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Hengnan public security cracked the virtual currency theft case using pinhole cameras to secretly take pictures of account login verification codes, involving 1.20 million yuan

Hengnan Public Security cracked a case of virtual currency theft. After investigation, the victim, Mr. Peng, found virtual currency trading channels through social platforms. When purchasing virtual currency and conducting face-to-face cash transactions with the other party, he was secretly photographed by the criminal gang using a pinhole camera to log in to the account verification code. Later, Mr. Peng's account was stolen and property transferred by technical means. Finally, the empty gloves...

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2025-01-15 16:19:15
A user lost $60,013 in USUAL for copying the wrong CEX deposit address.

According to ScamSniffer, two hours ago, a victim lost $60,013 worth of USUAL by copying the wrong CEX deposit address from a "tainted" transfer record.

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2025-01-11 09:33:54
A victim lost $1 million due to a breach of his X account.

According to on-chain detective ZachXBT, one victim lost 3.39 million ACT (worth about $1 million) due to the breach of the X account, and the scammers have not yet sold these tokens.

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2025-01-10 08:41:43
An address loses $1.41 million after signing phishing-approved transactions

According to ScamSniffer, 30 minutes ago, a victim lost $1.41 million after signing a phishing approval transaction. Remind users to interact with unfamiliar contracts cautiously, be vigilant, and pay attention to asset protection.

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2024-12-03 21:15:53
Cosine: The process of disclosing the address of the DEXX attacker requires rigorous comparison and judgment. If they all rely on Slow Mist, it is difficult to say how long it will take for the final statistics.

For community users, "SlowMist's statistical results are one of the four key steps for DEXX victims to get money". SlowMist Cosine responded: "The'SlowMist Statistics' transaction is not a serial relationship with several others, because the general loss has basically been disclosed in the two or three days after the incident (the stolen market value was greater than $21 million at that time), and the subsequent increase is almost all small losses. If there is still a large amount, we...

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2024-12-01 22:04:41
A fraudster stole about 90 ETH through 500 malicious contracts in the past month.

According to Scam Sniffer, 2 hours ago, another victim lost 2 ETH to a crypto scam on YouTube. The scammer manually triggered the "withdrawal" through the address 0x22.... 8B91. Analysis of the relevant address revealed that in the past 27 days, the scammer stole about 90 ETH through about 500 malicious contracts.

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2024-11-10 10:02:10
Scam Sniffer: A user loses $40,000 in SOL and BONK after signing phishing signatures

According to Scam Sniffer, four days ago, a victim lost about $40,000 in SOL and BONK after signing a phishing signature.

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2024-10-26 23:20:47
A user lost $92,401 by copying the wrong address from a tainted transaction log three hours ago

According to Scam Sniffer, three hours ago, a victim lost $92,401 by copying the wrong address from a tainted transaction record.

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2024-10-25 11:05:51
The elderly in the United States lost most of their savings due to counterfeit Coinbase customer service fraud and successfully recovered $275,000

In April 2024, an elderly American victim was targeted by an Indian phone scam group impersonating Coinbase customer service, resulting in the theft of most of his life savings. After investigation, $275,000 was successfully recovered, which has now been seized and will be returned to the victim. The investigation revealed that the scam gang stole a total of more than 5 million dollars, laundered Ethereum and Bitcoin through centralized exchanges, and then transferred stablecoins over the counte...

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2024-10-08 06:22:40
Victims of terrorism have accused the US Department of Justice of withholding or delaying the transfer of Binance settlement proceeds to related funds

On September 25, four victims of state-sponsored terrorism and their families sued the Justice Department in federal court in Washington, D.C., alleging that it improperly withheld or delayed the full deposit of a $4.30 billion settlement paid by Binance in November into the Victims of State Sponsored Terrorism Fund. According to the National...

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2024-09-26 12:29:45
One victim lost $220,825 for signing a "license" to fish for autographs

According to Scam Sniffer, eight hours earlier, a victim had lost $220,825 worth of money by signing a "permit" to fish.

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2024-09-12 09:48:23
A user copied the wrong address from a tainted transaction history and lost $16,216

Ten hours earlier, a victim lost $16,216 by copying the wrong address from a tainted transaction history while making a deposit to Kraken. Attention: Do not copy addresses from transaction history.

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2024-09-11 09:34:09
One victim lost $397,831 for signing a "setOwner" phishing signature

One victim lost $397,831 by signing a "setOwner" phishing signature that changed ownership of his DSProxy, ScamSniffer said in an X post. Earlier, ScamSniffer reported in August that crypto phishing lost $63 million in August, with one victim losing up to $55 million in a proxy ownership scam.

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2024-09-04 19:03:26
Crypto fraud gang defrauded 16 billion won arrested, suspects evade tracking through plastic surgery and wigs

A South Korean criminal gang that defrauded about 16 billion won (about $11.96 million) from more than 150 victims has been arrested by police. To avoid being tracked by the police, the men underwent plastic surgery such as facial contouring surgery and wore wigs. From November 2021 to June 2022, the Financial Crime Investigation Unit of the Metropolitan Search Department of the Seoul Metropolitan Police Department defrauded 158 victims and collected about 16 billion won from the victims, of whi...

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2024-08-29 09:44:18