Tag Archives: crypto scams

It appears that the DeFi industry continues to be a prime target for hackers. On the morning of May 28th, another exploit took place, this time taking aim at liquidity platform Jimbos Protocol. Jimbos Protocol got exploited today – May 28th. According to an update by PeckShield, the hack resulted in a loss of around 4,000 ETH, worth some $7.5 million at the time of the incident. Per PeckShield: This hack is due to the lack of slippage control of liquidity-shifting operation –...

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a warning on fake job ads that lure people to Southeast Asia, where “victims are held against their will and forced to commit international crypto scams on unsuspecting victims.” These scam mills usually put up ads on social media and lure their victims by promising well-paid jobs. Upon arrival, however, victims have their passports taken and are forced to work by scamming innocent people. Furthermore, if workers...

Fintoch, a decentralized finance (DeFi) protocol that offers peer-to-peer (P2P) lending and investment services, has absconded with $31.6 million in cryptocurrencies belonging to investors in an apparent exit scam. Multiple tweets from Fintoch users complaining about being unable to withdraw their assets were seen on Twitter earlier today, confirming suspicions that the platform had vanished with investors’ funds. Fintoch Rug Pulls Users Famous Web3 expert and on-chain...

A United States Court has granted a motion to dismiss a lawsuit alleging Binance’s involvement in a pig butchering scam that stole roughly $8 million from its victim. According to a recent filing with the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas, Judge Amos Mazzant granted Binance’s motion to dismiss the case for lack of personal jurisdiction and the plaintiff’s failure to state a claim. An $8M Pig Butchering Scam A pig butchering scam involves criminals luring...

The Ho Chi Minh City People’s Court ruled that the Vietnamese residents – Ho Ngoc Tai and Tran Ngoc Hoang – will spend their lives in prison for kidnapping an individual and stealing $1.5 million worth of bitcoin from him. 14 other people who also took part in the crime received sentences between 9 and 19 years.  No Mercy  The 34-year-old Tai and the 40-year-old Hoang were slammed with life imprisonment for orchestrating a sophisticated kidnapping and later draining $1.5...

Developers of decentralized exchange (DEX) Swaprum have drained $3 million in ether (ETH) tokens from the protocol in an apparent rugpull, otherwise known as an exit scam. The exchange, launched on the Ethereum layer-2 network Arbitrum, offers high farming rewards, low swapping fees, and potential earnings of up to 100% annual percentage yield (APY). Swaprum Rugpulls Users for $3M Blockchain security firm Peckshield flagged the incident on Friday, disclosing that...

Earn Your First Bitcoin Sign up and get $12 Bonus Referral bonus up to $3,000 Sign up Police in North Kingston are warning residents about a whole new array of crypto-based scams that have made themselves prominent in the area. Crypto Scams: Will They Ever Stop? Crypto scams are nothing new. In fact, they’ve practically been around since the industry was first developed nearly 15 years ago, but...

The People’s Court of Ho Chi Minh City reportedly brought to court 16 Vietnamese who might stand behind a $1.5 million crypto robbery and kidnapping. Interestingly, two of the defendants are former police officers. Vietnam is one of the global leaders in terms of cryptocurrency adoption. Despite its rising popularity, the government has not imposed a legal framework on the asset class.  The Movielike Story According to a local media outlet, the whole drama started in 2018...

ZachXBT has accused several influencers of engaging in pump-and-dump scams and profiting from the misery of others. This time, the on-chain sleuth has targetted yet another figure who goes by the name ‘DannyCrypt,’ for allegedly dumping on his followers. The crypto influencer in question was accused of receiving 2% of the supply of a certain token to assist with marketing. However, 15 minutes after receiving the tokens, he allegedly dumped the majority of them for $57k (31...

The British Columbia Securities Commission has accused ezBtc, a defunct Nanaimo-based cryptocurrency platform, and its founder David Smillie, of perpetrating a multimillion-dollar securities fraud scheme. The commission alleged that Smillie and his crypto firm lied to customers about the platform and diverted their assets to online gambling sites. ezBtc Allegedly Diverted $13M in Customer Assets According to a Bloomberg report, the accusations were outlined in a notice of...