Newton police said at least two residents were called by someone spoofing the departments main phone number, asking them to withdraw money and deposit it into a Bitcoin currency ATM.
The Cuyahoga County (U.S. state of Ohio) Scam Squad and the Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) have issued a public warning as scammers began to actively use Bitcoin (BTC) ATMs to defraud people, TV channelNews 5 Clevelandreported on Tuesday. “Now scammers are asking you to pay in...
whether it’s Instagram or Twitter, and just the sheer number and types of scams to from you know, we’ve all seen scams around buying different types of Bitcoin or cryptocurrency to these types of adult dating scams that you
In one instance, the phishers ask for bitcoin donations to aid the fight-back against the COVID-19 pandemic. In another, they offer to pay the recipient millions of dollars in “compensation” for the effects the Coronavirus is having on their life. And one contains a fake link that redir...
2. Emails from genuine sounding banks, charities, etc. all asking for donations. They ‘accept’ any currency, Bitcoin or other cyber currency. Phishing. 3. Emails, purportedly from Paypal, thanking you for your payment. following this up to query it will lead to yet another phishing site....
Money scams on Instagram often take the form of get-rich-quick investment scams, like the Bitcoin investment scams mentioned above. These money scams differ from phishing scams in that rather than getting a suspicious link, you are directly asked for banking or personal information. With this inf...
“They take that account hostage, say they want so many Bitcoin or whatever to give your account access back,” McLaughlin said. Imprisoned former officer denied entry to halfway house He warned that no one should ever give money to regain control of a compromised account. ...
Retired school teacher Alma, 82, is just one of many that have found themselves victim to the con set up by criminals pretending to be from the Australian Federal Police Thankfully for Alma the money she deposited was able to be transferred back to her or refunded by the banks in time...
Cryptocurrency: Direct cryptocurrency transfers and theft can be more difficult to manage and so cybercriminals will usually push their victims to "invest" in crypto such as Bitcoin (BTC). This may be achieved by walking a victim through purchases on legitimate exchanges, including Coinbase, befor...
Hackers took over verified accounts and changed the name to Elon Musk to promote Bitcoin scam. Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is one of the