Tag: Scam

Australian Government Pilots Auto Take-Down Of Digital Asset Scam Sites

Blockchain | by Ben Gupta | July 31, 2022

The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission is using a countermeasures service from the United Kingdom-based Netcraft, which has been providing a kindred […]

Beware Of ‘Massive’ SMS Phishing Crypto Scam, Warns Binance CEO

Blockchain | by Ben Gupta | February 8, 2022

A couple of Binance customers have been sent an SMS instructing a withdrawal from their account with an incorrect link provided to […]

Indian Prime Minister’s Twitter Account Compromised, Hackers Attempt Bitcoin Scam

Blockchain | by Ben Gupta | December 17, 2021

The official Twitter account of Narendra Modi, the Prime Minister of India, got compromised recently. The account was briefly used to share […]

Twitter Crypto Hack Mastermind Gets Bail at 725K USD, Owns 3.4M USD Worth Of Bitcoin

Blockchain | by Ben Gupta | August 4, 2020

The seventeen years old suspected mastermind behind the recent Twitter hack gets bail for seven hundred and twenty-five thousand USD. He purportedly […]

Apple Co-Founder Steve Wozniak Sues Google & YouTube For Permitting Bitcoin Giveaway Scams

Blockchain | by Ben Gupta | July 26, 2020

Apple co-founder Steve Wozniak is suing YouTube and its parent company Google for purportedly permitting bitcoin giveaway scams that use his image […]

Cryptocurrency Scammers Hack High Profile Twitter Accounts, Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos And Elon Musk Among Targeted

Blockchain | by Ben Gupta | July 16, 2020

Hackers promoting digital asset scams took over a number of high-profile Twitter accounts Wednesday. The affected accounts belong to Bill Gates, Kanye […]

Coronavirus Hits Crypto Scammers, Allegedly Obliterates Over Thirty Three Percent Revenues

Blockchain | by Ben Gupta | April 12, 2020

The economic aftermath of the coronavirus eruption is even thrashing the cryptocurrency scammers, as per forensics firm Chainalysis. On Friday, Chainalysis published […]

Popular Youtube Channel Gets Hacked, Doing Bitcoin Scam Using the Name of Coinbase CEO

Blockchain | by Ben Gupta | April 8, 2020

A prevalent YouTube channel has been appropriated and is presently live-streaming a supposed AMA with Brian Armstrong, CEO of cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase. […]

French Soccer Player Files Complaint for Unauthorized Name Usage in Cryptocurrency Scam

Blockchain | by Ben Gupta | April 2, 2020

Kylian Mbappé, the popular French soccer player, recently filed a complaint for the unlawful use of his name on a digital currency […]