ADA$0.2458+1.53%
BNB$786.33−0.58%
BTC$85,922+1.30%
SCAM ALERTEmployment scam reports double as task-based job fraud spreads; victims pay crypto fees to unlock phantom earnings, BBB finds
DOGE$0.0978+4.68%
ETH$2,739+0.56%
LINK$12.94−1.07%
SCAM ALERT26 seed-phrase-stealing wallet apps found on Apple App Store impersonating MetaMask, Ledger, Trust Wallet and Coinbase
SOL$117.20+0.42%
XRP$1.54+3.25%
ADA$0.2458+1.53%
BNB$786.33−0.58%
BTC$85,922+1.30%
SCAM ALERTEmployment scam reports double as task-based job fraud spreads; victims pay crypto fees to unlock phantom earnings, BBB finds
DOGE$0.0978+4.68%
ETH$2,739+0.56%
LINK$12.94−1.07%
SCAM ALERT26 seed-phrase-stealing wallet apps found on Apple App Store impersonating MetaMask, Ledger, Trust Wallet and Coinbase
SOL$117.20+0.42%
XRP$1.54+3.25%
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BTC Scam MagazineNo. 03The Drainer Economy
The Summer '26 edition

The Drainer Economy

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01Inside the Prince Group case: forced labor, pig butchering, and a record $15 billion bitcoin seizure — US prosecutors say Chen Zhi ran Cambodian forced-labor compounds where trafficked workers were made to run romance-investment cons. Here is how the scheme works — and how to spot it.02Myanmar bulldozed KK Park, but Myawaddy's scam machine barely paused — The junta razed hundreds of buildings at a notorious border compound in October 2025. Analysts say the pig-butchering industry that trafficked tens of thousands simply moved next door.03The scam that follows the scam: how fake recovery agents hunt crypto victims twice — Fraudsters posing as lawyers and 'recovery agents' target people who already lost money to crypto scams, charging upfront fees to return funds that never come back. The FBI's IC3 has warned twice.04Cetus loses $223 million on Sui, and validators freeze most of it — An arithmetic overflow in a shared math library let an attacker mint value from almost nothing. What happened next tested whether a blockchain can claw stolen funds back.05The voice on the phone is your grandson. It's a clone. — Scammers need only seconds of audio to fake a loved one's voice, then demand payment in crypto or gift cards. The FBI and FTC say the calls are getting harder to doubt.06The sha zhu pan playbook: how a 'wrong number' becomes a drained bank account — Pig-butchering crews follow a script: find the target, fatten with affection, then slaughter through a fake trading app. Knowing each stage is the strongest defense.
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