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Many of the financial pyramids identified in Russia during the first quarter of the year have been associated with cryptocurrencies, a top central bank official has revealed. Fraudsters are actively exploiting the hot topics of the day, including the sanctions theme. Pyramids Offer Russian Investors Ways to Circumvent Western Sanctions Amid growing
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The rise of community-oriented blockchain security companies may be making it more difficult for alleged bad actors to get away without a trace.Early Wednesday, CertiK issued a community alert regarding Flurry Finance, where its smart contracts were allegedly breached by hackers, leading to $293,000 worth of funds being stolen. Shortly
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In the world of digital finance, where the weapon of choice for a heist is a computer rather than a semi-automatic firearm, tracking down scams and frauds from across the world becomes a near-impossible feat for centralized police forces. However, in an interview with Cryptox, an anonymous cyber vigilante shares insights
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According to blockchain research firm Chainalysis, scam involving crypto reached an all-time high of $14 billion last year, a record that comes as regulators demand for more power over the fast-growing sector. Growing Interest In Crypto Fueled Most Scams Cryptocurrency crime set a new high in 2021, according to a recent analysis,
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Under stringent new UAE regulations designed to safeguard the public from financial fraud, cyber criminals who promote cryptocurrency frauds online face up to five years in prison and fines of up to $272 million. Crypto-scammers To Face 5 Years Imprisonment Promoters of online cryptocurrency frauds now risk a possible five-year prison sentence
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Over the past few weeks, CryptoX has seen evidence scammers are copying our newsletters in their entirety, adding a malicious link at the top and changing the subject line to emphasize that link. They then send the email to a list of active and perhaps crypto-curious email addresses likely acquired
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The auto-approve feature, for example, instantly initiated crypto transactions between wallets and trusted web apps. It cut out seconds by eliminating prompts for Phantom’s 700,000 users. That could be critical in time-sensitive scenarios, like minting a non-fungible token (NFT) or executing a decentralized exchange (DEX) trade. Source
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Hackers took over the Bitcoin.org website and displayed the classic double your money scam for a few minutes today. Apparently, it was a DNS hack. Luckily, the Bitcoin community took notice and alerted Cobra, the pseudonymous website owner, as well as the company that hosted the domain. A few minutes
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Unknown scammers have organized a fake bitcoin giveaway through a Russian government website they hacked. The news of the attack comes after a recent report revealed that damages from crypto-related fraud in Russia have reached $30 million in value in the first half of this year. Regional Government Website in
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The scammers may be trying to collect a database of crypto users for sale on the dark web, said Kaspersky. Source
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