39 Stories To Learn About Scam

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16 Nov 2023

Let's learn about Scam via these 39 free stories. They are ordered by most time reading created on HackerNoon. Visit the /Learn Repo to find the most read stories about any technology.

1. The Way of the Scammer: What to Look Out for When Running a Crypto Referral Scheme

Over the last 6 months, our compliance team has learned a few things about catching out referral scheme abusers.

2. How Ethereum Staking is Creating a $10 Billion Ponzi Scheme

One of the Ponzi scheme in the history, no one is sounding the alarm!

3. The Movie-Inspired Developer That Manipulated Code to Steal $300K

Story of the developer who stole 300K dollars from an American e-commerce company.

4. 5 Ways to Protect Yourself From Getting Scammed in the Crypto World

How do you know if you are facing a crypto-scam? The 111PG team tells you how not to be fooled by scam projects and how you can identify them.

5. How to Avoid NFT Scams in 2022

We are writing this article because we believe that NFTs are the future, and despite the growing number of scammers, you shouldn't be afraid of NFT investment.

6. How to Identify a Fake Text Message in 2023

Are you also frustrated by getting fake messages and want to identify that fake message? Then must move down for more detail about fake messages.

7. How Fraudsters Carry out Holiday Themed Scams to Steal Your Identity

Online scammers become more active during the holiday season with new and improved techniques to carry out phishing scams. Watch out for a fake personal letter.

8. BitMEX AML Violation - Are We Prepared To See A Crypto-Derivatives Exchange Exit Scam?

Just about the time today I was writing a LinkedIn post touting the greatness of Huobi Global, BitMEX and founders were drowning in a sea of despair, loneliness, and certain doom in light of CFTC and criminal charges.

9. MEVgate: How Twitter Collaborated With a Known Crypto Scammer

Not only did Twitter let a scammer promote his fake bots for months, but also actively censored the investigator who called him out.

10. Have You Been the Victim of an Online Attack? Here's How to Take Action

1 in every 3 Americans suffers from an online attack each year; a rate of about one attack every 39 seconds. It results in scams, fraud, and emotional trauma.

11. How to Identify and Avoid Scams on Uniswap

Learn how to protect yourself when using Uniswap.

12. Here's How The bZx Protocol Knowingly Rekt DeFi

Hackers or group of hackers have exploited the bZx Protocol, twice, in under a week, profiting almost USD 1M. In the infographic below, we cover the technicals behind the exploitation.

13. 10 Tips to Avoid Being Scammed by Fake Job Ads

Cybercriminals are flooding the internet with fake job ads and even bogus company hiring websites.

14. 1 Click Away From Being Scammed: How I Built a Web Development Business

I never thought that as a web design agency owner, I would be susceptible to scams. Read more about how I met a scammer and how it almost ended in tragedy.

15. 12 Red Flags to Look Out For to Avoid Getting Scammed on Facebook Marketplace

We have put together this guide to help you avoid getting scammed. There are several red flags buyers and sellers should be mindful of when shopping.

16. What the Tech Community Can Learn From the Scams at Enron and Theranos

Investors and business leaders are always drawn to the next big thing. While joining in on a project early is always exciting and may result in massive returns, there are still potential pitfalls to be aware of.

17. Cryptocurrency: A Boom in Value Begets a Boom in Crime

When cryptocurrency value rises, we can expect a parallel rise in crypto-related crime, including phishing, fake brokers, and scams impersonating exchanges and other legitimate services.

18. 4 Basic Ways To Keep Your Crypto Safe

Just a week ago, Google removed 49 Chrome extensions imitating MEW, Ledger, Trezor, and other popular cryptocurrency wallets. Phishing attempts are on the rise, and in this stressful time, it’s also easy to make an irreversible mistake losing your crypto whether you’re new to crypto or an experienced hodler.

19. Dear Substack Writers Who've Been Approached by TechBullion

TechBullion.com has a budget for approaching authors on Substack. Here's how I responded.

20. BE AWARE! Scammers are evolving just like cockroaches

Why do I think that this comparison of scammers to cockroaches is accurate?

