Crypto Scam

Singapore police prevented more than $4.2 million in potential losses during a crypto scam operation with major digital asset exchanges. The Anti-Scam Centre and Cyber Investigation Branch ran the operation...

A woman in her 70s from Newry has lost more than £250,000 after falling victim to a crypto investment scam, according to the Police Service of Northern Ireland. Police said...

The FBI has broken up a vast cryptocurrency fraud network that authorities say stole billions of dollars from victims around the world. The operation, which stretched across Asia, Africa, the...

Prosecutors in Britain have charged CJ Ujah, who represented Team GB at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, alongside nine other suspects at the Chelmsford Crown Court for running an elaborate...

South Korean prosecutors have filed the country’s first criminal prosecution tied to a decentralized exchange rug pull case after charging a group accused of manipulating the Solana-based meme coin CATFI...

Scammers have stolen at least $400,000 through fake Uniswap Google Ads. The stolen funds reportedly came from users who were redirected to phishing sites impersonating Uniswap after clicking sponsored Google...

Crypto users have lost at least $400,000 after clicking fake Google ads impersonating Uniswap, according to multiple security researchers tracking the campaign. The attack used sponsored Google search results that...

XRPL developer and Xaman wallet founder Wietse Wind has renewed a scam warning to XRP holders as fresh impersonation campaigns targeted users. The warning followed a rise in fake X...

Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao joined a number of crypto users mocking fake Web3 job offers after scammers increasingly used LinkedIn, Telegram, and fake GitHub projects to target developers and traders....

Rathnakishore Giri, a 31-year-old from New Albany, Ohio, was sentenced to nine years in federal prison plus three years of supervised release for running a $10 million cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme. ...

Renowned blockchain investigator, ZachXBT, has launched an attack on Bitget over a recent exploit on the centralized exchange. ZachXBT accused the exchange of inflating LAB’s value to bait retail. He...

Elon Musk’s lawsuit against OpenAI has brought the company’s past fundraising plans into court. Testimony in Oakland tied the dispute to a proposed 2018 crypto fundraising idea.  Musk aimed much...

A global crackdown on cryptocurrency scam centers has led to at least 276 arrests and federal charges in San Diego. The Department of Justice announced the action on April 29,...

Kyle Holder lost nearly $300,000 after AI crypto scammers used WhatsApp messages to pull her into a crypto fraud scheme. The case later reached the IRS Criminal Investigation New York...

India’s cybercrime agency has warned of rising scams targeting Trust Wallet users. The alert follows a surge in fraud complaints reported nationwide. Attackers use fake verification steps to gain access...

A crypto developer came within seconds of a serious security breach this week after fraudsters used artificial intelligence to impersonate a senior Cardano Foundation executive on a live video call,...

A crypto extortion victim in France has called for more severe penalties against the perpetrators of the crime, roughly three years after the incident. The victim responded to a report...

A fresh wave of cyber fraud is hitting one of the world’s busiest shipping lanes as scammers are targeting ships stuck near the Strait of Hormuz, promising “safe passage” in...

A coordinated law enforcement operation led by agencies in the United States, United Kingdom, and Canada has identified more than $45 million in stolen cryptocurrency tied to global fraud schemes....

A recent investigation by blockchain analyst ZachXBT uncovered a large-scale internal breach tied to North Korean IT workers. The leaked data exposed a network of 390 accounts, chat logs, and...

Crypto scams in the U.S. reached a new record in 2025, with reported losses of $11.366 billion. The total rose 22% from the prior year as each crypto scam expanded...

A crypto wallet was drained of $72,000 within minutes after a hacker waited for funds to accumulate. The attacker monitored the address holding $29,000 and struck shortly after another $43,000...

Cambodia is stepping up its fight against crypto-linked scam networks. The country’s National Assembly has advanced a new law that allows life imprisonment for operators of large online fraud rings,...

X is moving to shut down one of the most common crypto scam routes on its platform, i.e., hacked accounts pushing tokens. The change is that if an account posts...

U.S. authorities have charged ten foreign nationals tied to four cryptocurrency financial services firms in connection with schemes to manipulate digital asset markets. The charges, announced following a multi-agency investigation,...