European security services liquidated a network of cybercriminals

Cybercriminals set up several call centers. And scammed numerous users in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Australia, and Canada out of at least tens of millions of euros

European security services liquidated a network of cryptocurrency scammers operating in Bulgaria, Cyprus and Serbia. Сybercriminals created a network of call centers. Which were used to defraud numerous customers in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Australia and Canada of at least tens of millions of euros.

Scammers attracted potential clients online. And often contacted them by phone to “”scam” them out of small investments. After earning an initial profit, his victims invested large sums, which they subsequently lost.

How many victims were identified is almost certainly just the tip of the iceberg. During the investigation of an organized criminal group. Which operated the scam call center scheme, large volumes of financial transactions were uncovered. The call centers were managed from Serbia. And technological infrastructure in Bulgaria was used to run the scheme. Cyprus was allegedly a base for laundering illicit funds.

Investigations into online scams were launched in Germany in 2021. With the support of Europol, coordinated action by law enforcement agencies in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Germany and Serbia led to searches in 22 locations. Intelligence agencies have already arrested 14 people in Serbia and another in Germany.

A total of more than 250 people were interviewed. And then more than 150 computers were confiscated from cybercriminals. As well as various electronic equipment and data backups. Including three cars, two luxury apartments, $1 million in cryptocurrencies and €50,000 in cash.

Our experts note that last November, in the largest scam operation in British history. Scotland Yard led the operation, more than 100 people suspected of telephone scams were arrested. British police were helped to identify the culprits by an analysis of bitcoin transactions.

Read More

NFT collection “Game of Thrones” sold for more than $500K

NFT collection from Warner Bros. Discover was sold on the first day of trading for more than half a million dollars. Crypto-Upvotes expert review

The NFT collection, collectively titled Game of Thrones: Build Your Realm, was based on the Game of Thrones series. It was sold out on the Nifty Marketplace within the first seven hours of the start of trading. The tokens, presented by media giant Warner Bros. Discover, went on sale the evening of Jan. 10 for $150 each.

Each NFT is a “box” with an avatar of a character from the series. And which can be used in virtual world created based on the work. Also, the NFT includes additional attributes for “boosting” heroes. After purchase, the “box” can be opened or left unopened to save, trade or sell it intact.

During presale, 3.45k NFTs became available with a limit of one token per Nifty account. Then another 1,500 NFTs went on public sale a few hours later, with a limit of two additional items per account. Fifty NFT were retained by project authors for further events, free giveaways, and other promotional purposes.

The total amount of sales of NFT from this collection from the beginning of trading was $564 thousand according to the analytical platform CryptoSlam. Only two tokens were resold more expensive than the original price: for $200 and for $176. The current minimum token price (floor price) is 0.061 ETH.

Read More

Cryptoprojects accused CoinMarketCap of airdrop scams

CoinMarketCap chose winners and sent them tokens. As a result, they only made it to a few wallets and were sold, collapsing prices for those projects. Crypto-Upvotes expert review.

Cryptoprojects claim that advertising campaigns from CoinMarketCap (CMC) were scamming and caused their token prices to fall. The developers accuse CMC of foul play in promoting their airdrops. And they claim that cryptocurrencies ended up in only a few wallets, indicating that the system could be manipulated.

CoinMarketCar is one of the largest aggregators of cryptocurrency market data, launched in 2013. This service collects information from most trading venues, tracking key metrics of tokens and crypto exchanges. In 2020, Binance bought this platform.

Blockchain project SaTT reported that a promotional campaign on SMS was paid for in December 2022. It ended with 84% of the issued tokens reaching just 21 wallets. As part of this promotion, 25,000 winning addresses were to receive 4,000 SATT each.

SaTT said that shortly after Airdrop, 20,900 addresses “automatically transferred tokens to 21 wallets.” Which sold those tokens a few days later, generating about $142k. As a result of this sale, the SATT price fell 70% in 10 days – from the end of Airdrop on December 1 until those wallets sold their tokens on December 10.

Other projects also faced a problem with Airdrops on CoinMarketCap

The TokenBot project faced a similar problem. Its founder Shaun Newsum said that he also held an airdrop on CMC. According to him, the platform identified 30,000 winners of the airdrop. TokenBot sent out its tokens to a batch of 4,000 winners to begin with. And about 3,300 of them ended up sending funds to a single wallet. Newsum said TokenBot lost about $20k as a result of the incident.

“Obviously, some person figured out how to play on CoinMarketCap. <…> If we had sent a big batch, this whole airdrop would have been a complete disaster,” said the head of TokenBot.

However, Newsum said he had received an apology from CMC. And he was told that the company was investigating the situation and would return with an updated list of project winners.

The SaTT project team claims to have uncovered 18 other token and NFT eirdrop projects totaling $6.6 million, which have been held at CMC since July 2022, and were also allegedly “infected with scams.” These included projects such as TopGoal, OwlDAO and AgeofGods. SaTT suggested that either hackers had created multiple fake accounts on CMC, or that these were internal actions of this platform.

