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Cryptocurrency scammers are luring victims with Tesla Model 3 giveaways

Sep03
by on September 3, 2018 at 1:02 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Another day, another scam. Cryptocurrency tricksters are now posing as disgraced security pioneer John McAfee to steal Bitcoin and Ethereum from unsuspecting users. But here’s the kicker: the scammers are using a shiny Tesla Model 3 to lure in victims. “If you send in 2 BTC or 20 ETH, you will get the Grand Prize: a customized Tesla 3 model [sic] signatured [sic] by John Mcafee [sic], delivery included,” a fraudulent Medium post reads. Only in this case, it’s not actually Medium, and it’s not John McAfee. The website and account are fakes. The URL is a dead giveaway, but…

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Cryptocurrency scammers are luring victims with Tesla Model 3 giveaways

Sep03
by on September 3, 2018 at 1:02 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Another day, another scam. Cryptocurrency tricksters are now posing as disgraced security pioneer John McAfee to steal Bitcoin and Ethereum from unsuspecting users. But here’s the kicker: the scammers are using a shiny Tesla Model 3 to lure in victims. “If you send in 2 BTC or 20 ETH, you will get the Grand Prize: a customized Tesla 3 model [sic] signatured [sic] by John Mcafee [sic], delivery included,” a fraudulent Medium post reads. Only in this case, it’s not actually Medium, and it’s not John McAfee. The website and account are fakes. The URL is a dead giveaway, but…

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Cryptocurrency scammers are luring victims with Tesla Model 3 giveaways

Sep03
by on September 3, 2018 at 1:02 pm
Posted In: Around the Web, blockchain, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Another day, another scam. Cryptocurrency tricksters are now posing as disgraced security pioneer John McAfee to steal Bitcoin and Ethereum from unsuspecting users. But here’s the kicker: the scammers are using a shiny Tesla Model 3 to lure in victims. “If you send in 2 BTC or 20 ETH, you will get the Grand Prize: a customized Tesla 3 model [sic] signatured [sic] by John Mcafee [sic], delivery included,” a fraudulent Medium post reads. Only in this case, it’s not actually Medium, and it’s not John McAfee. The website and account are fakes. The URL is a dead giveaway, but…

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Google releases tools for probing Ethereum’s blockchain

Sep03
by on September 3, 2018 at 11:20 am
Posted In: Around the Web, cryptocurrency, Hard Fork


Google isn’t slowing down with the new blockchain tech. A few months after releasing Bitcoin support for its BigQuery database tool, Google has debuted a new plug-in for analyzing the Ethereum blockchain. Google has provided users with a new avenue for directly interacting with Ethereum data. Services already exist that show information about wallet addresses and transactions, but until now, investigating the full breadth of data stored on the blockchain has been a cumbersome process. BigQuery can also connect directly with the Parity client. Regular Chrome users are now capable of reading all of the data stored on Ethereum’s blockchain. Take, for instance, this fancy new chart. BigQuery can…

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