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14.11 / 05:17
Platform
Software
scam
President
social
Department
Scammer
South Korean High Court Sentences Crypto Scammer to 9 Years in Jail
A branch of the South Korean High Court has jailed a convicted crypto scammer who operated a bogus token trading platform for nine and a half years.
19.10 / 17:31
Blockchain
UPS
ETH
Twitter
Google
Platform
reports
Scammer
Friend
Friend.tech Users Lose $385K in Ether to SIM-Swap Scammer
On October 5, 2023, a blockchain investigator by the name of ZachXBT stated that a single scammer had stolen 234 ETH, which is roughly comparable to $385,000, from four customers of Friend.tech over the course of a single day. A SIM-swap assault was carried out by the con artist in order to acquire unauthorised access to the accounts of the victims. It was determined that the same hacker who had drained the accounts of the four victims was responsible for the theft of the assets.
05.10 / 08:49
scam
ZachXBT
Friend.tech
Scammer
Friend
Scammer Makes Off Around $400K in 24 Hours by Targeting Friend.tech Users Through SIM Swapping Scams
A hacker has stolen approximately $385,000 worth of digital assets in the past 24 hours by performing SIM-swapping attacks on friend.tech users.
05.10 / 06:39
Ethereum
hacks
Social Media
Scams
Sim Card
Scammer
Friend
Friend.tech SIM-swap scourge continues as scammer nets $385K in Ether
A single scammer has reportedly managed to steal around $385,000 worth of Ether (ETH) in less than 24 hours amid a scourge of SIM-swap hacks seemingly targeting Friend.tech users.
21.09 / 06:13
Blockchain
Altcoin
Tether
Scams
phishing
Scammer
Phishing victim sends eye-watering $4.5M in USDT to scammer
An unwitting cryptocurrency holder has reportedly fallen victim to an eye-watering $4.46 million phishing scam.
31.08 / 11:07
regulation
Bitcoin Scams
Bitcoin
Crypto scams
Scammer
Breaking victim ‘trust’ in scammer is key to beat crypto scams, exchanges say
Cryptocurrency exchanges in Australia have been increasingly communicating with their users as part of preventative measures against scams. According to local crypto firms, such communication is the key to preventing scams as it is able to “break trust” between victims and scammers.
29.08 / 14:03
Digital
Man
Aware
Instagram
love
social
Influencer
Scammer
UAE: Social media influencer Twinkle Stanly's phone conversation with scammer goes viral
Twinkle Stanly with what supposedly looked like a scammer has gone viral. After the UAE-based content creator shared the conversation on Instagram, the post has garnered likes of over 2 lakh. Twinkle Stanly has over 1 lakh followers on Instagram. «My toxic trait is speaking to them until they get annoyed with me,» she captioned the post.
16.08 / 10:19
Blockchain
Hackers
hacks
Cybersecurity
security
Scams
Bitcoin
Scammer
CertiK drops findings on alleged scammer who stole $1M in crypto
Potential evidence linking an anonymous scammer to a Canadian group was highlighted by blockchain security firm CertiK in a report sent to Cointelegraph; however, the company has so far failed to confirm the name or identity of the perpetrator(s).
01.08 / 13:19
Blockchain
Ethereum
Scams
phishing
Scammer
Zero transfer scammer steals $20M USDT, gets blacklisted by Tether
A scammer using zero transfer phishing attack managed to steal $20 million worth of Tether (USDT) on Aug. 1 before getting blacklisted by the stablecoin’s issuer Tether.
19.07 / 14:01
Citizens
Celebrity
Bitcoin
country
social
Prison
Scammer
UAE crypto scammer sentenced to 8 years in prison for multimillion dollar fraud scheme
A United Arab Emirates resident and Nigerian citizen was sentenced to 8 years in federal prison for orchestrating a multi-million dollar fraud scheme that victimized businesses across the U.S., Illinois federal prosecutors said.
18.06 / 11:17
business
Binance
regulation
SEC
Scammer
Binance sends cease and desist notice to Nigerian scammer entity
Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao has announced that Binance has officially issued a cease and desist notice to the fraudulent entity known as Binance Nigeria Limited.
17.05 / 14:05
Ethereum
BTC
Twitter
Tether
scam
Bitcoin
Scammer
Serial Scammer Uses Advanced Laundering Techniques to Clean Stolen Crypto Worth $15 Million – Here's What You Need to Know
A scammer or group of scammers have used a fake phishing version of the crypto exchange HitBTC’s website to steal some $15 million worth of crypto.
11.05 / 13:21
11.05 / 02:05
business
Scams
Kraken
YouTube
Bitcoin Scams
Scammer
To catch a scammer: Kraken builds fake crypto account to ‘bait’ fraudsters
United States crypto exchange Kraken has provided a novel method for flagging nefarious wallets — building a fake crypto account on the exchange to “scam bait” bad actors.
03.04 / 13:07
01.04 / 10:09
Hack
defi
scam
Arbitrum
Poisoning
Scammer
Crypto Scammer Gets Away with $1.2M in ARB Tokens Through 'Address Poisoning' Attack – Here's What Happened
A hacker has made off with $1.2 million worth of ARB tokens through a relatively new type of cyber-attack that uses modified wallet addresses to steal funds.
02.03 / 08:03
15.02 / 17:19
scam
Legal
International
Scammer
French Court Jails 50-year-old International Crypto Scammer for Four Years
The 50-year-old mastermind of a “vast” and “international” French crypto scam that duped at least 14 victims out of over $375,000 has been sentenced to four years in prison.
04.02 / 06:09
Blockchain
Hackers
hacks
regulation
Scams
phishing
FBI
Scammer
FBI seizes $100K in NFTs from scammer following ZachXBT investigation
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has seized two non-fungible tokens (NFTs) worth more than $100,000 and 86.5 Ether (ETH) from a reported phishing scammer.
27.01 / 13:37
Target
Aware
Fraud
Scammer
Scammer Dupes Elderly Japanese Woman out of $748k Worth of Crypto
A Japanese woman in her eighties was duped out of over $748,000 worth of tokens by a crypto scammer who told her that her bank account was under attack.
27.10 / 08:23
Blockchain
NFT
Scams
phishing
Scammer
Phishing scammer Monkey Drainer has pilfered as much as $1M in Ethereum
An alleged phishing scammer going by the pseudonym “Monkey Drainer” has reportedly swiped around $1 million worth of Ether (ETH) via dubious copycat NFT minting websites this week.
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