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Gominer.co scammed me $4000 with the hope of cloud mining bitcoin. i advise no one should trust this people. they claim to be based in canada but they are not anywhere in canada. please can anyone assist me how... to recover any part of my money back

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Исследовательское подразделение Paolo Alto Networks обнаруживало развертывание нового вредоносного ПО для скрытого майнинга Monero, которое распространяется в контейнерных приложениях на базе Kubernetes.
По... словам команды Unit 42, злоумышленники уже начали заражать узлы сервисов, маскируя процессы под именем Linux (bioset), внедряя библиотеки на основе LD_PRELOAD и шифруя данные внутри двоичного файла.
Скрипты для криптоджекинга Hildegard распространяются с первой половины января, но до сих пор были практически неактивны. Поэтому исследователи предполагают, что кампания хакеров находится на стадии разведки и развертывания.
Готовящаяся атака может иметь серьезные последствия, поскольку вредоносная программа способна не только использовать вычислительные ресурсы в средах Kubernetes, но и потенциально извлекать конфиденциальные данные из тысяч приложений в кластерах.
Unit 42 считает, что за разработкой новых скриптов стоит группа хакеров TeamTNT, ответственная за ботнет для скрытого майнинга Monero, заразивший миллионы IP-адресов, и запуск червя для кражи информации об учетных записях Amazon Web Services.Show more >

Found this post on Facebook Cryptocurrency group. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?

Four men stole about 3.5 million yuan and an iPhone from a woman trading in cryptocurrency.


Over 3.5 million yuan ($500,000) was stolen in Hong Kong today during a cryptocurrency OTC trade, accord...ing to local news site Apple Daily.

The robbery reportedly took place in the Kwun Tong district of Hong Kong. On the upper floor of the Wah Kai Centre, an unnamed woman was trading in cryptocurrency when four men—estimated to be between 20 to 30 years old—threatened her with knives.

The group of men managed to steal 3.5 million yuan in cash ($538,000) and an iPhone before fleeing in a pickup van. The woman’s husband then reported the incident to the police.

But this wasn’t the first Bitcoin-related robbery in Hong Kong this year.

On January 4, another Bitcoin theft targeted 37 year old Bitcoin seller, known as Li. Li reportedly met two South Asian males for a sale, before a group of six rushed in and stole about 3 million yuan ($461,000) in cash.

Police were called to the scene of the crime and have opened an investigation.

A history of getting kidnapped for Bitcoin
Bitcoin trades can go wrong at any time, but sometimes, it's the traders themselves that are taken.

In July 2019, three people—including two cryptocurrency traders—were reportedly kidnapped and held to ransom for two weeks as the kidnappers demanded 80 Bitcoin.

At the time, that was worth about $840,000. Today, 80 Bitcoin is worth approximately $2.8 million.

Just over a year ago on January 14, 2020, Singaporean cryptocurrency consultant Mark Cheng was reportedly kidnapped in Thailand. Cheng was on a business trip when a group of masked men were said to have forced him into a truck. Reports at the time stated that Cheng was tortured for his Bitcoin holdings that were worth $740,000.

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Hacked Livecoin exchange moved to a new domain The Livecoin cryptocurrency exchange, which was hacked at the end of December 2020, announced the move to the temporary Livecoin.news domain. According to represen...tatives of the exchange, they managed to partially regain access to media channels. However, the new site is still the only channel of communication with customers. Livecoin did not give an exact date for the resumption of the platform's operation.

The exchange is ready to pay rewards for information about the attack. Recall that on December 24, the price of bitcoin on the Livecoin exchange jumped to several hundred thousand dollars, and the withdrawal of funds from the platform became unavailable.

At the same time, director Svetlana Geller deleted her Telegram account. Users assumed that the founders of the platform made an exit scam.

Soon, a message appeared on the main page of the site that a "carefully planned attack" was made on the exchange, and the administration completely lost control of the servers, backend and nodes.

According to preliminary estimates, unknown persons stole 106 BTC, 361 ETH and 236 BCH.

Later, unknown people left a message on the site of the recently hacked Livecoin exchange demanding a ransom in bitcoins. Now this message is supplemented with the phrase: "Oops! The time is up, Livecoin…»Show more >

The Financial Conduct Authority said investors in cryptocurrency products offering high returns should be prepared to lose “all their money.”

https://www.coindesk.com/uks-fca-warns-investors-of-high-ri...sk-crypto-investments-and-scams

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A man from Northborough, Mass., has pleaded guilty to involvement in scams that reaped over $600,000 by targeting the elderly and vulnerable.

Making the plea at the federal court in Worcester, Mass., A...ustin Nedved also acknowledged laundering the proceeds of such schemes via peer-to-peer cryptocurrency exchanges, and other crimes.


In a news release from the U.S. Department of Justice, the Massachusetts Attorney's Office said Nedved admitted running a business buying and selling cryptocurrencies, including bitcoin (BTC, -12.04%), on LocalBitcoins.com and Paxful.com.


From around 2017 to 2019, he worked for romance and lottery scams targeting "vulnerable victims."


