Category: Scams

apps, artificial intelligence, Bitcoin, Collaborative Consumption, Cryptocurrency, Defamation, Europe, European Union, Facebook, fake ads, Instagram, John de Mol, Lawsuit, machine learning, Martin Lewis, Mireille Hildebrandt, Netherlands, Privacy, Scams, Social, Social Media, tort

Dutch court orders Facebook to ban celebrity crypto scam ads after another lawsuit – TechCrunch

A Dutch court has ruled that Facebook can be required to use filter technologies to identify and pre-emptively take down…

crypto scams, financial scams, Scams, security, Social, Spam, Twitter

Twitter details new policies designed to crack down on financial scams – TechCrunch

Twitter today says it’s expanding its policies to prohibit financial scams on its platform — something you’d think would have…

China, gen z, News, online fraud, online payments, Scams, SCMP

Why more of China’s Gen Z are falling victim to online fraud

People born after 2000 accounted for nearly 16% of China’s online fraud victims in 2018, surging from less than 1%…

Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency Blockchain, Scams, Tech

Even walking Bitconnect meme Carlos Matos is now calling bitcoin a scam

BITCONNNNNEEEEEEECT!!!!Image: screenshot bitconnect By Jack Morse2018-10-26 23:48:29 UTC You know you’re in trouble when you’ve lost Carlos Matos. The walking…

Ads, Big Tech Companies, Google, Scams, Tech

Google restricts tech support ads, thanks to how bad many of them are

Google announced that it’ll be restricting tech support ads.Image: Getty Images/fStop By Johnny Lieu2018-09-03 07:39:13 UTC Tech support scams are…

Culture, Ranking, Scams, Summer, Web Culture

The best scammers of 2018, ranked

Summer 2018’s brightest star has been the scammer. Grifters of all sorts have been in the headlines this year, from…

Advertising Tech, Cryptocurrency, Europe, Facebook, fake news, Lawsuit, Scams, Social

Facebook hit with defamation lawsuit over fake ads – TechCrunch

In an interesting twist, Facebook is being sued in the UK for defamation by consumer advice personality, Martin Lewis, who…

Cryptocurrencies, Cryptocurrency, ICOs, Scams, Social, TC, Twitter

Twitter is suspending some users who solicit crypto

Twitter is taking some steps to combat cryptocurrency scammers on its platform. But these are best classified as ‘baby steps’…

Cryptocurrency, Other, Scams, Tech, Twitter

Waltonchain token crashes following sketchy tweet

Yeah. Not good.Image: YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/AFP/GETTY IMAGES By Jack Morse2018-03-01 00:30:21 UTC The blockchain can’t solve for stupid. That painful truth…

Cryptocurrency, Cryptocurrency Transactions, Scams, Twitter, Twitter Verification

Cryptocurrency scams thrive with Twitter verification. Here’s why.

Twitter verification, or the blue checkmark that appears next to an official account’s name, is seen by most people as…