US’ Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) recorded a significant rise in crypto investment scams in 2023. In its recently released ‘Internet Crime Report 2023′, the FBI claimed that crypto investment scams rose by 53 percent last year. In investment scams, fraudsters offer crypto investment advice to potential victims and get…
Fraudsters in Himachal Pradesh minted a series of a crypto coins — two of which were KRO and DGT — to cheat thousands of investors of more than Rs 200 crore over a period of five years, beginning in 2018 — the year that crypto reached fever pitch. The persons alleged to be…
The crypto sector, thriving in several parts of the world, was struck with several hack and scam attacks this year. Even a couple of days before the industrially quaky year of 2022 ends, news and warning around crypto crimes have made it to the headlines. This week, the private API…
OpenSea, the biggest NFT marketplace there is, constantly finds itself under threat from notorious cyber actors. A new kind of scam is looming over the visitors of OpenSea, that offers ‘gasless sales’ on the platform and eventually redirects the victims to phishing sites. Built on the blockchain tech, NFTs are…
The Polkadot protocol is bidding on its own community members to keep the network away from scammers and bugs. Polkadot has announced its plans of launching a community-driven anti-scam initiative. The aim is to give its community members a say in the governance of the protocol, while also rewarding them…
Cryptocurrencies have often come into the limelight for becoming a tool for criminals who wish to engage in financial frauds. In Australia, the federal police have formed a new unit whose one-track job would be to sniff out illicit money transfers happening through crypto assets. The new unit is being…
Crypto holders in America have caught the eye of cryptocurrency scammers big time. Mooching crypto assets off unsuspecting investors under the pretence of love and romance has emerged among the most common methods of scamming people in the US. This result was found in an analysis conducted by transparency advocate…
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