Scams

In a systematic ICO scam attempt, individuals claiming to be Walmart press officials have contacted a number of media outlets, including CryptoSlate, announcing the sale of tokens for the retail giant’s supposed Ethereum-based payments network at WalmartLeaf.com. The dubious...

Cybersecurity software company Palo Alto Networks reports that miners looking to use your computer to expand their hashing power are getting sneakier. New fake Adobe updates are circulating that will actually update the plugin on your computer, but also...

A report released by cybersecurity company CipherTrace on Oct. 9th revealed that cryptocurrency theft via hacking attacks on exchanges and trading platforms was up 250 percent since 2017, totaling $927M in the first nine months of 2018. A Massive...

Cryptocurrency exchanges are still unregulated, though many go to great lengths to operate ethically. Digital assets as of now are not yet insured by organizations such as the FDIC, meaning if you lose your crypto, it could be gone...

An apparently bogus Vitalik Buterin Instagram account with more than 24,000 followers has captured 37 Ether and counting in what appears to be a textbook example of one of the Ethereum co-founder’s bemoaned “giveaway” scams. The account, which goes...

On Sept. 26th, North Dakota Securities Commissioner Karen Tyler issued cease and desist orders for three companies in her state that may have been offering fraudulent ICOs. The North Dakota Securities Department’s official release states that these orders were issued...

When Dan Neves started a hedge fund for cryptocurrency investors, he didn’t do it with the goal of helping the government crack down on fraud, but that’s exactly what he and his team are doing. Ironically, it started, with...

Ethereum-based decentralized application 333ETH, one of the protocol’s most used dApp, has been labeled as an “active scam” by cryptocurrency wallet MetaMask, reported Hard Fork on Sept. 28. Accessing 333ETH via MetaMask throws up a caution message to visitors–stating...

Earlier this month, Danske Bank, the biggest bank in Denmark, faced its largest scandal to date for laundering more than $230 billion. Despite the billions of dollars banks launder on a daily basis, critics are still focused on crypto...

In a court case of fraud allegations against My Big Coin Pay, a federal judge ruled that cryptocurrencies can be treated as commodities, even as legal discussions over its asset status continue. As reported by Reuters on Sept. 27,...