I’m going to use hacked and scammed in the same breath here because in both instances the hacker is using a power imbalance – an imbalance in knowledge, skill and experience to extract funds that are not theirs. Think of granny who has heard she should boost her...
Is All Crypto Theft Bad? Like many my age I grew up watching the golden age of westerns. In many movies today you’re not sure who is good and bad, and often no one is completely one or the other. But in many of those classic early movies you could always tell the bad...
Freeze and Seize of BTC Wallets by Canadian & US Law Enforcement in Sophisticated Financial Scam Some information has been redacted so as not to jeopardise and ongoing investigation. The brief: The victim “Paul”, was tricked into believing his initial,...
Classic Grooming Approach for a Crypto Scam Crypto investment scam: Somebody reached out to Lee on Facebook and claimed they could coach her about making easy cash by investing in cryptocurrencies. With an initial investment of $2,000, followed by a few thousand more,...
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How our Cryptocurrency Private Investigators trace stolen crypto and find out who is behind crypto accounts In 2020, consumers lost more than $2.6 billion to cryptocurrency scams, according to a Chainalysis report. Ransomware attacks more than quadrupled, and...