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We tested the “service” in order to be sure that it was a scam. Located at bitcoin-generator-2018.bid, the way the scam works is simple enough: it Bitcoin Generator “Exploit” Scam Clears ...
Fraudsters are using ads featuring a fake Jeremy Clarkson endorsement as part of a Bitcoin scam. Watchdogs are warning social media users about the ads, which urge people to invest in cryptocurrency.
Mirror Trading International (MTI), declared a pyramid scheme by the South African High Court, was a cryptocurrency trading platform promising automated trading services with significant returns. [1] MTI was masterminded by Johann Steynberg, who claimed to use an artificial intelligence bot for its trading activities. [2]
A major bitcoin exchange, Bitfinex, was compromised by the 2016 Bitfinex hack, when nearly 120,000 bitcoins (around US$71 million) were stolen in 2016. [61] Bitfinex was forced to suspend its trading. The theft was the second-largest bitcoin heist ever, dwarfed only by the Mt. Gox theft in 2014.
In 2016, the darknet market (online black market) Evolution was previously cited as the biggest exit scam yet, where the administrators apparently made off with $12 million in bitcoin, which was held in escrow on the marketplace. [6] Most exit scams and Ponzi schemes involving cryptocurrencies take place in the context of initial coin offerings ...
Amit K. Bhardwaj (17 January 1983 – 15 January 2022) was an Indian businessman who founded Amaze Mining and Blockchain Research Limited which ran GB [Gainbitcoin] Miners among other bitcoin-related businesses and projects, these have been described as various types of Ponzi schemes.
Spot Bitcoin ETFs began trading in early 2024, and a number of companies rushed to set up a fund based on the most popular crypto. This new breed of Bitcoin fund owns the crypto directly, meaning ...
As of March 2019, a domain belonging to USI Tech was redirected to Eyeline Trading, [8] another company claiming to be a cryptocurrency and forex platform trading provider. The redirect suggests that the owners of the original website have relaunched the ponzi scheme through Eyeline Trading, following USI Tech's exposure to law enforcement.