A joint international action by judicial and police authorities from Europe, the United States, Canada, and Australia has dismantled a website that offered identity theft services to commit fraud worth 115 million euros.
The website offered payment services for making calls and sending pre-recorded…
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Artificial intelligence helps in the prevention of crimes
The work of the authorities and investigative bodies in the prevention of crime is complicated. Currently, they use modern applications, computer programs and various devices based on artificial intelligence to optimize processes that can…
Lithuania seeks to control fraud in transactions with cryptocurrencies
The banking and financial sector authorities in Lithuania had committed themselves to establishing a strong regulatory framework for cryptocurrencies. Everything went positively until recently there was a notorious increase in the exchange…
Hackers use fake Twitter accounts for crypto scams
False accounts in the social network Twitter increase and thousands of users are trapped by deceptive offers. The most recent attack of the hackers went to the account of the Supreme Pontiff, Pope Francis, pretending to promote a draw in…
Russia monitors transactions in cryptocurrencies
In view of the increase of illegal acts involving cryptocurrencies, the Russian regulatory and monitoring agency Rosfinmonitoring has been charged with monitoring and blocking virtual wallets that raise suspicions.
Some of the crimes…
Crypto scams have increased during 2018
According to a study conducted by the cybersecurity company Kaspersky Labs, based in Russia, during the second quarter of 2018 the number of cryptocurrency frauds increased.
The study showed the number of losses, which according to experts…
Avoiding cryptocurrencies frauds following expert advice
Those interested in having, trading and storing cryptocurrencies should be alert to the various risks involved, particularly in terms of security. Avoid being a victim of fraud as well as theft of assets and data by hackers is possible…