Pink Taxis, Red Flags: A Deep Dive Into a Sketchy ICO
No team, plagiarized white paper, McAfee pump, promises of bitcoin-like returns, brand hijacking, a fake blog. Welcome to ICO-land.
Australians Lost Over $2 Million to Crypto Scams Last Year
A report from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission indicates that Australians lost millions of dollars to crypto-related scams in 2017.
Tea Tokenizers Arrested in China for Alleged $47 Million Crypto Fraud
Another cryptocurrency project has been busted by law enforcement in China for allegedly soliciting money from investors with fraudulent claims.
The SEC Just Launched a Fake ICO Website to Educate Investors
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission wants to make sure investors know what a scam ICO looks like. Even if it has to launch its own.
Meetup's Crypto Secret? Scams Are Running Rampant
Long-running groups using the popular social network are finding that separating education from financial advice isn't as easy as it sounds.
'Enough Is Enough': Finance Guru Sues Facebook Over Crypto Scams
Martin Lewis, a British personal finance writer, is suing Facebook for allowing his likeness to be used in scammers' advertisements on the platform.
Bad Checks: Twitter's Identity Crisis Is Costing Users More Than Bitcoin
Twitter's blue check mark verification system is falling under the pressure of the complicated crypto world.
How to Defend Yourself Against Pump-and-Dumps
Until regulators come up with rules to curb pump-and-dump schemes, investors need to be extra cautious so they don’t get taken for a ride.
Ponzis and Death: The Stranger Ways to Lose Crypto
Scams, death, network takeover attacks. There's no shortage of strange ways users can lose money in the cryptocurrency wild west.
Twitter Pledges Action on Crypto Scams After Account Bans
It's unclear how Twitter identifies which accounts to penalize for propagating cryptocurrency scams.