"Despite knowing or being willfully blind to the fact that his customers were fraud victims, Nedved sold bitcoin to them so that they could send money overseas to the fraudsters," according to the release.


In romance schemes, victims are persuaded to send money abroad to individuals that purport to be romantic interests, while lottery schemes trick victims into thinking they can obtain lottery winnings or government grants by sending funds for administrative fees or expenses.


In one case, Nedved helped a 78-year-old victim send bitcoin to a fake marriage prospect going by the name “Jonathan G.” who said his oil business needed money amid a crisis.


On June 25, 2018, the victim met Nedved in a parking lot and gave him a cashier’s check to purchase around $100,000 in bitcoin. Days later, Nedved and a co-conspirator took another $40,000 from the victim.


In total, Nedved and his co-conspirators converted over $630,000 of victims' cash into bitcoin, knowing that the funds were the proceeds of scams and other unlawful activities, per the DOJ release.


While in some cases bitcoin was returned to the providers of the cash, in others it was sent on to "unidentified third parties."


Nedved was charged with aiding and abetting wire fraud and money laundering conspiracy, both of which bring maximum sentences of 20 years in prison, plus fines.


The case is another reminder to take extreme care and carry out due diligence when handing over funds for cryptocurrency purchases or investments.


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It's called Bololex as seen on Bitcointalk
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=5306821.0

The growing number of consumers taking up health insurance plans has led to the mushrooming of scam health insurance providers. These providers often target new retirees and the elderly individuals and small-bu...siness owners, who can't negotiate better rates with legitimate insurers. Be very cautious before you invest in any health policy. Read on to get an idea about 3 ways in which your health insurance company can scam you.


1. Failure to pay claims

Usually fraud health insurance agents sign up a huge number of people quickly by offering them lucrative deals. These insurance providers keep paying small premium amounts and medical claims, but if there is a substantial claim amount or regulators catch them, these illegal companies vanish as if they never existed.

So, just beware if you are getting delayed payments or your service provider is offering fake excuses for the failure to make the payments. If you have signed up for these illegal plans, you may be liable for the medical bills of your employees as well.

2. Non-licensed health plans

If the company from which you have bought your health care policy is not licensed by State Insurance Commissioner, you can be in trouble. If all the protections of insurance regulation do not apply on your service provider, then the company may be phony. In this case your service provider is scamming you by selling non-licensed health plans.


Insurance agents are not allowed to sell any legitimate ERISA or union plan as federal law governs them. So, if your insurance agent tries to dupe you by selling an ERISA or union plan, report them to your state insurance department.


3. Unusual coverage offered at lower rates

If you are offered an unusual coverage irrespective of your health condition and that too at lower rate and much more benefits in comparison to other insurers, its time for you too hit the panic button. Do not get fooled by the lucrative offer, else you can be taken for a ride. The ‘scamsters’ aim to collect huge amounts as early as possible so, they try to sell maximum number of policies at attractive prices.

https://www.eubinsurance.com/

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There are a few digital money tricks in the blockchain space. Probably the most well-known incorporate shakedown, counterfeit trades, counterfeit giveaways, online media phishing, reorder malware, phishing mess...ages, Ponzi and fraudulent business models, and ransomware.

How about we quickly examine every one of them so you can figure out how to stay away from the most widely recognized Bitcoin tricks and keep your digital money possessions completely secure.

Introduction

However long new innovation is brought into the world, fraudsters will keep on looking for a spot to flourish. Sadly, Bitcoin gives cryptographic money tricksters an intriguing open door as it's borderless computerized cash.

Bitcoin's decentralized nature permits you to be in full control of your ventures. Be that as it may, it additionally makes it harder to outline an appropriate administrative and law implementation system. On the off chance that con artists figure out how to fool you into committing errors while utilizing Bitcoin, they may wind up taking your BTC, and there is practically nothing you can do to recuperate your crypto.

All things considered, it's vital to see how tricksters function and figure out how to recognize likely warnings. There are a lot of Bitcoin tricks to pay special mind to, yet some are more normal than others. Therefore, we will investigate eight normal Bitcoin tricks and how you can evade them.

Regular Bitcoin tricks (and how to maintain a strategic distance from them!)

Fake trades
Fake giveaways
Online media phishing
Reorder malware
Phishing emails/messages
Ponzi and fraudulent business models
Ransomware

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"News from China on the arrests of a senior Huobi Global official has struck fear among crypto users still reeling from the withdrawal suspensions at OKEx.
The net outflow of #Bitcoin was over 26,000 BTC w...orth more than $350 million"

Not good for crypto trust and bad for publicity. PEople still associate bitcoin with scams and this only strengthens it.
Good he is arrested tho, but thats a weak consolation for $350M lost.

million.https://cryptobriefing.com/bitcoin-worth-350-million-leaves-huobi-after-coo-arrested/Show more >

Why am I not surprised

https://thedailychain.com/crypto-friendly-trading-app-robinhood-being-probed-by-sec-for-civil-fraud/