#scam

There are important lessons that go by with seemingly minuscule effects. The legendary MMM, a pyramid scheme orchestrated by Sergei Mavrodi in the 1990s, is one of them. The post-Soviet countries of the period were somewhat of a Wild West. The opportunities were huge, but not everybody was in a position to seize them. Those […]

Many OneCoin investors still believe they are taking part in the global financial revolution. Despite a slew of arrests and serious allegations mounted against the organizers of the scheme, they continue to invest, oblivious to any criticism. What started as just another Ponzi scheme has eventually evolved into the largest scam of the decade and […]

In mid-July 2019, the website of the Irish bitcoin exchange Bitsane launched in late 2016 suddenly became empty, all social media accounts were deleted, and the assets of almost 250 thousand users disappeared along with the team. The administration bravely ran away.

BiteBTC, a little-known cryptocurrency exchange allegedly based in Singapore, has halted withdrawals and is blocking clients’ accounts, several affected users told Forklog.com. A similar warning was also posted by CoinMarketCap.

As of October 1, KIBO has been running its ICO having raised Ethereum-denominated equivalent of $3 million so far. During this time, ForkLog received numerous letters from our readers pointing out about the project’s dubious reputation and going as far as accusing the platform’s creators of being downright scammers.

Online scams and fraud are increasing every day and, sadly enough this activity often includes cryptocurrencies. Moreover, fraud is not about the darknet only, one can be cheated on trusted sites like eBay as well.