trying to trick customers by offering them the prospective return of their assets. 97 Total views 3 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFT Bankrupt crypto exchange FTX has acknowledged a recent spate of third-party scams and frauds aimed at swindling its already-embattled customers. On Feb. […]
A report suggests companies are able to register in the U.K. very easily which makes them appear more credible to potential scam victims. Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFT The United Kingdom is host to at least 168 companies accused of running fraudulent crypto or foreign exchange (forex) scams according […]
The scammer referred to their pseudonym during a blockchain message argument which may have revealed their actual identity, according to CertiK. 1474 Total views 6 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFT Blockchain security firm CertiK believes to have found the real identity of at least one scammer allegedly […]
Kevin Rose, the co-founder of the nonfungible token (NFT) collection Moonbirds, hasactually fallen victim to a phishing fraud leading to more than $1.1 million worth of his individual NFTs taken. The NFT developer and PROOF co-founder shared the news with his 1.6 million Twitter fans on Jan. 25 asking them to prevent purchasing any Squiggles […]
A since-removed tweet called on Robinhood’s 1.1 million Twitter fans to each pay $0.0005 for a token called ‘RBH’ on the Binance Smart Chain. Own this piece of history Collect this post as an NFT An unidentified group or specific hasactually hacked the Twitter account behind crypto and stock trading platform Robinhood to push users […]
Online fraudsters attempt to lure in XRP investors by offering fake staking services with an ROI of up to 31% for a token that is not based on proof-of-stake consensus. 369 Total views 2 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFT Online fraudsters are impersonating major cryptocurrency firms like […]
Europol and Eurojust, two EU agencies for law enforcement cooperation, joined authorities from Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany and Serbia to investigate online investment fraud since June 2022. Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFT By the end of 2022, scammers shifted their focus to duping crypto investors who desperately tried to recoup […]
A sponsored advertising link on Google hid malware that siphoned thousands of dollars worth of crypto and NFTs from an influencer’s wallet. 75 Total views 2 Total shares Own this piece of history Collect this article as an NFT An NFT influencer claims to have lost “a life-changing amount” of their net worth in nonfungible […]
Despite the belief of lotsof crypto lovers that centralized exchanges (CEXs) are muchsafer, history has typically revealed them to be rather susceptible to attacks. Because these exchanges centralize the storage of users’ possessions, they can be appealing targets for cybercriminals. If an exchange’s security steps are insufficient or effectively jeopardized, user possessions might be taken […]