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1300% Increase In BitcoinAbuse Reports in April Led by Sextortion

The number of Bitcoin (BTC) extortion reports filed by the users of BitcoinAbuse.com database increased 1,300% in April, perhaps with scammers taking advantage of the quarantined population.BitcoinAbuse.com allows anyone to report cases of criminals trying to extort Bitcoins from potential victims. Alan Reed told Cryptox that he founded the site

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Bitcoin Sextortion: Scams Using Email, Videos, Passwords to Extort BTC

Millions of people worldwide have received sextortion scam emails in 2020 asking for bitcoin. These bitcoin sextortion schemes sometimes include recipients’ passwords to make the threat more real. The authorities have advised what to do if you receive a bitcoin sextortion email.Bitcoin Sextortion Scams Proliferate GloballyThe number of people

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Sextortion Criminals Switch to Altcoins from Bitcoin to Bypass Email Security

A new version of sextortion Phishing scams is using alternative cryptocurrency wallet adresses other than Bitcoin(BTC)trade in an attempt to bypass email protections i.e. Secure Email Gateways (SEGs), according to a new report.On Tuesday, Cofense, a leading provider of human-driven phishing defense solutions, revealed that a new malicious technique has

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