Scams

Last month, in Northern California, a lovelorn woman waited for a package that would never come. Janet, as we’ll call her (because she didn’t want her real name used), had recently fallen for a handsome Turkish doctor she met online. He…

After the recent exposure of international fraud and human trafficking that victimized thousands of Chinese-speaking nationals from China, Taiwan, and Hong Kong, details about the fraud syndicates are surfacing as more rescued victims speak…

A jilted German man turned to a bitcoin-for-hire hitman after “online witchcraft” failed to end his would-be lover’s relationship, Berlin authorities claim.  The 28-year-old is said to have spent $24,000 in bitcoin to hire a dark web…

The crypto industry has seen an immense growth in the last few years, with several countries introducing laws to regulate them.Cryptocurrencies are digital assets representing value which can be digitally stored, traded, transferred or…

Social media giant Twitter is currently testing tweet editing functionality, raising questions whether the new feature would improve the platform or open the door to a fresh wave of problems. According to Twitter themselves, an edit tweet…

This is an opinion editorial by Cam Randell, a Bitcoiner who believes that Bitcoin is the key technology in the quest for privacy. “Do you have a moment to talk about our lord and savior, Satoshi Nakamoto?” This is a normal question for a…

An app developer’s lawsuit over App Store rejections, scams and fraud has ended in a settlement agreement after court filings show a request to dismiss the suit earlier this summer. The plaintiff, app developer and former Pinterest…

A survey by youth marketing agency SEED found that young people are significantly less interested in cryptocurrency than commonly believed. It’s one of the few surveys that were neither purely focused on finance nor commissioned by a…

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) profiled the Onecoin cryptocurrency scam and its co-founder Ruja Ignatova, aka “Crypto Queen,” in a new podcast. Onecoin was one of the world’s biggest crypto scams and Ignatova was recently…

ASIC Chair Joseph Longo revealed last week what we can expect from the regulator in the coming year – and it is going to be busy. ASIC released its Corporate Plan for 2022-26 on 22 August 2022 followed by Mr Longo’s speech to the Committee…