9 Best Articles in 2022
TIME
Goodreads' Problem With Extortion Scams and Review Bombing
TIME
8 min read · 2021-08-10 · Many authors and publishers now see the social networking site as a "necessary evil"
Reader View · Shared by 177, including Pronounced Sher - Elle, Patricia Smith, Garance Franke-Ruta, anildash, James Gingerich, @Expeflow #WorkEasier #RPA
TechCrunch
100 cryptocurrencies described in four words or less
TechCrunch
3 min read · From 2017 · This list describes cryptocurrencies. Each gets four words. There are many. Some are landmarks. Some are scams. Hopefully this provides orientation.
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WIRED
The Blockchain: A Love Story—And a Horror Story
WIRED
From 2018 · Cryptomania isn’t just a mad rush of scams and speculation. It’s a utopian dream. And a living nightmare.
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Nieman Lab
An incomplete history of Forbes.com as a platform for scams, grift, and bad journalism
Nieman Lab
~14 min read · Feb 9th · That "rapper" accused of billions in crypto fraud was also a Forbes contributor. Is it finally time to move past the contributor network?
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SearchEngineJournal®
10 Top SEO Scams & Cons (Plus How to Avoid Them)
SearchEngineJournal®
~11 min read · 2021-08-26 · SEO scams are as old as search engine optimization itself. Learn the top scams, how to spot them, and what you need to know to steer clear.
Reader View · Shared by 30, including Christopher S. Penn, Danny Goodwin
BuzzFeed News
How A Massive Facebook Scam Siphoned Millions Of Dollars From Unsuspecting Boomers
BuzzFeed News
20+ min read · From 2019 · Asher Burke built his company on the back of one of the internet’s most persistent, lucrative, and sophisticated scams — and then it all fell apart.
Reader View · Shared by 117, including Kaspar Manz, Matt Navarra, Grammar Girl, 👨🏻💻☕️, luis antónio santos, Merkstatt, John Koetsier, Mathew Ingram, Jane, Anon Anon, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Cory Doctorow, Matthew Holt, Bjorn Larsen, Mark Little, Jörgen Camrath, Mark Kaigwa, Virginia Hughes
The Atlantic
Email Is Dangerous
The Atlantic
20+ min read · From 2018 · Electronic mail as we know it is drowning in spam, forged phishing mails, and other scams and hacks. It’s going to get worse before it gets better.
Reader View · Shared by 117, including Bernhard Huessy, Chris Schultz ✌️, Mariella Petrigni 🌍 Translator, 𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧 , Dana DiTomaso, Nils Hitze, haldimann, Thomas Power
briankrebs
How to Tell a Job Offer from an ID Theft Trap
briankrebs
4 min read · 2021-05-22 · One of the oldest scams around -- the fake job interview that seeks only to harvest your personal and financial data -- is on the rise, the FBI warns. Here's the story of a recent LinkedIn…
Reader View · Shared by 107, including Tim, anildash
Ars Technica
Securing your digital life, part three: How smartphones make us vulnerable
Ars Technica
10 min read · 2021-11-15 · Phone scams, targeted phishing, and... pig butchering? The future is kind of scary.
Reader View · Shared by 106, including Jennifer Ouellette, Tactical Tech, Thomas Pleil
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The New Yorker
Coffeezilla, the YouTuber Exposing Crypto Scams
The New Yorker
5 min read · May 14th · In the golden age of con artistry, self-proclaimed finance gurus are everywhere, with few checks on their claims.
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 98, including Roberto Blake 🇺🇸🇵🇦 Creative Entrepreneur, Dorothea Baur (Dr.)
Financial Review
Ethereum co-founder Lubin frustrated by scams
Financial Review
1 min read · Apr 6th · Crypto scams remain an enormous challenge for blockchain developers, even as ethereum undergoes a radical technical change later this year.
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Guardian Tech
Crypto-crimewave forces police online to pursue ill-gotten assets
Guardian Tech
5 min read · Apr 30th · Scams relating to digital ‘coins’ are growing – but data reveals authorities are making record seizures of assets too
Reader View · Shared by 20, including Nicolas Babin #AmazonPartner, your #1 source for absurdist true crime 🐍👑 🌷, Chris Gledhill | gledhill.eth
briankrebs
Double-Your-Crypto Scams Share Crypto Scam Host
briankrebs
5 min read · Apr 11th · Online scams that try to separate the unwary from their cryptocurrency are a dime a dozen, but a great many seemingly disparate crypto scam websites tend to rely on the same dodgy infrastructure…
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Guardian Tech
Who scams the scammers? Meet the scambaiters
Guardian Tech
7 min read · 2021-10-03 · Police struggle to catch online fraudsters, often operating from overseas, but now a new breed of amateurs are taking matters into their own hands. Amelia Tait reports
Reader View · Shared by 122, including Birgit Schefer, Esther Schindler, Evan Kirstel the $B2B Techfluencer, Polina, Mark Little, Howard Getson
Radio-Canada
From temptation to sextortion
Radio-Canada
~16 min read · From 2017 · We discovered a massive network of fake Facebook profiles used to trap victims in sextortion scams. Here's how.
Reader View · Shared by 29, including Rodrigo Franco (Caffo), 150O
Cointelegraph
Don’t believe the hype. The five largest “ICO exit scams”: Expert Take
Cointelegraph
6 min read · From 2018 · More than $20 million stolen by five largest ICO exit scams.
Reader View · Shared by 23, including 𝐦𝐫𝐯𝐧 , Thomas Power, Vinny Lingham
The New Yorker
Coffeezilla, the YouTuber Exposing Crypto Scams
The New Yorker
5 min read · May 14th · In the golden age of con artistry, self-proclaimed finance gurus are everywhere, with few checks on their claims.
Summary · Reader View · Shared by 98, including Roberto Blake 🇺🇸🇵🇦 Creative Entrepreneur, Dorothea Baur (Dr.)
rescam.org
Re:scam
rescam.org
From 2017 · Forward them to Re:scam and here’s what happens.
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WIRED UK
I stumbled across a huge Airbnb scam that’s taking over London
WIRED UK
20+ min read · From 2020 · The curious tale of a man called Christian, the Catholic church, David Schwimmer’s wife, a secret hotel and an Airbnb scam running riot on the streets of London
Reader View · Shared by 120, including Jane, Christian Fauteux, Adrian Roselli 🗯, David Madden, Shawn Venasse, Mathew Ingram, Gerd Leonhard, John Koetsier
VICE
The NFT Ecosystem Is a Complete Disaster
VICE
7 min read · Feb 1st · Top marketplaces facilitate epic amounts of theft and wash trading, scams are rampant, and the cringe is unbearable. Can it last?
Reader View · Shared by 67, including Angie Jones, Sebastien Meunier, Chris Gledhill | gledhill.eth, Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, mrbrown, Oliver Bussmann, Nils Hitze, Christian Hartmann, Kelsey D. Atherton
tante
The Third Web
tante
20+ min read · 2021-12-17 · I had hoped that I wouldn’t have to write this thing, that blockchains and NFTs and all that would just go away and become a chapter in a book about weird economic scams. But if 2021 taught us anything it’s that we can’t have nice things so here we are.
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WIRED
The Decade Big-Money Email Scams Took Over
WIRED
2 min read · From 2019 · In the last few years, the "Nigerian prince" scams have gotten a major upgrade.
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