Scams

Scams continue to circulate throughout Massachusetts. You may remember in a previous article, we wrote about the "Grandparent Scam" that was going around the Bay State. That particular scam involved con artists calling elderly individuals,…

The crypto world attracts many criminals because of the easy access to money. An interesting story in this regard is that of Phantom Wallet.  In a long post published last week on the official blog, Phantom explains what the key points…

The price of Bitcoin (BTC) in Nigeria has skyrocketed to well above market levels amid continued efforts by the central bank to push its citizens into digitalized cash.At the time of writing, the price of 1 BTC on Nigerian crypto exchange…

Crypto Exchange Crypto exchanges are essentially digital marketplaces that let you use real money ($AUD) to purchase cryptocurrency like Bitcoin and Ethereum, trade one type of crypto for another, and convert your crypto back into…

Stephen Carr – a resident of Meaford, Ontario – said he lost his entire life savings of nearly $500,000 after being conned into a cryptocurrency scheme on YouTube. Scammers have used the video-sharing website multiple times…

Illustration by Mitchell Preffer for DecryptCrypto this week was a mixed bag. After three weeks of consecutive growth, the fourth full week of 2023 saw Bitcoin prices virtually unchanged since last weekend, and while Ethereum depreciated a…

Stephen Findeisen, better known as Coffeezilla, has made crypto sleuthing a full-time gig.  He played a role in Sam Bankman-Fried's downfall, and says he got the FTX CEO to admit to…

Logan Paul made a sensational Royal Rumble debut at the Alamodome on Saturday. The Maverick entered the match at the coveted #29 spot, becoming the second to last man to enter the Royal Rumble. And like most Royal Rumble returns, his…

A woman meets a man online. They flirt. Then, after a few weeks, they begin imagining a future together. Fast forward a few months and one of them has had their heart broken and been defrauded of their life savings.It sounds like a classic…

On-chain investigator ZachXBT has uncovered a group of sneaky teenage scammers who use Twitter to swindle collectors by launching NFT projects and robbing them, and he has outlined the process by which they carry out their elaborate…