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Men stole bitcoin by phishing individuals on the dark web

10

Jul

2017

Michael Richo, a 35-year-old from Connecticut, had the brilliant idea of stealing bitcoin from people involved in illegal deals through dark web marketplaces. Perhaps he thought that he would be safe from law enforcement if he stuck to robbing potential criminals but, as it turns out, he was wrong.

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Developer uses code to get revenge on tech support and IRS scammers

26

Jun

2017

Tech support and IRS scams have become as common as random emails proclaiming that you’ve won the lottery, or emails from prince in some foreign land who wants to share their wealth. The IRS scams start with a voice mail threatening a lawsuit or arrest, and the tech support scams will sometimes appear at random […]

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No, you have not won two free airline tickets

14

Jun

2017

As our analysts found out, the links in the posts led to websites like deltagiveaway.com, emiratesnow.us, aeroflot-com.us, and other similar websites, depending on which airline appeared to be offering free tickets. Different posts mentioned different airlines, and everyone seemed to be celebrating an anniversary at the same time — a rather large coincidence.

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