Scammers


Policy

Google Takes Legal Action Against Alleged Crypto Scammers for Uploading Fraudulent Apps

The defendants are said to have committed hundreds of acts of wire fraud, "causing harm to Google and at least approximately 100,000 Google users."

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Markets

UK Police Recover $22M in Stolen Crypto From Scammers

Police are looking to return the stolen assets to their owners, who are located around the world.

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Markets

Blockchain Sleuthing Firm Calls Nigeria 'Focal Point' for Africa's Crypto Scams

These scams are raking in tens of thousands of dollars in crypto a month, blockchain analytics firm Whitestream determined.

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Finance

Coronavirus Has Erased 33% of Crypto Scammers' Revenue: Chainalysis

Research firm Chainalysis found that even though crypto scammers were seeing high numbers of transactions, this year's dramatic market tumble means their actual profit was a fraction of what it used to be.

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Tech

How Imposters Scam Entrepreneurs Out of Their Crypto

It's a new twist on an old scam: Someone pretending to represent a major media company will approach a small business offering to write about them… for a price, this time in crypto.

Photo by sebastiaan stam on Unsplash

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