Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. coinbase logo on a phone - Photo illustration by Cheng Xin/Getty Images Text scams are everywhere these days — and they're ...

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Malwarebytes, a global leader in real-time cyber protection, released new research showing how criminals are tailoring specific scam types to the platforms where they are most likely to succeed. Nine ...

How an onchain investigator linked a Coinbase impersonation scam to $2 million in losses and why social engineering remains the real risk. A convincing “Coinbase support” impersonation campaign was ...

A scammer posing as support personnel from Coinbase defrauded more than $2 million in cryptocurrency during 2025 by staging social engineering attacks. Blockchain investigator ZachXBT exposed the ...

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Ronald Spektor, 23, has been charged with impersonating a Coinbase customer care representative to trick victims into turning over their passwords.

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The Federal Communications Commission issued an alert on July 21 to warn consumers about bank impersonation scams where victims often lose all the money they have in their bank accounts. Crooks have ...

Text scams are everywhere these days — and they're constantly evolving and changing. The latest evolution appears to be a scam centered on fake texts about Coinbase, the crypto platform. A local news ...