Scams


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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Markets

SEC Official Calls Crypto Scams the ‘Flavor of the Year’

Scams involving celebrity endorsements of digital assets are becoming more common.

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Markets

Esports Organization FaZe Clan Drops 1 Member, Suspends 3 Following Alleged Crypto Scam

Frazier "Kay" Khattri has gotten the boot, while Jarvis Khattri, Nikan Nadim and Jakob Teeqo have been suspended until further notice.

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Markets

UK Financial Watchdog Warns That ICO Crypto Is a Clone Company

The firm was identified as using details of the legitimate company, Swiss Re Capital Markets.

The FCA's website.

Markets

Dutch Police Arrest Three in Pump-and-Dump Scheme Involving Self-Made Cryptocurrency

The arrests resulted from an investigation of the cryptocurrency exchange Coinhouse.eu.

Dutch police say additional arrests may be possible.