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ICO Scam Flees After Naming Ryan Gosling Part of the Team

Another initial coin offering (ICO) pulls an exit scam after putting the picture of a Canadian actor Ryan Gosling to the name of “their” graphic designer, Kevin Belanger.The ICO, called Miroskii, claims to have raised more than USD 833,000 from 389 contributors. It was discovered by...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Twitter Crypto Scammers Now With Verified Accounts

Crypto scammers on Twitter are nothing new. Many are imitating public accounts of crypto-related personas, going as far as making their usernames look almost exactly the same, and asking for money. While some of the people imitated this way warned that only they have had their accounts verified by...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Elon Musk Says He Owns “Zero Cryptocurrency” Following Spam For ETH

Elon Musk, SpaceX and Tesla superstar and tech hero, has finally revealed his personal cryptocurrency holdings.To the disappointment of many people who are both fans of him and of crypto, in a response to spam Twitter accounts claiming to be Mr. Musk and requesting Ethereum, he disclosed that he...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

5 Crypto Scams To Be Aware Of

Ponzi Schemes Phishing Emails Fake Exchanges and Wallets Websites Fake Apps ICO ScamsSince the introduction of bitcoin in 2009, there have been a number of scams in existence. Initially, the criminals behind these operations sought to capitalize on a lack of understanding of the underlying...

, by Alex Lielacher

Morning News: Coincheck to Be Sued, Farmers Found Mining Crypto

Coincheck to Be Sued, Submits Improvement Report to Regulator Energy Provider Discovers 38 Illegal Crypto Mines Online Gift Certificate Crypto Fraudster Caught Japan’s FSA Tells Macau-based Exchange to Back OffCatch up on the most essential cryptocurrency and blockchain news stories...

Another Day, Another Exit Scam: The LoopX Story

Unfortunately, the cryptocurrency is space is plagued with illegal activities ranging from Ponzi schemes disguised as cloud mining sites to fake initial coin offerings (ICO) that were only created to steal investors money. The “ICO”, of blockchain project LoopX, falls under the latter...

, by Alex Lielacher

Morning News: Coincheck Fund Hunt, Fraudulent Crypto Girls

Police Questioning Man over Coincheck Theft Fraudulent ‘Cryptocurrency Girls’ BitGrail Founder Firefighting High-profile South Korean Crypto-fraud Trial BeginsCatch up on the most essential cryptocurrency and blockchain news stories breaking in Asia and the Americas while the rest...

Prodeum Scam Investigation: More Schemes Up & Running?

Last week, the Prodeum ICO pulled an exit scam, disappearing into thin air and implying well-known and respected Lithuanian blockchain community members. Now, they claim that three more scams, operating on the same scheme, are public and running.The blockchain community members, notably Business...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Seele ICO: Hack Or Inside Job?

More Initial coin offering (ICO) investors fell victim to either a hack or a scam: Seele, calling itself Blockchain 4.0, lost their investors around USD 2 million in Ethereum coins, either through a scam or through negligence.The two attackers posed as verified admins on the company’s...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Prodeum ICO Pulls an Exit Scam

The website for the Prodeum ICO project has gone offline unannounced on Sunday, leaving only a nasty message to investors behind.Prodeum, with reportedly stolen identities of its “team” was supposedly a startup from Lithuania “about to revolutionize the fruit and vegetable...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Experty ICO Hacked, Data Leaked, USD 150,000 Stolen

On January 26 and 27, Experty, a developer of blockchain based project, users who signed up for notifications for the Experty ICO started receiving emails with a pre-ICO sale announcement of Experty (EXY) tokens.Users were asked to send money to a Ethereum wallet if they wanted to buy EXY tokens...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Largest ICO Exit Scam to Date: Up To USD 4m Gone

After pulling in an estimated USD 2.7 million to USD 4 million of investor funds, the Benebit ICO has disappeared with the money as of January 22.The fraud came to light after people noticed that the team photos had been taken from a school website. After this, the Benebit team disappeared: their...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

BitConnect Disconnects Lending and Exchange Platform

Accused of being a scam, crypto community platform BitConnect has announced it is closing down its lending and exchange platform. The statement goes on to suggest that BitConnect will now operate solely “for wallet service, news and educational purposes.” "Bad press", two Cease and...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

Seven scam related stories from 2017

A tsunami of Initial Coin Offerings (ICO) had been followed by a scam wave in 2017. Numerous scams and shams occurred in the world of ICO’s making the new crypto investors learn the lesson the hard way. Hopefully, as the market matures and investors become more educated, we’ll see less fraud and...

, by Sead Fadilpašić

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