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How ChatGPT Saved Me From a Phishing Attack!

30 Aug 2024 1 minute read 1 comment BFab

I've experienced a few phishing attempts recently, and they were shockingly convincing. The scam starts off innocently enough—a job offer for a writing or translation gig, paid in ETH, no less. It sounds like easy money, right? But here's where it ge...

The Pyrin Rug Pull

14 Oct 2024 3 minute read 0 comments Mando on Crypto

Alright, so if you’ve been around the crypto space long enough, you know it’s full of highs and lows—bull runs, moonshots, and yes, sadly, rug pulls. Today’s topic: Pyrin. Yep, the latest “next big thing” that’s left a lot of people with empty bags a...

My $12,000 Crypto Nightmare Turned Me Into a Smarter Investor

16 Jun 2025 2 minute read 2 comments Coinguard

Disclaimer: I’m a Coinguard rep. Crypto is risky—DYOR, consult advisors. Coinguard aids research, not success. Ethan, a 29-year-old software developer in San Francisco, had always been curious about crypto. Working long hours at a tech startup, he wa...

Beware of scammers

6 Apr 2025 2 minute read 0 comments Rajat G

Beware of scammers In this digital age, scamming has advanced to a new level. Still, on other hand, it look like "common" human intelligence is on the decline, where they become so gullible that they are getting scammed very easily and lost more...

Robin Hood's Career Change: The Crypto Revolution's Greatest Heist

18 Jun 2025 6 minute read 1 comment Alfredo Nelson Cosco

How the legendary outlaw traded his bow for blockchain and decided the rich deserve even more In a stunning plot twist that would make even the most cynical Hollywood screenwriter weep with admiration, Robin Hood has apparently undergone a complete p...

Fake Student Aid Email on the Loose

13 Oct 2024 1 minute read 0 comments WinterYeti

This is a very short article, but if you take a look at the below, it may be one of the most important ones you read, especially if you are deep in the student financial aid process for school, or for your kids. Like so many other things now, Student...

Solana Influencer Scams Gone Rampant (Part 2)

10 Feb 2025 2 minute read 2 comments aeonaxxx

While Solana entered a new leg up in November 2024 after a mild bounce in early August 2024 on the 4 Hour moving average fibonacci retracement levels, there was hard rejection at 252.00 which created a new leg at the 178.00 level. This does ultimatel...

Tips to Avoid Online Fraud and Crypto Theft

14 Jul 2025 2 minute read 5 comments Matthew Rosenquist

I recently came across a victim’s story, in how she was scammed online and ultimately lost all her cryptocurrency.  In reading the story, and extrapolating from my four decades of working against criminals, I wanted to pass on some digital security...

Mr. Beast in the Hot Seat? From Hero to $23M Insider Trading Scandal!

1 Nov 2024 1 minute read 2 comments alberdioni8406

Like I use to say, “never meet your Heroes as they will always be a deception” it seems in this case the word fit like a glove. Mr. Beast one of the most popular YouTubers with more than 30 million followers is being investigated for inside trading....

People never learn

20 Apr 2025 1 minute read 0 comments LeftFooted

In 2017, a guy called Billy McFarland and Ja Rule, a rapper most people only remember for the 50 Cent feud at this point, organised a music festival called Fyre Festival. Except, it was all the scam. Put simply, the festival was cancelled after tic...