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ForkLog 21 17.10.2023

Cointelegraph reveals details of fake Bitcoin ETF story

The crypto publication Cointelegraph published a piece with apologies for the fake news about the Bitcoin ETF approval and an explanation of the situation.

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ForkLog 12 07.04.2023

Digital euro used for ‘control’: pranksters impersonate ECB chief in Zelensky’s voice

A video circulating online shows the ECB President Christine Lagarde allegedly acknowledging that authorities intend to control transactions through the digital euro.

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ForkLog 17 20.03.2023

Community Warns of Hundreds of Fake Arbitrum Airdrops

Fraudsters have created numerous fake websites ahead of Arbitrum's ARB token airdrop, scheduled for March 23.

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ForkLog 17 14.09.2022

Wave of Twitter scams impersonating Vitalik Buterin as The Merge approaches

Twitter has been flooded with fake profiles of Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin promoting fraudulent cryptocurrency giveaways ahead of the network’s transition to the Proof-of-Stake.

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ForkLog 8 28.06.2022

Fake video about Binance ‘support program’ for Kazakh residents circulates online

A video circulating online claims that Kazakh President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev met with Binance CEO Changpeng Zhao to discuss a 'support and income-boosting program' for citizens.

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ForkLog 7 27.05.2022

Spam in the crypto industry has risen nearly fortyfold in two years

The volume of spam in the cryptocurrency industry has risen by 3894% over two years, according to a report by analytics firm LunarCrush.

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ForkLog 7 06.11.2021

Bitcoin Cash rises 5% on fake Kroger collaboration news

On November 5, an item on Kroger's investor website announced adding Bitcoin Cash as a payment option. The press release turned out to be fake.

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ForkLog 15 14.09.2021

Litecoin founder Charlie Lee comments on fake Walmart news

Charlie Lee, executive director of the nonprofit Litecoin Foundation, on Bloomberg TV confirmed that the foundation retweeted a fake news story about a Walmart partnership the day before.

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ForkLog 26.05.2021

Ukraine’s Ministry of Digital Transformation denies cooperation with the OneCoin pyramid

Participants in the OneCoin cryptocurrency pyramid spread false information about a partnership with the Ministry of Digital Transformation of Ukraine. The ministry has already denied any such agreements.

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ForkLog 6 18.05.2021

US residents lost more than $80 million to Bitcoin scammers in six months

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) recorded a tenfold increase in cryptocurrency investment scams.

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ForkLog 16 11.12.2020

BuzzFeed News: Facebook profits from fraudulent advertising

Facebook, the social network, tolerates scammers, hackers and disinformation agents because they bring it money. BuzzFeed News reached this conclusion after its own investigation.

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ForkLog 9 20.11.2020

Fake Uniswap app steals $20,000 from a user

A fake Uniswap app in the Google Play store is stealing cryptocurrency from users. One of them has already lost $20,000.

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