Crypto Scams
Account Breach Alert Scam
Account Breach Alert Scam is alerts claiming your wallet is breached and must be “secured” via a drainer link.
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Crypto Scams
Account Manager Crypto Scam
Account Manager Crypto Scam is assigned “managers” who coach victims through fraudulent platforms.
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Address Book Poison
Address Book Poison is tricking users into saving attacker addresses under trusted labels.
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Address Poisoning
Address poisoning is a scam that dusts your wallet with lookalike addresses so you might copy the wrong recipient from history.
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Advance Fee Crypto Scam
Advance Fee Crypto Scam is demanding more crypto to unlock withdrawals, taxes, or “compliance releases”.
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Airdrop Connect Drain
Airdrop Connect Drain is “claim” buttons that only request a wallet connect then a drain signature.
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Airdrop Scam
An airdrop scam uses fake free-token or free-NFT claims to lure wallet connects, approvals, or seed entry.
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Anti-Bot Code Abuse
Anti-Bot Code Abuse is “anti-bot” functions used selectively to block ordinary sellers.
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Anti-Money Laundering Fee Scam
Anti-Money Laundering Fee Scam is demanding AML clearance payments in crypto to unlock withdrawals.
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API Key Leak Drain
API Key Leak Drain is stolen exchange API keys used to trade or withdraw assets.
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App Store Wallet Clone
App Store Wallet Clone is lookalike wallet apps published to steal funds after import.
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Approval Phishing
Approval phishing tricks users into granting token or NFT spender permissions that later drain assets.
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Audit Badge Spoof
Audit Badge Spoof is displaying fake audit logos on scam token sites.
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Authority Bias Crypto Scam
Authority Bias Crypto Scam is using uniforms, badges, or official-looking portals to coerce crypto payments.
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BGP or Hosting Hijack Risk
BGP or Hosting Hijack Risk is infrastructure attacks that serve malicious wallet frontends.
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Bid Spam NFT
Bid Spam NFT is spam bids used to lure sellers into phishing accept flows.
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Blacklist Removal Scam
Blacklist Removal Scam is charging to remove a nonexistent on-chain blacklist.
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Blacklist Trap Token
Blacklist Trap Token is tokens that blacklist buyers after purchase to prevent selling.
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Blind Signing Drain
Blind Signing Drain is drains enabled when users sign opaque hashes on hardware or software wallets.
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Blockchain Investigator Scam
Blockchain Investigator Scam is unsolicited “forensic” offers that require payment or seed access.
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Blockchain Police Myth
Blockchain Police Myth is invented agencies claiming special power to reverse crypto transfers.
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Blockchain Tracing
Blockchain Tracing is analytic techniques linking addresses and flows; results are probabilistic and incomplete.
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Bridge Exploit
Bridge Exploit is attacks that mint unbacked assets or steal locked bridge collateral.
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Bridge Scam
Bridge Scam is fake bridge sites or malicious contracts stealing cross-chain deposits.
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Bulk Signature Request
Bulk Signature Request is dApps requesting many signatures in a row to confuse users.
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Bundle Buy Dump
Bundle Buy Dump is bundled launch transactions that allocate supply to insiders at launch.
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Business Email Compromise Crypto
Business Email Compromise Crypto is BEC variants demanding payment in cryptocurrency.
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Celebrity Endorsement Scam
Celebrity Endorsement Scam is deepfakes or fake endorsements promoting crypto investments.
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Certik Badge Misuse
Certik Badge Misuse is misusing security firm names without a real engagement covering the live contracts.
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Charity Crypto Scam
Charity Crypto Scam is fake donation addresses after disasters or crises.
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Clipboard Address Swap
Clipboard Address Swap is malware replacing copied wallet addresses with attacker addresses.
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Clipboard Listener
Clipboard Listener is software watching the clipboard for crypto addresses or seeds.
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Cloud Mining Fraud
Cloud Mining Fraud is rental mining contracts that do not operate real hashrate.
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Cluster Attribution Uncertainty
Cluster Attribution Uncertainty is uncertainty when analytics assign multiple addresses to one owner.
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CMC Listing Confusion
CMC Listing Confusion is appearing on price aggregators is not a legitimacy approval.
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Coercion Seed Attack
Coercion Seed Attack is physical or psychological pressure to reveal seed words.
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Cold Storage Service Scam
Cold Storage Service Scam is services asking you to transfer assets for “professional cold storage”.
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Collection Impersonation
Collection Impersonation is fake NFT collections mimicking popular brands.
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Complaint Portal Lookalike
Complaint Portal Lookalike is fake government or IC3-like portals harvesting case details and payments.
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Compromised Frontend CDN
Compromised Frontend CDN is supply-chain compromise of a dApp frontend delivering drainers.
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Compromised Social Account Crypto
Compromised Social Account Crypto is hacked brand accounts posting fraudulent wallet connect links.
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Contract Renounce Theater
Contract Renounce Theater is renouncing ownership while leaving privileged minter roles active.
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Cooldown Trap Token
Cooldown Trap Token is forced cooldowns preventing timely exits around rugs.
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Copy Trading Scam
Copy Trading Scam is fake master traders that simply abscond with allocated funds.
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Court Order Wallet Unlock Myth
Court Order Wallet Unlock Myth is claims that a court can unlock your seed for you if you share it with agents.
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Crypto ATM Coaching Call
Crypto ATM Coaching Call is live calls walking victims through ATM deposits to attacker addresses.
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Crypto ATM Scam Assist
Crypto ATM Scam Assist is scammers coaching victims to deposit cash into crypto ATMs for irreversible sends.
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Crypto Check Scam
Crypto Check Scam is fake checks or payment confirmations used to justify crypto “refund” overpayments.
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Crypto Dust Blackmail
Crypto Dust Blackmail is threatening victims after dusting them with tokens linked to illicit narratives.
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Crypto Pig Compound
Crypto Pig Compound is compounding deposits across fake platforms within a pig-butchering operation.
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Crypto Pig Soft Landing
Crypto Pig Soft Landing is temporary small withdrawals allowed to deepen trust before the final rug.
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Crypto Recovery Scam
A crypto recovery scam is a secondary fraud that promises to retrieve stolen or lost cryptocurrency for upfront fees or seed access.
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Crypto Scam
A crypto scam is fraud that uses cryptocurrency purchases, fake wallets, phishing sites, drainers, or bogus investment platforms to steal value.
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Crypto Subpoena Scam
Crypto Subpoena Scam is fake legal documents demanding crypto payment or wallet access.
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Custodian Callback Phish
Custodian Callback Phish is fake exchange callbacks requesting 2FA codes and withdrawal confirmations.
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Darknet Market Proceeds Risk
Darknet Market Proceeds Risk is elevated risk when coins are linked to illicit marketplace clusters.
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Decoder Mismatch Phish
Decoder Mismatch Phish is human-readable decoders that disagree with the raw transaction being signed.
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Deepfake Crypto Pitch
Deepfake Crypto Pitch is AI-generated video/audio used to sell fraudulent crypto schemes.
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DeFi Wallet Connect Scam
DeFi Wallet Connect Scam is fake DeFi dashboards designed solely to collect signatures.
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Delayed Drain Strategy
Delayed Drain Strategy is waiting days after approval so victims do not correlate the phishing event.
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