Tag Archives: Crypto Scam

The social media accounts of the British Army have been hacked by someone looking to promote a cryptocurrency scam. The YouTube and Twitter accounts of the Army have been overtaken by someone who remains anonymous at the time of writing. They are simply going by the name “psssd” online. The British Army Was Being Used to Promote Crypto The scam involves a new series of non-fungible tokens (NFTs) that resemble a real line of NFTs called “The Possessed.” Experts are...

Students are working hard to raise awareness of the growing world of crypto fraud after their teacher was scammed out of $5,000. Deon Wessel was ultimately looking for ways to fund his eventual retirement and came across a crypto scheme that sounded like cash in the bag. Unfortunately, it looks like the scheme has done nothing but empty his pockets even further. Deon Wessel Loses a Lot to Crypto Scammers Wessel was contacted by what appeared to be a legitimate crypto...

A retired nurse has been fired from her part-time job and lost her life savings – which amounted to roughly $43,000 at the time of writing – after falling for a cryptocurrency scam. How a Nurse Became the Latest Crypto Scam Victim The nurse from Buffalo, New York – who remains anonymous at press time – claims she was tricked into sending money through a bank wire transfer and a bitcoin ATM to unknown parties after a fake pop-up on her work computer appeared telling her...

Bitcoin is great and having a romantic relationship with someone can also be rather rewarding, but as we’re learning in recent days, the two don’t always go together. A woman that used the dating app Hinge now has an empty wallet after someone posing as potential boyfriend material scammed her out of more than $300,000 in bitcoin. Bitcoin Was the Target, Not a Romantic Relationship The unnamed woman – who is 33 years of age at the time of writing – says that she became...

Dr. Anders Apgar is the latest victim of a crypto scam that utilized bots to steal most of the digital currency he had been adding to his account over the past several years. How Dr. Anders Apgar Walked into the Thieves’ Hands The scam began with a series of what he thought were robocalls and naturally, he tried to ignore them. However, the calls kept on going, and eventually, his wife started to get buzzes on her phone. Eventually, Apgar decided he couldn’t ignore them...

As if Facebook didn’t already have enough on its plate. After seeing its cryptocurrency dreams come to a sudden end, the social media giant is now facing a massive lawsuit from Australian billionaire Andrew Forrest, who claims that the company did nothing to prevent a crypto scam featuring his likeness from affecting users. Facebook Isn’t Doing So Well Australia is working hard to remove any safe harbor protections that currently apply to social media companies....

A man in Fayetteville, North Carolina claims to have lost his entire life savings to a cryptocurrency scam. Jaqueall Jackson had as much as $15,000 in crypto saved up but lost it all through a scam investment opportunity he learned about through Facebook. How Jaqueall Jackson Lost All His Crypto In an interview, he stated: That was my entire savings right there. I lost $15,000… I constantly kept getting messages that were getting sent down by people saying the success of...

Der Erfolg des letzten Spiderman-Films wird offenbar gerade von Scammern genutzt. Während der Feiertage ist eine Cryptocoin Malware mit dem Comichelden aufgetaucht. Eine Cybersecurity Firma hat sie inzwischen „Spider-Miner“ Malware getauft. Crypto News: Vorsicht vor Cryptocoin Malware mit Spider Man: No Way Home InhaltenDie Malware scheint vor allem auf Torrent Files zu verlinken. Dort soll eine Kopie des neuen Kinofilms frei zugänglich sein. Der Dateiname deutet auf russischen Ursprung hin,...

A crypto fraudster that is suspected to scamming his victims out of nearly 500,000 pounds has been arrested in Latvia. Prior to his capture, the man was living in Spain’s Costa del Sol, a resort town. He is accused of using investor funds to spend on a lavish lifestyle. He is believed to have been staying in luxury hotels, buying expensive designer clothing, and enjoying fine dining in top-rated restaurants. Latvian Man in Custody After Using Crypto-Invested Customer...

YouTube hatte schon vor einiger Zeit angekündigt, gegen Inhalte auf der Plattform vorzugehen, die unseriöse Finanzprodukte bewerben. Davon betroffen waren auch Inhalte über Cryptocoins. Viele Video-Creator der Crypto-Szene berichteten darauf, dass YouTube ihre Videos demonetarisieren und zensieren würde – einige Creator wurden sogar komplett auf YouTube gesperrt. Doch geholfen haben diese Maßnahmen offenbar wenig. Crypto News: Immer mehr Crypto SCAMs auf YouTubeTenable hat diese Woche einen...