Ruja Ignatova was last seen boarding a plane with her bodyguard. Ten years ago, Dr Ruja Ignatova became famous with her fraudulent cryptocurrency scheme known as OneCoin. Millions globally trusted the Bulgarian-born Germen entrepreneur with their life savings, showing unwavering faith in her vision for a new online currency. Then, in 2017, Dr Ignatova boarded …
Shreya Datta converted some of her savings into cryptocurrency. Philadelphia, United States: The “wine trader” wooed her online for months with his flirtatious smile and emoji-sprinkled texts. Then he went for the kill, defrauding the Philadelphia-based tech professional out of $450,000 in a cryptocurrency romance scam. The con — which drained Shreya Datta, 37, of …
Crypto scammers, who hunt for unsuspecting victims on various social networking platforms, are now expanding their footprint to the Google search engine. Preying on people’s tendencies to interact with advertisements on Google, these scammers are now tapping into the popular search engine to facilitate their own malicious crimes. This week, an individual lost $900,000 (roughly …