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Founder Behind Plexcoin ICO Scam Ordered to Hand Over $3 Million in BTC
2018-07-24T10:31:55.000+02:00
The Autorité des marchés financiers demands that Dominic Lacroix surrender the fraudulent ICO's funds.
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New Zealand’s FMA Flags Prosperous International Limited
2018-07-20T11:08:20.000+02:00
The regulator has published a warning on its website for Prosperous International Limited.
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Belize’s IFSC Issues Five Warnings Against Unlicensed Entities
2018-07-13T10:37:31.000+02:00
The regulator has warned that all companies are using fraudulent licence numbers to trick investors.
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XTB Warns of Scammers Representing Brokerage in Saudi Arabia
2018-07-10T12:14:57.000+02:00
XTB Ltd maintains no format partnership with any 3rd party company in Saudi Arabia or the Middle East
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British Columbia Regulator Blacklists Capital Currency Trade
2018-07-04T13:27:56.000+02:00
The watchdog warns the company is not registered to trade or advise on securities or exchange contracts in British Columbia.
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Cryptocurrency Exchange GMO Coin Warns Users of Phishing Scams
2018-06-29T18:54:15.000+02:00
The users are being sent emails that appear to be from GMO Coin, but are in fact from scammers
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France's AMF Warns Against Regulatory Impostor, Stéphane Delaplace
2018-06-28T12:22:07.000+02:00
Stéphane Delaplace has been falsely presenting himself as the Head of the “AMF Regulation Center"
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Dirty Money: An Inside Look at Crypto Pump-and-Dump Schemes
2018-06-28T11:48:24.000+02:00
Pump and dump schemes continue to populate the cryptosphere. Let's take an inside look at how they work.
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Belgian Watchdog Adds 8 to List of Suspicious Cryptocurrency Firms
2018-06-21T14:36:29.000+02:00
50 such companies are now listed on the Financial Services and Markets Authority warning page.
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Community Rejects Bitcoin Manipulation Study, Bitcoin in Slight Recovery
2018-06-14T15:02:59.000+02:00
Some feel that the fact that the paper wasn't peer reviewed is very clear.
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Thieves Stole Crypto Worth $1.1 Billion So Far in 2018 - And it Was Easy
2018-06-08T11:47:11.000+02:00
Anyone with the know-how can buy a piece of malware off the deep web and start stealing crypto.
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Another ICO Exit Scam? BlockBroker.me Disappears
2018-06-06T11:45:30.000+02:00
The BlockBroker.me website is down for "maintenance" after months of suspicious activity.
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5 Kinds of Crypto Scams (and How to Avoid Them)
2018-05-22T09:35:31.000+02:00
A look at the most common crypto cons and how to avoid them.
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Brits Beware: Scammers Pretend to Be Authorized Finance Firm in Latest Scam
2018-04-26T11:55:31.000+02:00
Scammers are utilizing details of authorized firms to try to persuade clients they are a legit provider of financial services
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Half of Russian ICO Money Went to Pyramid Schemes in 2017
2018-04-23T12:45:53.000+02:00
The Russian Association of Cryptocurrency and Blockchain announces plans to create standard template for ICOs.
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Texas Investigation Finds 32 Illegal Cryptocurrency Schemes
2018-04-16T16:52:50.000+02:00
The Texas State Securities Board urges the public to use common sense to avoid the widespread scams.
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Hack the Hackers: ‘Honeypot’ Crypto Scam Targets Would-Be Coin Thieves
2018-04-13T12:23:40.000+02:00
A smart contract collected ETH from attempted thieves and sent them to another address.
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Ifan And Pincoin ICOs Duped Vietnamese Investors for $660 Million
2018-04-11T13:05:21.000+02:00
If the claims are true, these will be the largest ICO scams to date.
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Another ICO, Another Scam: Fake Telegram ICO Firm Registers in the UK
2018-04-10T19:00:29.000+02:00
Telegram’s ICO had tackled with various other fake sites after the announcement of its ICO.
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Samoan Central Bank Strikes Against Controversial 'OneCoin' Crypto Firm
2018-04-10T07:50:49.000+02:00
Samoa is only the latest in a growing group of countries to take action against the suspected scheme.
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51 Percent Attacks Appear to Have Hit Verge and Electroneum
2018-04-05T08:43:50.000+02:00
Reddit users discovered evidence of suspicious activity on both networks. Are hard forks the only way out?
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Shenzen Stock Exchange Probes Firm Over Claimed Blockchain Link
2018-03-22T11:48:12.000+02:00
SZSE regulators suspect Enjoyor Electronics used blockchain hype in bid to drive up its stock price
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Twitter Finally Responds to Epidemic of Cryptocurrency Scams
2018-03-07T20:41:46.000+02:00
"We are on it" said CEO Jack Dorsey.
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Steve Wozniak is a Bitcoin Scam Victim, Lost 7 Bitcoins Worth $75,000
2018-02-27T13:23:40.000+02:00
The experience of the tech genius shows that no one is immune to scams.
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Litecoin Cash: Scam or Legit?
2018-02-20T12:58:41.000+02:00
The coin took off from $1.40 to $5 on the first day of trading.
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