A British pensioner living in Nottinghamshire parted with $207,000 after becoming a victim of a bitcoin romance scam. The police managed to restore some...

As with anything, whenever there is something promising going on in society, there always has to be at least one person who ruins it...

Fraudsters have donned the identities of legitimate US financial advisers in an effort to gain the trust of victims, before recommending fraudulent financial investments.According...

by Paul Ducklin Over the past year, we’ve had the unfortunate need to warn our readers not once, but twice,...

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by Paul Ducklin Elvis, you might say, has left the building, but only to be transported from court to federal prison. In this case, we’re referring to...

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Crypto Rom – an international digital currency scam ring – appears to have grown heavily over just the last year. The organization works by engaging in romance scams in which both iPhone and Android users are duped into thinking someone is interested in them after meeting on Tinder and other social media apps. From there,...

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Bitcoin is great and having a romantic relationship with someone can also be rather rewarding, but as we’re learning in recent days, the two don’t always go together. A woman that used the dating app Hinge now has an empty wallet after someone posing as potential boyfriend material scammed her out of more than $300,000...

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Romance scams with crypto are on the rise. FBI warns crypto investors amidst valentines day.  All countries are affected by

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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has warned about romance scams using cryptocurrency. Scammers use romance as a hook to lure people into bogus investments, especially crypto, the federal agency explained. “2021 numbers are nearly five times those reported in 2020, and more than 25 times those reported in 2019,” said the FTC. FTC Warns […]

The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has issued a warning against the rise in romance scams involving cryptocurrencies. Just a few days ahead of Valentine’s day, the FBI San Francisco field office alerted the public about the rise in romance scams based on the complaints filed with the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center […]