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

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US Department of Justice seal beside frozen stacks of cash and handcuffs, symbolizing the DOJ freezing $580 million from overseas fake investment scams in three months

Crime

DOJ seizures of $580M expose how crypto investment scams scaled into shift work with quotas and scripts

Justice Department says it froze or seized $580M in three months by hitting scam infrastructure.

4 weeks ago

Scams

US Treasury sanctions Philippines tech firm over aiding $200 million pig butchering spree

Funnull's infrastructure supported fraudsters with domain-generation algorithms and deceptive websites to aid pig butchering scams.

10 months ago

Scams

Crypto trader loses $2.5 million USDT after falling for address poisoning scam twice

Address poisoning scams continue to exploit user error, resulting in multimillion-dollar losses for crypto traders.

10 months ago

Memecoins

Creator of over 100 memecoins says rug pulls are the ‘easiest way to make money’

Sahil Arora said that it’s better to get rugged by him, who has ‘track record’ of success, than a random person.

11 months ago

Crime

Jan 2024 SEC’s X account hacker got 14 months in prison for cyber fraud

The convicted had helped co-conspirators hack the SEC’s X account to post fake news of much anticipated spot BTC ETF approval.

11 months ago

Scams

How an insider-led breach sparked a costly scam at Coinbase

Amid the recently revealed Coinbase data breach incident, Wang explained how exploiters used a social engineering scam to profit $7 million.

11 months ago

Scams

ZachXBT reveals Coinbase users lost another $45M in a week to ongoing social engineering scams

The latest attacks add to a series of social engineering scams targeting Coinbase over the past year.

11 months ago

Scams

FBI reports $9.3 billion in US targeted crypto scams as elderly hit hardest

Older Americans fell victim to crypto scams, losing over $2.8 billion in 2024, a rate quadruple that of other online frauds.

11 months ago

Hacks

XRP Ledger developer kit compromised with backdoor to steal wallet private keys

A user named “mukulljangid” published five new versions of the XRPL package for developers, all containing a malware to steal private keys.

11 months ago

Phishing scammers now exploiting Google’s infrastructure to target crypto users

Crime 12 months ago

Nigerian investors blindsided by massive CBEX Ponzi scheme

Crime 12 months ago

Coinbase users lose $46 million to social engineering scams in March – ZachXBT

Scams 1 year ago

The LIBRA playbook: How centralized power hijacks Web3’s future

Contributor Web3 1 year ago

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Scams News

DOJ seizures of $580M expose how crypto investment scams scaled into shift work with quotas and scripts

US Treasury sanctions Philippines tech firm over aiding $200 million pig butchering spree

Crypto trader loses $2.5 million USDT after falling for address poisoning scam twice

Creator of over 100 memecoins says rug pulls are the ‘easiest way to make money’

Jan 2024 SEC’s X account hacker got 14 months in prison for cyber fraud

How an insider-led breach sparked a costly scam at Coinbase

ZachXBT reveals Coinbase users lost another $45M in a week to ongoing social engineering scams

FBI reports $9.3 billion in US targeted crypto scams as elderly hit hardest

XRP Ledger developer kit compromised with backdoor to steal wallet private keys

Phishing scammers now exploiting Google’s infrastructure to target crypto users

Nigerian investors blindsided by massive CBEX Ponzi scheme

Coinbase users lose $46 million to social engineering scams in March – ZachXBT

The LIBRA playbook: How centralized power hijacks Web3’s future