by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Mar 9, 2022 | Scam of the day
A number of legitimate charities have been soliciting donations of cryptocurrencies to help the people of Ukraine devastated by the Russian invasion. Even the Ukrainian government itself has been seeking donations of cryptocurrencies to help purchase military...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Dec 30, 2021 | Scam of the day
Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin are extremely popular with the public and scammers are exploiting that interest with a wide variety of scams featuring Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Over the years I have written about a wide variety of cryptocurrency scams,...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | May 20, 2021 | Scam of the day
Interest in cryptocurrencies is extremely high and prominent in the discussions of cryptocurrencies is Elon Musk who has proven to be able to move the value of cryptocurrencies in general and Dogecoin in particular in response to his tweets, comments and television...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Feb 19, 2021 | Scam of the day
Cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin have been in the news a lot lately due to significant rises in the value of a number of different cryptocurrencies. However, they were also newsworthy due to a prominent story last month about a Bitcoin owner, Stefan Thomas who had...
by Steven Weisman, Esq. | Apr 25, 2019 | Scam of the day
Recently in California, Joel Ortiz was sentenced to ten years in prison for hacking into cell phones and stealing more than 7.5 million dollars worth of cryptocurrencies from at least forty victims. Ortiz was able to accomplish these crimes through SIM swapping...
