Crypto Scams

Crypto Contaminated Transfer Scam Claims Second $1.7M Loss From Same Victim

A crypto investor has fallen victim to the same scam twice, mistakenly sending $1.7 million to a wrong wallet address after previously losing $843,166...

Crypto Investigator Issues Warning On New Crypto Withdrawal Verification Code Scam, Over $11M Lost

A new and highly sophisticated phishing scam targeting cryptocurrency users has been exposed by the Chief Information Security Officer of blockchain security firm SlowMist.  The...

YouTuber ‘mrwn’ Exposes Philippines Call Centre Crypto Scam Raking In $800K Annually

A YouTube creator known as mrwn has exposed what appears to be a large scam operation in Cebu, Philippines. In a 23-minute video, mrwn showed...

Lumma Malware Network Taken Down By Global Forces, Cutting Off Crypto Thefts

On May 19 and 20, global law enforcement agencies and private firms worked together to shut down the command-and-control backbone of a data-stealing malware...

Amalgam Capital Founder Jeremy Jordan-Jones Charged For $1M Crypto Investor Fraud

A federal grand jury has charged Jeremy Jordan-Jones, founder of blockchain startup Amalgam Capital Ventures, with defrauding investors of more than $1 million.  On May...

Synthetix Withdraws $27M Derive Crypto Options Plartform Purchase Amid Community Pushback Over Token Concerns

Decentralized finance protocol Synthetix has officially withdrawn its proposed $27 million acquisition of crypto options platform Derive after facing intense criticism from both its...

Shiba Inu Marketing Lead Warns Community Of Pervasive Scams, Calls Crypto Space Confusing

The official Shiba Inu marketing lead, known as Lucie, posted a warning on X(Twitter) to caution the SHIB community against various scams circulating online. https://twitter.com/LucieSHIB/status/1925060371817050451 Lucie...

American Tourist Claims Fake Uber Driver Drugged Him And Stole $123,000 In Crypto In London

Jacob Irwin-Cline, a 30-year-old former software developer and crypto investor from Portland, Oregon, says he was drugged and robbed by a man posing as...

FBI Briefly Probed ‘Hawk Tuah Girl’ After Failed Memecoin Launch

Haley Welch, known online as the “Hawk Tuah Girl,” revealed that the FBI briefly probed her following the failed launch of a cryptocurrency token...

‘Fake Ledger’ Scam Returns, Crypto Scam Detector Slowmist Urges Users To Beware Counterfeit Devices

Phishing gangs have been mailing counterfeit Ledger devices to cryptocurrency users since 2021. They send these fake devices with a letter that claims Ledger...
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Greenidge, N.Y. Bitcoin-Mining Site Catches Fire, Operations Temporarily Halted After Electrical Switchgear Failure

A major US Bitcoin miner, Greenidge Generation Holdings, reported...

China’s Social Media Platforms And Marketplaces Get Flooded With Crypto Recruitment Links That Target Young Users

Social platforms popular with younger users, including Xiaohongshu, Taobao,...

Terminal Finance Discontinues Terminal Project After Converge Chain Fails To Launch

Terminal Finance said on X(Twitter) it won't be launching...

Kalshi Faces Class Action Lawsuit Over Alleged Unlicensed Sports Betting And Deceptive Practices

A group of clients has sued Kalshi Inc., alleging...