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ForkLog 19 20.12.2024

Investors Sue HAWK Token Team Over Unregistered Securities

On December 19, a group of investors filed a lawsuit against the team behind the HAWK token, associated with meme figure Hawk Tuah, Hailey Welch. The defendants are accused of selling unregistered securities. The defendants include Tuah The Moon Foundation, which accepted payments from HAWK buyers, the entity responsible for launching the token overHere, its […]

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ForkLog 54 18.12.2024

Ledger Users Targeted by Phishing Emails Over Fake Data Breach

Fraudsters, posing as Ledger hardware wallet support, have sent fake notifications about a service breach, urging users to disclose their seed phrases. This was reported by Bleeping Computer. Hey @Ledger someone has spoofed your REAL support email and is currently sending this to people to get them to expose their recovery phrase For a company […]

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ForkLog 39 17.12.2024

Nigerian Authorities Detain 792 in Bitcoin Fraud Crackdown

Officials from the EFCC have dismantled a major fraudulent call center in Lagos, detaining 792 suspects. This was reported by local media. Among those detained are 158 foreigners, including citizens of China, the Philippines, and Kazakhstan. Source: Cable. According to authorities, foreign coordinators hired Nigerians to carry out investment and romance scams. They lured victims […]

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ForkLog 11 16.12.2024

Over 10 Million Russian AI Users at Risk

More than 10 million Russians are at risk of exposing confidential data due to the use of counterfeit neural networks. This statement was made by Sergey Ponomarenko, Director of LLM Products at MTS AI, in a conversation with «RIA Novosti». According to him, fraudsters exploit the difficulty of accessing popular AI models like ChatGPT, Dall-E, […]

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ForkLog 22 11.12.2024

Pastor Accused of Promoting $6 Million Crypto Pyramid Scheme

CFTC has filed a complaint against a pastor of a Spanish church in Washington state for promoting a fraudulent cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme among parishioners. .@CFTC Charges Washington State Pastor with Fraud, Misappropriation in Multilevel Marketing Scheme Targeting Hispanic Americans: https://t.co/duI1GEzwoA — CFTC (@CFTC) December 10, 2024 According to the agency, from November 1, 2021, to […]

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ForkLog 11 06.12.2024

Developers of Meme Token Hawk Tuah Suspected of Exit Scam

Launched on December 5 with the involvement of meme heroine Hawk Tuah, Haliey Welch, the meme coin HAWK plummeted within an hour of its debut. Users accused the project team of fraud. There has been a wild amount of fud circulating, let us explain: The main piece going around @X is the 96% cluster seen […]

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ForkLog 16 04.12.2024

Enron’s Parody Resurgence Sparks Token Curiosity

The infamous Enron Corporation, known for its massive fraud and one of the largest bankruptcies in U.S. history, has allegedly resurfaced, launching a website and engaging on social media on the anniversary of its bankruptcy. We’re back. Can we talk? pic.twitter.com/9kt4g0Q84Z — Enron (@Enron) December 2, 2024 It turns out that the “new Enron” is […]

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ForkLog 19 29.11.2024

United States Leads in Crypto Scams and Failures, Analysts Reveal

The United States emerges as the undisputed leader in cryptocurrency scams. This conclusion was reached by analysts from 5Money and Storible. The study covered the period from January 2022 to October 2024 and included 1544 companies. For each, a range of data was collected, including the biographies of the founders. Analysts deemed projects as failures […]

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ForkLog 45 28.11.2024

YouTuber Accused of $3.5 Million Meme Coin Fraud

Professional Fortnite player and YouTuber SerpentAU has been implicated in several fraudulent schemes involving the launch of fake meme coins amounting to $3.5 million, according to blockchain researcher ZachXBT.

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ForkLog 41 27.11.2024

We can scale: how pyramid schemes went crypto

Russia is in the grip of a boom in pyramid schemes. According to the Central Bank’s data, more than 3,700 organisations with the hallmarks of such schemes were identified in 2024—70% more than in 2023 and 93% more than in 2022. Fraudsters, when explaining high returns to depositors, hide behind cryptocurrency trading and the use […]

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ForkLog 30 26.11.2024

Texas Investment Manager Misappropriates $18.5 Million in Client Funds for Crypto Lending

A Texas investment manager, Khalid Parekh, has been accused of making false statements and unlawfully investing $18.5 million of client funds into cryptocurrencies, according to a statement from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The report states that Parekh and his consulting firm, Fair Invest, offered investments adhering to Sharia principles, which prohibit earning […]

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ForkLog 32 22.11.2024

ChatGPT Recommendation Leads to Phishing Loss for Crypto User

A cryptocurrency user known as r_ocky.eth lost $2500 due to a recommendation from ChatGPT, which directed him to a fraudulent site while developing a bot for the meme-token platform Pump.fun on Solana. This incident was highlighted by experts at SlowMist. 看了下，这位朋友的钱包还真是被 AI 给“黑”了…用 GPT 给出的代码来写 bot，没想到 GPT 给的代码是带后门的，会将私钥发给钓鱼网站…?‍? 玩 GPT/Claude 等 LLM 时，一定要注意，这些 LLM 存在普遍性欺骗行为。之前提过 […]

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