Tag: scam

spot_img

Police Arrest Four Ukrainians for Running Fake Cryptocurrency Exchanges

Law enforcement in Ukraine has arrested four young men who were running at least six fake cryptocurrency exchanges. The cryptocurrency sphere is an exciting space,...

Chinese Officials Shut Down $50m Cryptocurrency Scam

Chinese government officials do not take kindly to Bitcoin traders. This is especially true when scamming other users through cryptocurrencies. Six individuals have been...

Someone Hijacked the Vertcoin Twitter Account for a Fake Bitcoin Giveaway

Twitter accounts have been a prone target for hackers and criminals. This is especially problematic when that Twitter account has some clout, so to...

Beware of the Latest Coinbase Phishing Site

Cryptocurrency users are often the target of elaborate scams. Such illicit projects can come in many different forms, including phishing sites, social engineering, et...

Cryptopia Customers get Very Vocal About Withdrawal Delays

There are always interesting developments in the world of cryptocurrency. Cryptopia, one of the smaller exchanges, is getting a lot of flack lately. Customers...

Denaro ICO Raises $8.7m and Goes up in Smoke

Cryptocurrency ICOs have always been hit-and-miss when it comes to finding legitimate offerings. More specifically, there are quite a few projects out there which...

BitConnect Might Make a Surprising Return Rather Soon

It seems there is an interesting development in the world of BitConnect. More specifically, this project was suspended quite some time ago. Additionally, the...

Jordan Belfort Calls Bitcoin a Huge Scam

It is no secret a lot of people don't like Bitcoin. Some go even as far as making some very ludicrous claims in this...

United Bitcoin Hard Fork Aims to Steal Inactive Wallet Balances

It is evident the United Bitcoin project is pretty controversial. Not only is it the umpteenth hard fork to steal Bitcoin's thunder, but it...

Confido ICO Turned Into a Scam as Developers Cash out

Cryptocurrency ICOs pose a very real threat to the overall ecosystem. It only takes one or two nefarious projects to give this industry an...

New Coinbase Phishing Email is Rather Elaborate

Cryptocurrency users have seen many different types of scams over the past few years. Especially phishing emails have quickly become the new norm these...

Avoid the Bitcoin Pay Scam Trying to Steal Your Private Key

It looks like some people are trying to take advantage of a new Bitcoin fork. This project goes by the name of Bitcoin Pay,...