Scam Me Once: Twitter Promotes Fake Elon Musk’s...
Twitter has come under fire from cryptocurrency commentators once again after the social network began actively promoting an ongoing scam involving a Bitcoin giveaway. ‘Elon...
5 Common Ways to Lose Your Bitcoins (And How to Stop It)
While the Bitcoin network is secure, things like poor safekeeping methods, malware, and user error can part people from their hard-earned coins. Here are five things to watch out for...
Federal Trade Commission Files Lawsuit, Targets ‘Deceptive...
The FTC has filed a lawsuit against two companies that have reportedly defrauded somewhere around 30,000 people worldwide, affirming their intent to disallow major cryptocurrency scam...
Australians Keep Getting Scammed Out of Their Bitcoin
Consumer Affairs Victoria has been flooded with reports of people falling victim to fraudulent Bitcoin scams. Investment Scams Down Under Australia is a hotbed for Bitcoin scams...
‘Bitcoin Diamond’ is the Grinch That Will Steal Your...
Hardware wallet Ledger has warned of scams using Bitcoin Diamond (BCD) to defraud users as suspicions around the hard fork start to mount. ‘They’ll Steal Your Assets’...
How to Protect Yourself from Common Bitcoin Scams
The continuous growth of Bitcoin value over time has got a flip side. It has given rise to a whole new cybercrime economy revolving around various scams. Crafty threat actors zero in...
SEC Files Fraud Charges Against ICO Companies
The Securities and Exchange Commission has reportingly filed the first-ever civil fraud charges against an Initial Coin Offering. Crackdown On ICOs Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs) are...
PSA: Coinbase Referral Spam Exploits Bitcoin URLs
Be careful not to misspell the domain of your favourite exchange or crypto information site – the chances are that it’ll redirect you to Coinbase Registration Page. No – set your...
C-Bit Altcoin Highlights Everything Wrong With the Bitcoin Community
We’ve seen the Bitcoin scaling debate rise in fervor, come to a head, and die down without a substantial resolution. Many of its by-products are much maligned by the community, but...
Protect Yourself From These Shapeshift.io Based Scams
Recently in a post on their blog, Shapeshift.io has warned users of various scams that are taking place on social media and attempt to lure users into depositing cryptocurrency on...
Suspected Black Friday Phishing Site Alert
It seems from numerous reports the website bitcoinblackfriday.info could be a host of phishing scams. The website that premiered sometime two weeks ago looked seemingly like a...
Alleged Scammers Behind Bitcoin Exchange Ponzi, MyCoin, Arrested in...
The Chinese newspaper, China Times, has reported that on August 20, 2015, Taiwanese police arrested two suspects who allegedly scammed investors out of $1 billion NT, equivalent...