On this scheme, the attackers made good money in mid-2022."
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Also, attackers, including in Russia, have actively begun to master schemes using non-fungible tokens (NFT). "A new trend among scammers at the end of 2022 - beginning of 2023 is sending blockchain assets to the victim, which he must accept personally. After that, the attacker receives a huge amount of information about the user's data. Thus, a scam is actively developing in cryptocurrency, in most cases - a scam on NFT. This works not only in Russia, but all over malaysia cell phone number list the world. For example, an attacker creates a scam link to buy an NFT image, a gullible user follows it, enters his wallet data and loses assets, - warns Maxim Gryazev. - The creation of fake accounts on various platforms is also popular - for example, in the Discrod messenger or the Twitter social network. Fake accounts are forged as a project or developer, and then through them the "lucky ones" are sent out massively with supposedly advantageous offers for them. By following the instructions of the scammers, the users themselves give access to their wallets. By the way, with the opportunity to buy tick, people actively began to create fakes with the names of high-profile projects and throw in false information from the series "buy a picture - earn a million".
As shown by the study "Cryptocurrencies and crypto exchanges. Mining: judicial practice and key aspects", conducted by RTM Group based on the analysis of cases considered by Russian courts in 2021, the number of cases related to mining, crypto exchanges and cryptocurrency reached 1,531 against 1,086 a year earlier. More than 60% of these cases are related to criminal cases. As noted in the study, cryptocurrencies most often appeared in trials for crimes related to drugs, legalization of proceeds from crime, and the organization of gambling. In addition, fraud using cryptocurrencies is quite widespread. According to the vice president of the Association of Russian Banks Anatoly Kozlachkov, about 50 such cases reach the court per year.
As shown by the study "Cryptocurrencies and crypto exchanges. Mining: judicial practice and key aspects", conducted by RTM Group based on the analysis of cases considered by Russian courts in 2021, the number of cases related to mining, crypto exchanges and cryptocurrency reached 1,531 against 1,086 a year earlier. More than 60% of these cases are related to criminal cases. As noted in the study, cryptocurrencies most often appeared in trials for crimes related to drugs, legalization of proceeds from crime, and the organization of gambling. In addition, fraud using cryptocurrencies is quite widespread. According to the vice president of the Association of Russian Banks Anatoly Kozlachkov, about 50 such cases reach the court per year.