On July 7, 2023, a Clive, Iowa resident fell victim to a scammer posing as a Polk County sheriff’s deputy, who coerced the individual into depositing $6,600 into a bitcoin automated teller machine (ATM). The Clive Police Department insists that the scammers utilized cryptocurrencies due to the challenges in tracking these assets.
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Threads are already seeing potential crypto scammers arrive on the platform as Crypto Twitter personas warn of impersonators on the app. Scammers appear to have wasted no time since the launch of Meta’s new microblogging app — with several high-profile Crypto Twitter users already warning of imposter accounts on Threads. Threads was launched on July…
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Solidus Labs, which has been monitoring 12 leading blockchains, has detected a majority of scam-like tokens originating from Binance’s BNB Chain. The Web3 and cryptocurrency space is seeing a significant amount of smart contract scams proliferating, with blockchain risk monitoring firm Solidus Labs saying it has detected on average 15 newly deployed scams every hour.…
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The CNMV, the Spanish securities regulator, has issued a warning about the existence of an unknown party asking for information and offering to sell bitcoin on its behalf. The fraudsters are said to perform the scam attempt via phone calls, where they ask for personal information and offer the benefit of purchasing bitcoins said to…
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