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ForkLog 50 15.01.2024

Michael Saylor Warns of Deepfake Scams Featuring Himself

The MicroStrategy team has removed approximately 80 deepfake videos featuring the company’s founder, Michael Saylor, from YouTube, most of which promoted crypto scams. ⚠️ Warning ⚠️ There is no risk-free way to double your #bitcoin, and @MicroStrategy doesn’t give away $BTC to those who scan a barcode. My team takes down about 80 fake AI-generated […]

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ForkLog 27 15.01.2024

UN Highlights USDT’s Role in Money Laundering Schemes

The stablecoin USDT has become a popular tool among fraudsters and money launderers, according to a report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, as reported by the Financial Times. The organisation notes that the asset is increasingly used in romantic scams, the “pig butchering” scheme, and on the black market of online […]

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ForkLog 18 28.12.2023

Unknown actors pull rug on fake Sleepless AI, FomoFi and NebulaNode tokens

Ahead of the Sleepless AI farming launch on Binance's Launchpool, unknown actors carried out a rug pull of the token of the same name.

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ForkLog 11 25.12.2023

Chainalysis: Over 2½ years, phishing has yielded hackers more than $1 billion in cryptocurrencies.

Since May 2021 phishing victims have lost more than $1 billion, with $516.8 million lost in 2022 and $374.6 million in the current year.

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ForkLog 10 25.12.2023

Fake on-chain sleuth ZachXBT accounts surface online

Fake profiles of the popular researcher ZachXBT, known for publicly exposing fraudulent cryptocurrency projects, spread on social media.

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ForkLog 23 21.12.2023

Crypto holders lose $58 million to phishing airdrops

Since March 2023, the creators of one of the malicious scripts emptied cryptocurrency wallets of over 63,000 victims for more than $58 million.

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ForkLog 9 20.12.2023

U.S. grand jury returns indictment against founder of five cryptocurrency scam projects

A federal grand jury in Phoenix, Arizona, returned an indictment on charges of fraud and money laundering against the founder of the mining company Dunamis Global Technologies.

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ForkLog 14 14.12.2023

US DOJ charges organizers of $25m cryptocurrency Ponzi scheme

US Department of Justice has unsealed charges against two men suspected of orchestrating a $25 million cryptocurrency-related Ponzi scheme.

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ForkLog 17 30.11.2023

In Russia, suspicious cryptocurrency transactions have doubled.

Rosfinmonitoring reports a doubling of suspicious cryptocurrency operations.

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ForkLog 17 27.11.2023

Inferno Drainer phishing service announces closure

On 26 November, the team behind the Inferno Drainer service, which offered fraudulent services to steal cryptocurrency, announced its closure.

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ForkLog 9 21.11.2023

Media highlight comedian Alexander Revva’s role in the Derevyanko crypto-company case

The showman Alexander Revva could become a key witness in the case involving Pavel Derevyanko and Grigory Muluzian's crypto company, as he owned the bot used to execute the deals.

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ForkLog 18 20.11.2023

Media reports reveal Derevyanko’s crypto firm owes investors 177 million rubles

The cryptocurrency company of Russian actor Pavel Derevyanko and his partner Grigory Muluzyan, Bii Soul, owes investors 177 million rubles.

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