Scams

Three Arrows Capital (3AC), once of the most successful crypto hedge funds in the industry, faces more trouble with the liquidators on their backs. Last week, the court-appointed liquidators Crumpler & Farmer announced that…

A crypto scam network stole as much as $500 million through impersonating mainstream banks and crypto companies in order to convince their victims to purchase fake stocks, NFTs and crypto. The scam ring, named CryptoLabs, has been…

Twitter and new owner Elon Musk have been everywhere in the news lately — and scammers have been using the trending publicity to push more crypto-related scams via Twitter. The latest is the “Freedom Giveaway” scam. Twitter users who…

Scams involving cryptocurrencies can take many different shapes. Scammers are after your cryptocurrency just as they are after the money in your bank, and they will do anything in their power to obtain it. It is helpful to be aware of when…

New government data shows digital natives are falling for some online scams more than elders. In short, engagement — not age — is the primary predictor of an online attack. According to the Consumer Protection Data Spotlight report…

Has a company treated you unfairly? Our Consumer Champion is available to help. For how to contact her click here. Dear Katie, I am writing on behalf of my father, a pensioner in his 70s, who has suffered with severe bipolar disorder for…

On Tuesday (6 December 2022), Jordan Belfort, the man whose memoir “The Wolf of Wall Street in 2007” was adapted into a film (released in 2013), shared his thoughts on the crypto market in the wake of the…

The Australian Federal Police has charged four Chinese nationals living in Sydney as part of an investigation into an organised criminal syndicate involved in a cyber-enabled investment scam that has resulted in more than US$100 million in…

Jordan Belfort, aka the Wolf of Wall Street, expects bitcoin and ethereum to be “a lot higher” than they are now. Noting that the collapsed crypto exchange FTX is a scam, he stressed that its implosion “doesn’t mean that you can…

SYDNEY, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Australian police charged four Chinese nationals on Friday over an online investment scam based mainly in the United States, which authorities said caused losses of more than $100 million across the world.The…