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Warnings and breakdowns of frauds, rug pulls, and phishing in the crypto industry.

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Polymarket faces major credibility crisis after whales forced a “YES” UFO vote without evidence

Late-night traders bought odds at 99 cents just before a token-weighted vote overruled the public consensus, exposing a massive flaw in "truth" markets.

4 months ago

Scams

FTX compensating users who lost $6M to phishing attacks “just this once,” says SBF

FTX, Binance and other exchange users recently fell prey to phishing attacks targeting crypto services like 3Commas.

3 years ago

Bear Market

Crypto staking platform Freeway halts withdrawals, FatManTerra alleges Ponzi scheme

Staking platform Freeway halted withdrawals and deleted its team details, which allegedly points to a rug pull, according to FatManTerra.

3 years ago

Scams

Mango Markets hacker rugpulls Mango Inu after warning investors would “definitely lose all your money”

Avraham Eisenberg has admitted to rug pulling Mango Inu but claims it was all done legally.

3 years ago

Crime

North Korean Lazarus Group targets Japanese crypto firms

The Lazarus group sent phishing emails to employees of crypto companies and successfully infected their computers with malware.

3 years ago

Scams

CNN’s NFT marketplace shutdown sparks rug pull accusations

Vault By CNN's unprecedented shutdown has done away with thousands of investors' NFT holdings and utilities promised for the future.

3 years ago

Scams

Brazil police, US authorities bust transnational crypto fraud ring led by ‘Bitcoin Sheikh’

Brazil's Federal Police busted the "Bitcoin Sheikh" for defrauding thousands of people worldwide and laundering $766 million illicit crypto funds.

3 years ago

Scams

Grifters rug over 60 ETH from spoof token created after Binance exploit

On-chain sleuth ZachXBT stated that the token was not created by the Binance smart chain exploiter.

3 years ago

Rumors

$590M BNB moved to Tether-blacklisted wallet amid rumors of Binance hack

2M BNB tokens were moved to a wallet that was immediately blacklisted by Tether - the BNB chain has been paused

3 years ago

De.Fi REKT list reveals 18% decrease in lost DeFi funds during September totaling $170M

Scams 3 years ago

Web3 ecosystem lost over $428M to hacks, scams in Q3 – Immunefi

Hacks 3 years ago

Crypto giants criticize Twitter on scam, bot accounts impersonating them

Scams 3 years ago

ZachXBT alleges crypto influencer Lark Davis made over $1M dumping crypto projects

Analysis 4 years ago

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Scams News

Polymarket faces major credibility crisis after whales forced a “YES” UFO vote without evidence

FTX compensating users who lost $6M to phishing attacks “just this once,” says SBF

Crypto staking platform Freeway halts withdrawals, FatManTerra alleges Ponzi scheme

Mango Markets hacker rugpulls Mango Inu after warning investors would “definitely lose all your money”

North Korean Lazarus Group targets Japanese crypto firms

CNN’s NFT marketplace shutdown sparks rug pull accusations

Brazil police, US authorities bust transnational crypto fraud ring led by ‘Bitcoin Sheikh’

Grifters rug over 60 ETH from spoof token created after Binance exploit

$590M BNB moved to Tether-blacklisted wallet amid rumors of Binance hack

De.Fi REKT list reveals 18% decrease in lost DeFi funds during September totaling $170M

Web3 ecosystem lost over $428M to hacks, scams in Q3 – Immunefi

Crypto giants criticize Twitter on scam, bot accounts impersonating them

ZachXBT alleges crypto influencer Lark Davis made over $1M dumping crypto projects