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Thousands have their personal data leaked by a crypto-based phishing scam.

Experts from Xrplorer say that a fake XRP giveaway scam emerged in January 2020 and remains alive.

Crypto community members have donated 0.7 BTC to the victim of a phishing scam who lost his entire Bitcoin savings.

Experts believe that a more holistic crypto ecosystem, especially one that is more AML-centric, is needed to help prevent the spread of crypto scams in 2020.

CoinCorner reports that Google Ads is running a phishing ad despite the firm being unable to use its service.

Litecoin and other alts are becoming increasaingly prevalent among crypto “sextortionists” since they allow to avoid detection more easily, a new research says.

Binance claims to have assisted British police in investigating an online fraud exposed to 500,000 potential victims.

Four out of the first five results presented when querying Google for a “bitcoin qr generator” lead to scam websites that generate false qr codes.

The security team at cryptocurrency exchange Coinbase has revealed how it countered a sophisticated phishing attack aiming to exfiltrate private keys and passwords.

A Tel Aviv resident has been arrested and accused of international phishing fraud, using a collection of websites to steal cryptocurrencies.

Two Israeli brothers have reportedly been arrested for phishing attacks and a successful hack of cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex.

Hackers gained access to Binance crypto exchange and took 7,000 bitcoins.

Users of digital currency wallets Electrum and MEW are purportedly facing phishing attacks attempting to steal their sensitive information.

A link to a phishing LocalBitcoins clone website had reportedly been placed on the official LocalBitcoins forum.