Tags: Bitcoin Scams

According to on-chain analytics firm Chainalysis, romance scammers increasingly use this method to steal their victim’s hard-earned crypto.

According to the bank, potential cryptocurrency investors usually make an average of three payments before recognizing they’ve fallen victim to a scam.

Artist Nelson Saiers’ “Rug Pull” highlighted the victims of crypto rug pulls and perceived SEC inaction in safeguarding investors.

A crypto exchange claiming $1.7 billion in daily trades, and reporting $1.4 billion on CMC, had been reportedly displaying false license data until it was checked by Estonian regulators.

Australian crypto exchange Swyftx said it had identified a rise in demand for crypto education during the bear market as the reason for its launch.

Responsibility for crypto scams does not only belong to the cryptocurrency industry, it also involves banks, telecoms and social media platforms, Australian exchanges say.

Scammers have made it impossible for Indian crypto traders to conduct P2P trades owing to several police complaints and bank account freezes that follow.

Remember HarvestKeeper, the AI project that scammed users for $1 million? You can expect similar AI-based scams to soar over the next couple of years.

A look at the different techniques employed by crypto phishing scammers and how users can stay protected.

Recovering stolen Bitcoin from crypto scams is challenging due to the anonymous nature of blockchain transactions and jurisdictional issues.

A call-center scammer impersonating President Joe Biden attempted to steal what they thought was $450,000 worth of Bitcoin from a streamer — instead, chaos ensued.

While the total figures are “alarming,” crypto scams accounted for 7.1 of the total $2.08 billion stolen from Australians in 2022.

As crypto traders became wary of making investment decisions amid the Terra collapse in 2022, scammers shifted to free giveaways and romance scams.

Co-founder Rodriguez and senior promoters Millan, Aguilar and Chairez all recently pled guilty to the charges, while the other founder, Dos Santos pled guilty in October, 2021.

52 crypto kiosks were seized in the investigation led by the U.S. Secret Service‘s Cyber Fraud and Money Laundering Task Force.

The regulator said it receives thousands of consumer and investor complaints about possible crypto scams each year, and it appears it‘s done something with the information.

From "pig butchering" to phishing, there are myriad ways that scammers try to take advantage of crypto users.

The fast-paced nature of the crypto markets means investors are under massive pressure to quickly verify whether a video message is authentic or not.

After 2022, we need to do more to assure skeptical users that they can invest in cryptocurrency without fearing that their funds will be lost.

Sophisticated malicious outfits are keeping up with current trends, turning their sights on crypto users following the bankruptcy of FTX.