Category: Scams
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Yearn Finance doppelganger scam tries to trick visitors out of their keys
Scam websites posing as famous crypto projects ask for private keys so they can steal users’ funds.
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Abramoff-linked crypto firm says SEC has no case against it
Participants of a $5.6 million token sale did not expect a return on investment, the NAC Foundation argued.
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Latvian regulators warn public about cryptocurrency fraud
Crypto remains under-regulated, so Latvian investors need to be extra vigilant, says the FCMC.
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New York polls crypto firms on security measures after Twitter hack
The New York Department of Financial Services found that crypto firms blocked the Twitter hackers’ crypto addresses within 40 minutes.
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Escalating DeFi scams tarnishing the crypto yield farming market niche
With DeFi scams multiplying by the day, industry stakeholders urge investors to prioritize due diligence before investing in any project.
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YouTube’s sleazy decline into scam promotion
With great influence comes great responsibility. Unfortunately, YouTube seems to ignore it.
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Kate Winslet to act in Hollywood flick showing $4 billion Ethereum scam OneCoin
Kate Winslet is scheduled to star in an upcoming Hollywood movie chronicling the rise and fall of OneCoin, a notorious Ethereum-based Ponzi scheme that raked in $4 billion from victims worldwide. Called “Fake!,” the movie based on the book by Jen McAdam with Douglas Thompson, based on the true-life story of Jen McAdam and her…
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Security, regulation, and knowledge gaps: Bad crypto news of the week
Check out this week’s Bad Crypto podcast.
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Indian man arrested on charges of crypto fraud via ‘Morris Coin’ scheme
A 36-year-old man from Kerala was arrested under charges of cryptocurrency fraud.