Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev’s X account hacked in $10M memecoin scam
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev’s X account has been hacked to promote a fake company-linked memecoin that briefly reached a market capitalization of about $10 million....
Tag : Scam
Robinhood CEO’s X account hacked in apparent memecoin scam
A hacker reportedly took over Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev’s X account to promote a fake “VLAD” memecoin, posting what appeared to be a malicious token...
Southeast Asian Scam Networks Cost Victims Up to $114B in a Year: UN
In brief The UN Office on Drugs and Crime says Southeast Asia’s once-fragmented crime syndicates have merged into a single, tech-driven economy built on shared...
Spreadefi: A closer look at whether it is a scam or not
Disclosure: This article does not represent investment advice. The content and materials featured on this page are for educational purposes only. Spreadefi faces scrutiny as...
Hong Kong Clearing exposes fake crypto wallet scam using cash rewards
Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited has uncovered multiple counterfeit websites that use cash rewards and virtual wallet transactions to steal personal and banking information from...
Interpol operation exposes $122M crypto wallet tied to romance scam laundering
A crypto wallet linked to a suspected romance-scam money launderer processed more than $122.5 million in 10 months, according to Interpol, as authorities expanded a...
Ethereum phishing scam drains nearly $1 million from crypto wallet
A crypto user has lost nearly $1 million after approving a malicious Ethereum transaction that gave scammers access to drain almost the entire wallet balance,...
French police bust $1.8M crypto villa scam targeting wealthy couple
French police have arrested two suspected fraudsters accused of stealing about $1.8 million in cryptoassets from a wealthy couple during a fake villa sale after...
Ripple-backed OUSD launch hit by fake issuer scam on XRP Ledger
The launch of the Ripple-backed Open USD (OUSD) stablecoin has been overshadowed by a suspected fake issuer account that XRP Ledger validators have warned users...
Binance’s Yi He warns of alleged impersonation scam, CoinUp denies ties
Binance co-founder Yi He has warned against an alleged scammer and impersonator, prompting the crypto derivatives trading platform CoinUp to issue a statement distancing itself...