Category: Scams
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South Korea: Police Raid Firm Whose Alleged Crypto Scam Promised Investors Shipwreck Gold
South Korean police have raided the office of a local firm whose alleged crypto scam promised investors the spoils of a sunken Russian warship
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Researchers Discover Huge Crypto Scam Botnet on Twitter
Researchers have uncovered a large botnet that mimics legitimate accounts on Twitter to spread a cryptocurrency “giveaway” scam.
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Researchers Reveal Network of 15K Crypto-Related Scam Bots on Twitter
New research finds a crypto-related Twitter scam botnet of at least 15,000 bots spreading fake giveaways
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In Attempt To Regain Relevance, Ousted PayPal CEO Says Crypto Traders Are ‘Drinking the Kool-Aid’
Everyone is “drinking the Kool-Aid,” says former PayPal CEO in the second of his media appearances warning that Bitcoin is a scam #NEWS
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More than $150,000 Worth of Ethereum Stolen Through MyEtherWallet Vulnerability
A recent MyEtherWallet vulnerability allowed hackers to reroute traffic to a phishing site, which led to a loss of around $150,000 worth of tokens. Whilst this, in part, highlighted weaknesses on the MyEtherWallet website, it is also symptomatic of inherent failings in how the internet fundamentally works. It is therefore hard for websites such as…
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'Enough Is Enough': Finance Guru Sues Facebook Over Crypto Scams
Martin Lewis, a British personal finance writer, is suing Facebook for allowing his likeness to be used in scammers’ advertisements on the platform.