21. Protecting the Japanese Elderly from Scams Using AI

If I believed all emails that end up in my spam folder, I would be a billionaire: a Nigerian prince promising to reward me in tenfold if I just help him out with a small amount now.

22. The 19th-Century Dot-Com Bubble: How a Scotsman Sold a Fake Country

In the 1820s, money-hungry Gregor MacGregor proclaimed himself ruler of land he did not own and named it Poyais. He invented a flag, coat of arms, banknotes...

23. The Crazy Rise of Crazy Eddie: How an Electronics Store in the 80s Tricked Investors

Eddie Antar is one of the most remarkable people who has fooled investors. With his "Crazy Eddie" stores, he has earned more than $60 million. But got in prison

24. How To Fall Victim to Cyber Scammers

Cybersecurity has become more important as over 7 billion dollars was lost to hackers in 2021 and Forbes...

25. The Noonification: The Ray of Madness (9/18/2022)

9/18/2022: Top 5 stories on the Hackernoon homepage!

26. How Scammers Are Stealing People's Identities With Fake Job Ads

Instead, the ads are cybercriminals’ latest attempt to steal people’s identities and use them to commit fraud, according to recent warnings from the FBI

27. Cybersecurity in Crypto Trading: Everything You Need to Know

Cybersecurity is one of the world’s most pressing concerns at the moment. State departments, major corporations, healthcare providers, universities, and manufacturing facilities have all been hit hard by cybercrime actors.

28. Cybersecurity Essentials to Protect Remote Workers Online

As the pandemic forces many workers from the office to their home office, the world of work has been changed forever. And while working from home can have many benefits in the long-term for both staff and corporation, it’s not ideal for every business. For example, one major fear at the moment stems from having enough cybersecurity at home.

29. Be Resilient not Vulnerable to Ransomware Emails

I received an email a couple of days ago and it was a ransomware scam. I have received several scam emails before and I am sure you also have been offered to claim your inheritance somewhere in Africa. But this has something which made my heart stop for a teeny tiny moment.

30. How To Make Millions With Unemployment Sites That Don't Work

In at least one case, that same company is now getting pandemic-relatedcontracts

31. These People Bought and Scammed Their Way to Get Instagram Verification Checkmarks

A ProPublica investigation determined that Jugenburg’s dubious alter ego was created as part of what appears to be an Instagram account verification scam.

32. Is Avalanche Team Trying to Parasite Attack the ApeCoin Community?

Following the successful but expensive launch and sales of digital land plots of Yuga Labs’ metaverse, Ava Labs submitted a proposal suggesting that Avalanche is the ideal blockchain ecosystem for the highly anticipated Otherside metaverse.

33. The Biggest NFT Rug Pulls in History: How to Identify Crypto Scams

Fraud in the NFT-sphere. How it works and how to protect yourself from scams. Let's talk about the main red flags that will help identify rug pull.

34. Online Scams: Types, Mechanisms, Victim Profiles, and Protection

Online scams start from a similar piece of financial discernment. At the point when it’s conceivable to communicate to a huge number of individuals, it’s inescapable that somebody, some place, will chomp. In any case, not all scams are made equivalent. While the Nigerian Banker may not trick you, other progressively unpretentious scam could very well. This is what you have to know.

35. 5 Effective Strategies To Identify Phishing Sites

How to recognize phishing? Research studies show that users of different levels have a hard time figuring out if a website is real or fake. And how about you?

36. Human Trafficking Victims Also Forced to Cyberscam

It was selling human beings — in particular, human beings in Sihanoukville, Cambodia, and other cities in southeast Asia.

37. The Dangers of Facebook Marketplace

But a ProPublica investigation based on internal corporate documents, interviews and law enforcement records reveals how those safeguards fail to protect buyers

38. Is There a Place for Trust in Crypto? Taking a Tour of Popular Scams

For the last few years, the crypto market has become full of scam schemes undermining users’ trust.

39. My Thoughts on the AI Revolution: Hype, Scams, and Big Brother

Artificial intelligence can be defined as a science that models intelligent human behavior. This definition may have one significant drawback —

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