Scams

It happens. Some strange message shows up in your texts from a number that you just don’t recognize. “Hi, I’m not going to be able to see you today. Can we meet up some other time?” or “Hey, what are you doing?” These are…

Cybercriminals dupe woman of Rs 40,000 after she invested in bitcoin app in bid to gain profit in lakhs Cybercrime police say that there’s a new bitcoin (BTC) scam going viral that preys on people using Instagram and other social media…

In a shocking revelation, a Brazilian crypto lending company announced halting of withdrawals due to an attack. A company representative of BlueBenx said the company suffered a hack worth $32 million. The company promised users of…

A Mumbai woman has registered a complaint against two people for duping her of Rs 40 lakh that she had invested in a fake cryptocurrency. The woman claimed she invested after she saw a man who appeared like Kumar Sanu in a Zoom meeting…

Attackers are taking advantage of certain SEO techniques to direct users to phishing sites for wallet apps like Metamask and exchanges such as Coinbase and Kraken. These sites, created in Google Sites and Microsoft Azure, fool users into…

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The police may uncover the names of supposed victims overseas and “the exact amount in pounds or euros or dollars that (scammers) would charge … them, but that’s not proof of anything”, she says.Industry insiders agree it is difficult for…

A class-action lawsuit against Mark Cuban and the Dallas Mavericks, the basketball team he has owned since 2022, has been filed by a group of ex-Voyager Digital customers before the Miami courts.Plaintiffs allege that Voyager founder…

Recently, a new crypto scam targeted the most vulnerable investors in Canada, Australia, and Europe. According to reports, the fraud is associated with Facebook ads where it is offered to invest in TeslaCoin. It is a well-structured scam…

Friday afternoon at The Preston of Park Cities retirement home, 16 seniors look up expectantly at their teacher: a 21-year-old former president of the blockchain club at the University of Texas at Austin.Elevator music plays in the…