Fraud

On the night of October 4, 2024, users of LEGO's legitimate website discovered a banner so bold that it warranted attention for all the wrong reasons: large golden coins emblazoned with the LEGO logo-this was a declaration of the "LEGO coin," and it was openly advertising for customers to buy into it, promising "hidden rewards" for the purchaser.

2022 was a year that saw the massive collapse of high-profile companies and the crash of crypto prices. The year's events left many investors with fears and made it difficult for cryptocurrency market analysts to predict prices.

Black Hat hackers are actively exploiting the cryptocurrency industry and its vulnerabilities. In the second quarter of 2022, the total loss of crypto projects due to hacks and fraud amounted to $670,698,280.

A popular meme token Shiba Inu is facing a legal battle with a Canadian medical information source that claims the developers are scammers. The community supports the coin.

Shiba Inu creator Shytoshi Kusama is trying to protect his coin against fierce criticism from the famous Wolf of Wall Street. To prove him wrong, Kusama invites Mr. Jordan Belfort to discuss the issue.

According to the new study by Juniper Research, online businesses globally will lose more than $206 bln from online payment fraud by 2025. The figure is almost 10x equal to Amazon's net income recorded in the last year (2020).

Since the UK began hunting money launderers, British police have managed to seize over $408 million (£294 million) worth of illegal cryptocurrencies. This shows that the general situation with money laundering using cryptocurrencies in the United Kingdom is alarming.

There isn't a single lucrative business in this world that doesn't attract the attention of scammers. Almost every cryptocurrency exchange has its "full-time" experienced scammer. Below are useful tips on how to overcome scams in 2021.

As online shopping is one of the commonly used online activities internationally, the global retail e-Commerce sales globally are expected to increase to about $6.55 by 2022. However, the industry is still vulnerable to fraudsters, so a great share of profits is expected to be lost due to the vulnerability.