Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
The common narrative around the prevailing threats to mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies is that regulators will put the kibosh on their legality, it has to get much easier for “ordinary” people to use, and the magnitude of its volatility has to...
by COINS NEWS - 1 year ago
There is some kind of scam that is targeting Coinbase users going around. I got an email saying my account would be locked and I would lose my funds because "there is a second account with my information" on Coinbase. Whenever you get an em...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
Seven major crypto companies — Binance.US, Circle, Solana Foundation, The Aave Companies, Hedera, TRM Labs and Civic — joined hands to launch a community-driven scam reporting tool. Named Chainabuse, the tool aims to enable crypto users to issue warn...
by COINS NEWS - 1 year ago
Hello everybody I just noticed a new trend (I mean new because I just noticed that now, but this is something that's happening since at least 2017 in cycles). There is some kind of "phishy" YouTube channels pretending to be Tesla, Binan...
by COINS NEWS - 1 year ago
Hey everyone, as many of us know, Crypto faces some big barriers when it comes to onboarding new users. I wanted to focus on the typical fears of being scammed or hacked, unreliability, or that Crypto is “being used for criminal transactions” (Especi...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 1 year ago
1. When you’re an active NFT trader, you can’t avoid all the scams in the world of nonfungible tokens. The most common NFT scams are phishing, counterfeit NFTs and pump-and-dumps. The year 2021 was a breakthrough fo...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Nonfungible token (NFT) marketplace OpenSea suffered a server breach on its main Discord channel, with hackers posting fake "Youtube partnership" announcements.A screenshot shared Friday shows fake collaboration news, accompanied by a link to a phish...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Cybersecurity experts identified and disclosed the rising popularity of airdrop phishing among crypto and nonfungible token (NFT) scammers.Airdrops serve as an essential marketing tool for crypto projects, which involves sending free cryptocurrency t...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 2 years ago
The finance department of the U.S. state of Idaho has warned investors of a series of cryptocurrency scams promising returns as high as 80% every 24 hours with no risks to investors.
Crypto Scams Promising High Returns
The Idaho Department of Finance...
by COINS NEWS - 2 years ago
For years now I've been getting added to random scam groups on Telegram and then people post these pics of money counting machines and fake screenshots they made from investing in some scam platform. Usually I just click "Report and Leave&qu...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The NFT marketplace is flourishing and gaining consumer interest by the day. At the same time, this development also exposes users to new scams, counterfeits, and money laundering schemes. According to a PrivacyHQ survey, half of NFT owners have lost...
Cryptocoins Exchanges / Binance - 2 years ago
Relatively new to this subreddit but god damn is it full of scams. How do the mods let this pass? Feels like there are new scams every day in the industry. Lack of oversight from places like this is a major contributor. It makes it so much easier...
Cryptocoins Exchanges / Binance - 2 years ago
Rug pulls are a lucrative scam in which a crypto developer promotes a new project/token to investors, and then disappears with the money. The most epic one on record is OneCoin which rugged $4B the most recent/ noteworthy one in my opinion is Squid G...
by COINS NEWS - 2 years ago
Rug pulls are a lucrative scam in which a crypto developer promotes a new project/token to investors, and then disappears with the money. The most epic one on record is OneCoin which rugged $4B. The most recent/ noteworthy one in my opinion is Squid...
Bitcoin News / Bitcoinist - 2 years ago
The crypto and NFT side of Twitter are flooding with scams. It only takes a few interactions to get your first “@Elonmusk_ started following you” notification. And if you ever reply to the tweet of a trader, dev, etc, then expect at least...
More / Etherum Reddit - 2 years ago
So many great apps go unnoticed by this community because someone will jump to a conclusion early and flag something as a scam. Once something gets labeled as a scam, then the whole community assumes that the commenter knows what they are talking abo...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
The use and implementation of cryptocurrencies has been increasing sharply over the last few years, as crypto cruises into the mainstream. But with the spread of new currencies, comes the rise of illicit uses and misuse.
CoinJournal analysed a rep...
Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 2 years ago
The use and implementation of cryptocurrencies has been increasing sharply over the last few years, as crypto cruises into the mainstream. But with the spread of new currencies, comes the rise of illicit uses and misuse.
CoinJournal analysed a rep...
Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph - 2 years ago
Aminhossein “Amin” Rad runs an over-the-counter trading desk in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Searching for a business after dropping out of university, he started to style himself as a Bitcoin broker in 2016. Starting with his first deal after five m...
by COINS NEWS - 2 years ago
Hi everyone, I am excited to be here engaging with this amazing r/CryptoCurrency community! To give you a quick run-down CoinSmart is a crypto trading platform based in Toronto, Canada, I have worked in the finance industry for the last 13 years befo...
Cryptocoins Exchanges / Coinbase - 2 years ago
By Coinbase Security TeamAs part of our mission to build a more fair, accessible, efficient, and transparent financial system enabled by crypto, we actively monitor for security threats not only to Coinbase but to the crypto ecosystem as a whole. As...