Crypto scam uses fake AI chatbot impersonating Google's Gemini AI to promote fraudulent 'Google Coin' cryptocurrency. Malwarebytes researchers expose scam.
A fake Gemini-style chatbot is pushing a bogus Google Coin presale, using Google branding and scripted AI replies to lure victims into crypto payments.
A UN report found 300,000 people trafficked into scam compounds across Southeast Asia. Forensic investigators say prevention, ...
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U.S. digital investment advisor Betterment confirmed that hackers breached its systems and sent fake crypto-related messages to some customers. The threat actor last week delivered fraudulent emails ...
In new research published today, crypto-tracing firm Chainalysis found that crypto-funded transactions for human trafficking—largely forced laborers trapped in compounds across Southeast Asia and ...
Leave it to cybercriminals to come up with yet another way to abuse artificial intelligence (AI) platforms, by creating Google Gemini chatbots slick as used car salesmen who pressure people into ...
Crypto payments tied to trafficking rose 85% in 2025, Chainalysis said. Blockchain data showed services were largely based in Southeast Asia. However, paying customers originated from the Americas, ...
The victims were led to the Arizona convenience store by an increasingly familiar scam: Crooks had tricked them into believing they were in legal trouble, their bank accounts were hacked or that they ...
The shift accelerated through 2025, as crypto markets crossed new institutional thresholds. Bitcoin touched new highs, ETF assets surged, and stablecoins quietly became payment infrastructure. What ...
Chen Zhi faces an indictment in federal court in Brooklyn on charges of swindling millions of dollars from Americans as part of a global cryptocurrency scam. By Santul Nerkar A man who U.S. federal ...