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Here’s How to Check If a Bitcoin Address Is a Scam

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With the rapid rise in the number of bitcoin scams, there are easy ways to check if a bitcoin address has been reported as being used by scammers, such as in fake bitcoin giveaways. You can also easily report any bitcoin address associated with a scam. Check the ‘Bitcoin Abuse’ Database The number of bitcoin … Read more

Bitcoin Sextortion: Scams Using Email, Videos, Passwords to Extort BTC

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Millions of people worldwide have received sextortion scam emails in 2020 asking for bitcoin. These bitcoin sextortion schemes sometimes include recipients’ passwords to make the threat more real. The authorities have advised what to do if you receive a bitcoin sextortion email. Bitcoin Sextortion Scams Proliferate Globally The number of people targeted by bitcoin sextortion … Read more

Massive Sexstortion Scam Linked to Bitcoin Laundry Site Bitblender.io

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November 13, 2018, Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT): A massive “sexstortion” scheme that has been raking in millions of dollars in Bitcoins from terrified victims has been traced to the Bitcoin money laundering site Bitblender.io. All the sextortion emails follow a similar sinister formula: a message is sent from a supposed hacker who’s … Read more