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Bitcoin is a type of digital currency that generally exists only electronically, according to the FTC's official website, ftc.gov. It is purchased through an exchange, an app or a website by a ...
A package redirection scam is a form of e-commerce fraud, where a malicious actor manipulates a shipping label, to trick the mail carrier into delivering the package to the wrong address. This is usually done through product returns to make the merchant believe that they mishandled the return package, and thus provide a refund without the item ...
The bottom line, according to the FTC: "Don't believe anyone who says you need to use a Bitcoin ATM to protect your money or fix a problem. Real businesses and government agencies will never do ...
Experts share guidance on how you can avoid this scam. Scammers are using a hoax called smishing to try to deceive consumers who send packages through the mail. Experts share guidance on how you ...
An exit scam or rug pull is a confidence trick or fraud, perpetuated under the guise of a legitimate business, that ends when the originator absconds with the funds contributed by participants. [1] When a business entity pulls the rug and stops shipping orders while receiving payment for new orders, it could take some time before it is widely ...
Ruja Plamenova Ignatova (Bulgarian: Ружа Пламенова Игнатова, romanized: Ruža Plamenova Ignatova, occasionally transliterated as "Ruga Ignatova"; born May 30, 1980 – disappeared October 25, 2017) [2] is a Bulgarian-born German entrepreneur best known as one of the FBI’s Top Ten wanted Fugitives, and as the founder of a fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme known as OneCoin ...
Jon Montroll, the man behind BitFunder and WeExchange, was charged with fraud last February. He pleaded guilty last July, and will be sentenced in April. Montroll reportedly hid the theft of over ...
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.