«Two weeks of stress»: eBay buyer soldered chips out of RTX 4090 and returned an empty board
An engineer from the United States told us how he was in a state of stress for two weeks after someone bought a used Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 video card from him on eBay and then brazenly returned it… without the GPU and memory chips – they were simply soldered off the board. After the purchase, it was almost immediately returned with…
«Professional Witchers do not fall for scams»: CD Projekt Red warns of scam with The Witcher 4 beta test
The Internet began to bombard users with offers to join the Witcher 4 beta test.
The HR manager hired fictitious employees and «earned» $2.2 million on their salaries — the fraud was discovered only after 8 years
The HR manager of a technology company from Shanghai «earned» $2.2 million in 8 years by hiring non-existent employees and misappropriating their salaries.
Solana is sinking along with Memecoin: when did the network take a wrong turn?
Memecoin frauds such as rug pull and pump and dump schemes have become very common on the Solana network over the past year. The popularity of memecoins has brought significant money to the blockchain, but there is another side to the coin: a negative impact on reputation and a drop in user trust. A platform […]
Odesa resident pretended to be an IT and crypto specialist — defrauded 14 acquaintances of UAH 760 thousand
A resident of Odesa district introduced himself as head of an IT company, a cryptocurrency specialist and other experienced professionals, and demanded money for services that he was not going to perform.
A pastor sold his own cryptocurrency Solano Fi to his congregation and defrauded them of $5.9 million
The US Department of Justice accused a pastor from Washington state of fraud. He was selling his own cryptocurrency, Solano Fi, to parishioners promising 34.9% annual profit “with no risk.”
ICO comeback: a lost goldmine or a repetition of old mistakes?
In 2017-2018, ICOs were a breakthrough in the cryptocurrency world. In those years, investors literally fought for the opportunity to be the first to invest in a new project. But the boom was followed by a downturn due to regulatory restrictions, widespread fraud, and numerous failures. Surprisingly, at the end of 2024, people started talking…
Meme girl Hawk Tuah launches her own token, bankrupting hundreds of people in a few hours
Hey, Haliey Welch, better known as Hawk Tuah Girl, decided to cash in on cryptocurrency too. On December 4th, she launched her own memecoin $HAWK. And it turned out to be a really bad move, which might land her in court.
Legendary basketball player Shaquille O’Neal will pay $11 million to settle NFT scandal
American professional basketball player Shaquille O’Neal has agreed to pay $11 million in compensation to settle a lawsuit filed by the owners of the Astrals NFT collection on the Solana blockchain.
Artificial intelligence imitating a grandmother and exhausting phone scammers is created in the UK
The British mobile operator O2 has developed Daisy (or dAIsy) artificial intelligence that imitates the most popular target of fraudsters — an elderly woman.
Apple and A24 are working on a movie about Sam Bankman-Fried — the destroyer of the FTX crypto exchange
Apple and the independent film company A24 («Everything always and at the same time», «Heredity», «Moonlight», «Love, lies and bloodshed») have started working together on a movie about crypto fraudster Sam Bankman-Fried, the founder and destroyer of FTX exchange. Pros data According to Variety, the script for the film will be written by…
Searches are conducted in Netflix offices on suspicion of tax fraud
This includes Netflix’s offices in France and the Netherlands.
Fake payments of UAH 1000: how fraudsters deceive Ukrainians on social media
Last week, Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced the payment of assistance to Ukrainian citizens in the amount of UAH 1000. Fraudsters immediately took advantage of this news story to once again deceive gullible citizens. This was reported by ITC.UA with reference to Ministry of Social Policy.
Celebrity blogger MrBeast suspected of cryptocurrency fraud worth $23 million
MrBeast (real name Jimmy Donaldson), a well-known influencer with tens of millions of followers on social media, has found himself at the center of another scandal. This time, it’s over allegations of cryptocurrency fraud and insider trading. According to a detailed report by Loock.io, Mr. Beast allegedly used about 50 crypto wallets to buy…
Banks will disclose banking secrecy, personal data and IP addresses of Ukrainians at the request of the National Police
Ukraine wants to change the rules for banks’ response to police inquiries about money fraud — the relevant draft law No. 11043 is to be considered by the Parliament in the near future.
«TikTok’s life hack about free money from ATMs has been tried by thousands of Americans — they face fraud charges
Last week, a video on how to get free money from Chase ATMs in the United States went viral on TikTok. Now those who want easy money are facing charges.
The NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti video card was sold for $1.63 — but was uncompetitive due to shipping
The NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti video card was sold for $1.63. A visitor to the American online store Newegg shared a photo of the found offer (now the product has been removed). Unfortunately, the refurbished NVIDIA GTX 1080 Ti cost $400 to ship, making it uncompetitive with other similar graphics cards on Newegg. The payment for the video card was made in…
Fraudsters exchanged 16,000 fake iPhones and iPads for genuine ones in the Apple Store — losses exceeded $12.3 million
Apple was the victim of a fraud with its mobile devices that lasted almost a decade. The scheme caused the Cupertino-based company losses of more than $12.3 million.
Bitcoin trader loses $70 million after sending cryptocurrency to wrong address
This is a popular type of scam with «address poisoning»/ address poisoning — when fraudsters create fake accounts with a fake cryptographic address that contains similar first and last characters to the real one.
A Korean woman fell in love with fake Elon Musk — he talked about gigafactories and took $50 thousand from her for «investment»
A South Korean resident says she met «Musk» on Instagram, where he allegedly selectively communicates with fans.
Fraudsters selling counterfeit AirPods exposed in Lviv – they face 5 to 12 years with confiscation
Lviv law enforcement officers (police and prosecutors) exposed an organized criminal group of three young men. They were selling counterfeit headphones «of one of the world’s leading telecommunications equipment companies» on the Internet. Although this is not directly stated, judging by the photo, we are talking about fakes of Apple…
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