Scams


Markets

DeFi ‘Rug Pull’ Scams Pulled In $2.8B This Year: Chainalysis

‘Rug pulls’ accounted for 37% of all scam revenue this year compared to just 1% in 2020.

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Markets

Indian National Congress Accuses Modi-Led BJP of Covering Up Country’s Biggest Bitcoin Scam

Leaders accuse the prime minister of trying to drop the investigation.

A supporter wearing a ribbon featuring former Indian National Congress (INC) President Sonia Gandhi. (Prashanth Vishwanathan/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

Finance

The Trash Moat: When the Media Lies About Crypto

The preponderance of YouTube scams and tabloid reporting on crypto is bad for adoption.

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Finance

FBI Warns of Scams Using Crypto ATMs and QR Codes

The U.S. law enforcement agency says there has been an increase in scammers directing victims to use physical crypto ATMs and QR codes to complete transactions.

Crypto ATM Installations Increased Over 70% Globally This Year

Finance

MetaMask, Phantom Wallet Users Targeted in Crypto Phishing Scam: Report

The scam campaigns, which imitated popular crypto wallet websites like Metamask, have resulted in losses of at least $500,000.

Teen Twitter Hacker Will Serve 3 Years for Crypto Phishing Scheme

Finance

Binance Is Investigating Squid Game Token, Considers It a Scam

The crypto exchange is considering blacklisting wallet addresses tied to the token’s developers.

Squid Game (Flickr/Tigerfish Rain)

Finance

OpenSea Says It Patched an NFT Phishing Vulnerability

The NFT marketplace said it fixed the loophole as soon as it was notified by a security firm and no accounts were compromised.

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Policy

Police in China’s Zunyi City Bust a $124M Money Laundering Scam

Authorities were on the case for two months, following a directive from the country’s State Council.

Guizhou (Xiaoyang Qu/Unsplash)

Finance

Crypto Holders Sue Apple Over ‘Fake’ Wallet App Scam

The lawsuit alleges that a fake wallet app was used to cheat customers out of more than $5 million in crypto holdings.

Apple's logo (Shutterstock)

Finance

Eastern Europe Received Over $1B of Illicit Crypto in a Year: Chainalysis

The region is second highest for cryptocurrency scams, behind only Western Europe, a report says.

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