Explanations from CoinMarketCap

A CMC official responded to the allegations by saying that at least four of the projects named by SaTT had not yet distributed awards. And therefore, it is “impossible” that they have encountered “malicious” activity. He also noted that other than SaTT, AgeOfGods and TokenBot, no one else had complained about such problems.

However, a CMC official admits that there is a bot problem. According to him, the platform team is constantly working to improve its systems to limit this problem. To prevent bots from participating, CMC uses CAPTCHA verification and email verification. It also plans to integrate two-factor authentication.

Read More

Cristiano Ronaldo will release his NFT on Binance platform – Crypto-Upvotes

Cristiano Ronaldo will launch the first NFT collection in partnership with Binance by end of 2022

Football superstar Cristiano Ronaldo will release several NFT collections. Sportsman entered into a multiyear partnership with Binance exchange, according to a Binance blog. So a goal of this partnership would be to create digital collectibles and attract soccer fans to Web3 ecosystem. “Nothing is more important to me than the fans, so the idea of bringing unprecedented experiences and access through this platform is something that I wanted to be a part of” – says Ronaldo. “We are thrilled to provide his fans with exclusive engagement opportunities to connect with Ronaldo” – said Binance CEO “CZ”.

So the first collection, set to launch at the end of this year. Will feature NFTs with an original design developed by Binance in collaboration with Ronaldo. According to an exchange blog, through a series of NFT collections, Ronaldo will provide a unique experience for soccer fans from many countries. Binance does not disclose details about this partnership, we do not know pricing or other options for this NFT collection at this time. Cristiano Ronaldo already has experience with crypto projects. In 2019, he played for Italian Juventus Football Club, which launched token JUV, which gave fans the right to vote in a number of decisions.

Our company Crypto-Upvotes offers complex promotion for NFT projects.

Complex promotion is necessary for an NFT project to increase brand awareness and attract new holders. Our team offers many different services to promote NFT projects. We can offer PR, Influencers, Trends Everywhere, Billboards and more. We can create a individual marketing plan for you for any advertising budget.

Read More

Chinese messenger WeChat will block accounts and chats that write about cryptocurrencies – Crypto-Upvotes

One of most popular platforms WeChat in China with more than 1.2 billion users imposes restrictions on content containing information about cryptocurrencies

WeChat, the largest messenger in China, has updated rules of use, forbidding placement of information about services or offers related to cryptocurrency or NFT.

Crypto-Upvotes team experts found out that information about issuing, trading and transactions with cryptocurrencies got under the ban. Also WeChat bans recommendations, links and guides on cryptocurrencies and NFTs. New rules also apply to accounts that provide advertising services for crypto projects in China.

If such information is detected, the platform will notify the user that the rules have been violated. WeChat gives a certain period of time for correction and restricts the functions of the account. If the user does not correct the information posted, the account will be blocked.

Advertising in China is still possible and our crypto marketing agency “Crypto-Upvotes” is working on this issue. Already now we can offer advertising of your project in popular Chinese Media and Weibo influencers. In the near future we will be able to offer billboard advertising in China.

But despite WeChat and other prohibitions in China, cryptocurrencies in China are very popular. Chinese investors take leading role in the world. We do articles in popular Chinese media. To order you need to provide us with text and a picture for your article. Our team will translate the texts into Chinese and prepare them for publication.

Additionally you can order Weibo influencers, we can offer influencers for any marketing budget. To order you need to provide a text and a picture or video, texts in Chinese we make ourselves. Weibo is very popular in China and they haven’t introduced restrictions for cryptocurrencies yet, so you have time to order now.

Crypto marketing agency “Crypto-Upvotes” will help to tell about your project to millions of new investors from China.

Read More

Crypto Marketing Agency

About our agency

Our crypto marketing agency  is engaged in complex project promotion since 2019. Our specialists have been in the cryptocurrency world since 2014 and we are constantly developing, the list of our services is expanding every month!

  • “Crypto-Upvotes”  have contracts with major advertising agencies in the USA, Europe and Asia.
  • Our company offers: more than 300K+ Billboard advertising spots, Media articles all over the World, Advertising of Influential people and Stars from all over the World and much more!
  • We are not afraid to show our faces, so our agency is doxxed!

Major media such as Yahoo, U.Today, GlobeNewswire, Benzinga, wrote about us!

We provide both complex promotion of crypto projects and individual services. You tell us what goals you want to achieve and we make an individual marketing plan for you. Our company can develop unique offers for any advertising budget.

Our company has extensive experience to promote crypto projects at various stages. We can help you if you are just launching a project or it has been running for a long time.

Our services will make the hype around Your project and tell the whole world about You.

We do everything from smart contract development, preparation for launch, creating hype around your business to listing on the world’s best exchanges after launch and much more!

Our crypto marketing agency will help tell the whole world about you !

 

CONTACT US:

Website: https://crypto-upvotes.com

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-lazovsky-crypto-upvotes

TG: https://t.me/marketing_crypto

Twitter: https://twitter.com/crypto_upvotes

Instagram: https://instagram.com/crypto_upvotes

 

 

 

Read More