Scammers used a fake Gemini AI chatbot to promote a bogus Google Coin presale, signaling a rise in AI-driven crypto impersonation fraud.
A US federal court has sentenced a fugitive to 20 years in prison for his role in a $73 million global crypto fraud scheme.
About two-thirds of crypto incidents investigated by blockchain analytics company AMLBot in 2025 were driven by social ...
A convincing presale site for phony "Google Coin" features an AI assistant that engages victims with a slick sales pitch, funneling payment to attackers.
Crypto phishing is no longer about poorly written emails asking for your password. In January 2026 alone, phishing attacks drained more than $311 million from c ...
Discover how scammers exploit fake Discord crypto chats to drain wallets in 2026. Research-backed insights from Coinbase, Kaspersky, and Chainalysis ...
Users of crypto hardware wallets Ledger and Trezor are again reporting receiving physical letters aimed at stealing their seed recovery phrases — the latest attack on users that has been exposed in ...
Many of the cases now intersect with “pig-butchering” schemes, long-form scams blending emotional grooming with fake crypto platforms.
The victims were led to the Arizona convenience store by an increasingly familiar scam: Crooks had tricked them into believing they were in legal trouble, their bank accounts were hacked or that they ...
The Missouri State Highway Patrol (MSHP) is warning residents about a fast-growing scam using digital currency.
The Florida Senate is moving forward with a bill targeting cryptocurrency scams. The bill would add more provisions on ...