Scams

A Canadian teen, Trenton Richard Johnston, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit money laundering after stealing over $13 million in cryptocurrency through social engineering...

Investigator ZachXBT uncovered a network of fake X accounts using AI-generated war and political posts to build engagement for crypto scams.The coordinated scheme, which...

The U.S. Department of Justice has seized over $580 million in cryptocurrency from Southeast Asian scam networks since November 2025.The operations target "pig butchering"...

Trusted trading signal groups with 100K+ subscribers now promote fake platforms that lock funds behind bogus verification fees.Reddit users have warned that multiple Telegram...

Major crypto projects have set their Discord servers to read-only amid a rise in scams.Morpho and layer 1 chain Optimism cited persistent phishing and...

Estimated crypto scam losses reached $17 billion in 2025.Average scam payment rose to $2,764, a 253% increase from 2024.Impersonation scams using deepfakes grew more...

Impersonation scams targeting crypto users surged about 1,400% year‑over‑year in 2025.The average loss per impersonation attack rose by over 600%, indicating larger single losses.Scammers...

Since mid-2024, memecoin trading surged, increasing risks of scams like rug pulls and pump-and-dump schemes. High-profile figures, including US President Donald Trump and...