Sources
Loading...
Additional media
Loading...
DeepNewz, mobile.
People-sourced. AI-powered. Unbiased News.
In April 2024, an elderly victim from the US was targeted by Indian call scammers posing as Coinbase support, resulting in the theft of a significant portion of their life savings. Blockchain investigator ZachXBT helped recover $275,000 of the stolen funds, which will be returned to the victim. This incident is part of a larger social engineering scam targeting Coinbase users, leading to over $5 million in stolen assets. The scam has highlighted the increasing sophistication of cybercriminals and the growing threat of social engineering schemes in the crypto sector.
CORRECTION: Crypto brokerage @falconxnetwork says 1.35 million $SOL tokens mysteriously landed in its wallet in 2021, with no sign of who sent the money. Years later, @binance asked for its money back, and FalconX returned it. https://t.co/cdJfnGsc9l
SCOOP: Crypto prime brokerage @falconxnetwork lost track of who owned a pile of $SOL now worth about $190 million. @willcanny99 & @IanAllison123 report https://t.co/2a1IJxVwep
$275K Recovered in Coinbase Scam ZachXBT just tracked down $275K from a $5M social engineering scam, targeting a Coinbase user. The scary part? In early 2024, scam inflows jumped to $1.58B, doubling from last year. With criminals laundering through unlabelled exchanges and… https://t.co/XEOvLoH6W4
