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A dusting attack or dust attack is an attack on a cryptocurrency wallet that sends tiny amounts of cryptocurrency (known as "dust") to that wallet in order to uncover the identity of the wallet's owner. [1] Information can then be used to obstruct receiving legitimate payments [2] or phishing scams. [1]
The shift from cash to digital payments -- credit cards and debit cards, mobile payment apps and digital wallets -- has taken the world by storm. According to a report by McKinsey & Company, more...
To protect yourself, Money.ca shares tips to think like a thief and stay current with the most common scams. Facebook Scams. While Facebook is a great place to connect with people, it's almost ...
Scams and confidence tricks are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type. Throughout this list, the perpetrator of the confidence trick is called the "con artist" or simply "artist", and the intended victim is the "mark".
An airdrop is an unsolicited distribution of a cryptocurrency token or coin, usually for free, to numerous wallet addresses. Airdrops are often associated with the launch of a new cryptocurrency or a DeFi protocol, primarily as a way of gaining attention and new followers, resulting in a larger user base and a wider disbursement of coins. [1]
A pig butchering scam, a.k.a. "sha zhu pan" [2] or shazhupan, [3] (Chinese: ĉçŞç), translated as killing pig game, [1] is a type of long-term scam and investment fraud in which the victim is gradually lured into making increasing contributions, usually in the form of cryptocurrency, to a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme. [4]
1. Phishing Scams. This is a common scam, but if you're trying to snap up a rare buy, you might not be paying attention to the warning signs. First, a spoofed account that looks like it’s coming ...
Fake news websites are those which intentionally, but not necessarily solely, publish hoaxes and disinformation for purposes other than news satire.Some of these sites use homograph spoofing attacks, typosquatting and other deceptive strategies similar to those used in phishing attacks to resemble genuine news outlets.