Ukraine dismantles €4.3M crypto scam network
Ukrainian police arrested four suspects in investment scam network stealing €4.3M from 135 victims across EU.
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Stories tagged #crypto-scam
Fake Polymarket sites sold by traffer teams rig bets and block withdrawals
Insikt Group says affiliates get turnkey sites and crypto payouts while operators set each victim’s win chance.
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Fake Polymarket platforms claim nearly $11 million in crypto deposits
Insikt Group says three Russian-language teams sell fake Polymarket and Kalshi sites; the deposit totals are the operators’ unverified claims.
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Fake Padre Terminal App Store app linked to $23,000 Solana theft
Researcher Iris says 27 wallets were drained after October 25, and theft continued after Apple removed the app.
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Brooklyn DA’s office disrupts crypto scam targeting Russian community
Brooklyn prosecutors and the FBI seized 241 domains and 112 servers used in a crypto investment scam.
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“Don’t Get Played”: TOKEN2049 Security Event Faces Remote-Access Scam Allegations
TOKEN2049 side-event organizers allegedly pushed attendees to install remote-access software; no losses confirmed.
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Crypto Scammers Hijack Microsoft’s Official X Account
Microsoft confirmed unauthorized access to its 13-million-follower X account, used to promote a fake Clippy cryptocurrency token scam.
Microsoft’s X account hacked in crypto pump-and-dump scheme
Attackers hijacked Microsoft’s official X account, with over 13 million followers, to promote a Clippy crypto token.
Crypto Scam Extensions Masquerade as High-Profile Investors
Akamai research documents crypto scam browser extensions that impersonate high-profile investors to defraud victims.
Search results are sending people to fake Bitrefill checkouts
Scam sites impersonating Bitrefill's crypto checkout appear in search results, tricking victims into sending up to $1,990 in crypto directly to scammers.
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Ready-made $500 kit puts a crypto scam within anyone's reach
A $500 ready-made scam kit sold on a cybercrime forum builds fake Tesla $TSLA presale pages that harvest wallet recovery phrases and cryptocurrency deposits.
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