The multisig wallet trap: you see the balance, they hold the votes
A shared Safe{Wallet} with “2 of 3” confirmations is fine among people you trust — and a cage if strangers hold the other keys.
Wallets, P2P, tokens, exchanges, and Web3 scams.
A shared Safe{Wallet} with “2 of 3” confirmations is fine among people you trust — and a cage if strangers hold the other keys.
U.S. cases against Gotbit, MyTrade and ZM Quant show how bought volume can look like a busy market until retail is left holding the bag.
France’s markets watchdog keeps a public list of crypto sites not authorised to solicit there — and several large exchange brands sit on it.
The cold DM about stop-losses and “systemic liquidity” usually ends in a profile link that pays the sender when you trade.
EarnPark is a real-looking CeFi yield front with a PARK token; high staking percentages and self-signed reserve pages still leave you carrying platform, market and legal risk.
A glamorous “Katya” offering free VIP access and four-figure monthly returns is usually an affiliate poster, not a verified track record.
A dating-app “mentor” pushing HedgeCore sUSD staking, then a fake exchange letter demanding more money to unlock funds, is a two-act theft.
Fraud desks keep spare hostnames that differ by a hyphen or a top-level domain so a blocked site can reappear with the same login story.
A Telegram desk that preaches sober risk while a bot sells a tenfold deposit marathon is selling a story, not a track record.
Celebrity price targets make for loud headlines; they do not turn a volatile asset into a guaranteed ticket.
When a helper shows a balance on a familiar exchange, then demands a percentage so a “mixer” will release it, you are being billed again — not rescued.
A 2021 crypto “ecosystem” that sold locked internal shares and paid until new money slowed is a textbook high-yield trap.