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Phishing Scam

Elvis impersonators (Perry Knotts/Getty Images)
Finance
Journalism
Warning! Scammers Are Pretending to Be CoinDesk Journalists on Social Media
Real CoinDesk journalists don't ask for money. Also, please be wary of links sent from people claiming to work for us.
Elvis impersonators (Perry Knotts/Getty Images)
By Nick Baker
Feb 5, 2024 at 3:10 p.m. UTC
Feb 5, 2024
JournalismPhishingPhishing Scam
Police issue warning over WhatsApp scam (Christian Wiediger/Unsplash)
Finance
Singapore
Singapore Police Issue Warning Over WhatsApp Phishing Scam
The scam lures victims in by prompting them to scan a QR code on a phishing website to secure credentials.
Police issue warning over WhatsApp scam (Christian Wiediger/Unsplash)
By Oliver Knight
Nov 3, 2023 at 1:48 p.m. UTC
Nov 3, 2023
SingaporePolicescamPhishingPhishing Scam
An employee connects a Ledger wallet to a computer inside the offices of La Maison du Bitcoin bank in Paris.
Tech
Hardware-wallets
Scammers Are Sending Ledger Users Fake Hardware Wallets
The fake wallets are an escalation in phishing attempts following a 2020 data breach that exposed 272,000 customer addresses.
An employee connects a Ledger wallet to a computer inside the offices of La Maison du Bitcoin bank in Paris.
By Benjamin Powers
Jun 17, 2021 at 9:32 p.m. UTC
Jun 17, 2021
hardware-walletsPhishingLedgerPhishing ScamData Breaches
Danil Potekhin and Dimitrii Karasavidi face a growing list of U.S. legal troubles. (wk1003mike/Shutterstock)
Markets
Russia
Prosecutors Detail Russians' Crypto Phishing Scheme in Forfeiture Suit
The alleged hackers also manipulated NEO's Gas market with a $5 million crypto infusion.
Danil Potekhin and Dimitrii Karasavidi face a growing list of U.S. legal troubles. (wk1003mike/Shutterstock)
By Danny Nelson
Sep 17, 2020 at 4:11 p.m. UTC
Sep 17, 2020
RussiaSanctionsPhishing ScamCoinFlash
phishing
Markets
Scams
Kaspersky: Cryptocurrency Scammers Stole $2.3 Million in Q2
Cybercriminals earned more than $2.3 million from cryptocurrency scams during the second quarter of 2018, a new study reports.
phishing
By Anna Baydakova
Aug 15, 2018 at 2:00 a.m. UTC
Aug 15, 2018
ScamsKasperskyNewsPhishing Scamrepublished
Cisco
Markets
Crime
Cisco: Bitcoin Phishing Scam Bagged $50 Million Over 3 Years
Cisco has released new information about a bitcoin phishing scam that involves websites masquerading as Blockchain.info.
Cisco
By Stan Higgins
Feb 15, 2018 at 7:00 a.m. UTC
Feb 15, 2018
CrimeSecurityBlockchainCiscoNewsPhishing Scam
shutterstock_148621262 (1)
Markets
Crime
South Korea: North Korea Stole Millions From Crypto Exchanges Last Year
The South Korean National Intelligence Service claimed North Korea stole "billions of won" in cryptocurrencies last year.
shutterstock_148621262 (1)
By Nikhilesh De
Feb 5, 2018 at 9:10 p.m. UTC
Feb 5, 2018
CrimeFraudSouth KoreaNewsscamNorth KoreaPhishing Scam