Scams

Fraudsters are impersonating European regulators like ESMA and crypto exchanges to exploit customers moving funds after the MiCA registration deadline.Over 1,700 unlicensed crypto firms...

Robinhood’s new blockchain mainnet launched July 1 and is already flooded with scams, including rug-pulls and wallet drainersUsers report losses ranging from $50 to...

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...