Bhubaneswar police say they arrested three men accused of opening mule accounts for two fake firms, Trideep Traders and Trideep Technologies, used by fraudsters behind a Rs 3.84 crore trading-investment scam. No conviction is reported.
MalwareTips says My-robux10000.blogspot.com is a free Robux scam: it takes a Roblox username, plays a fake generator and then locks the 'reward' behind paid offers. No Robux is delivered and Roblox isn't involved.
Comprova reports that Threads profiles posing as ordinary users push a fake WePink survey that 'pays' R$830, then demand a R$19.95 Pix 'anti-fraud fee' payable to Soluções RA LTDA. WePink is not behind it.
Pix payee 'Soluções RA LTDA' (CNPJ 69.156.627/0001-32), per Comprova
MalwareTips warns that fake Firelight 'vote rewards' pages on lookalike domains promise 1.25x claiming power for voting on a distribution date, to lure crypto wallet connections; the real project is at firelight.finance.
MalwareTips warns that lookalike 'Make Aliens Great Again' sites (makealiensgreatagain[.]app, makealiengreatsagain[.]com) push a fake $MAGA token allocation described as a wallet drainer; the established project uses makealiensgreatagain.com.
MalwareTips warns of a fake 'monthly XRP release' offer that borrows the Xaman wallet's identity on lookalike domains such as xamanwallet-token[.]pro and xaman-wallet[.]com to push wallet approvals; Xaman is not involved.
MalwareTips says Winorax.cc is a fake crypto casino built on a known scam site kit: it credits a large bonus, then demands a fresh crypto deposit before any withdrawal.
winorax.cc
Same site kit as cashplay.cc, riftano.com, zosanx.com and zelowin.com
MalwareTips says Patowin.com, registered one day before its check and built on a known scam site kit, is a fake crypto casino that locks winnings behind a 'verification deposit'.
patowin.com
Same site kit as cashplay.cc, riftano.com, zosanx.com and zelowin.com
MalwareTips says Nationalcasino.casino, registered one day before its check, is a fake crypto casino that credits a big bonus and then demands a 'verification deposit' before any withdrawal.
nationalcasino.casino
Same site kit as winorax.cc, patowin.com, cashplay.cc and riftano.com
US prosecutors say 777 Partners co-founder Joshua Wander pleaded guilty to wire and securities fraud over a scheme that defrauded lenders and investors of more than $500 million; he agreed to forfeit at least $500 million and is due to be sentenced on 1 March 2027.
Marco Giovanni Santarelli, founder and CEO of Laguna Niguel fund Norada Capital Management, was sentenced to 33 months in federal prison and ordered to pay $63,165,357 in restitution for a promissory-note scheme that cost more than 400 investors about $63 million.
Norada Capital Management; Marco Giovanni Santarelli
MalwareTips says month-old Riftano.com is a fake crypto casino from the zosanx/zelowin kit that locks bonus balances behind crypto 'verification deposits'.
riftano.com
Same site kit as zosanx.com, zelowin.com, casxov.com, jetvos.com
MalwareTips says five-day-old Rainbetcasino.tech is a fake crypto casino from the membets.pw kit; it is not an official Rainbet site and Rainbet is not implicated.
rainbetcasino.tech
Same site kit as mgmwins.pw, slxwin.com, membets.pw, mgmresorts.pw
MalwareTips says two-week-old Bevawin.com is a fake crypto casino from the zabowex/renubet kit that locks bonus balances behind crypto 'verification deposits'.
bevawin.com
Same site kit as zabowex.com, renubet.com, raonax.win, mrbeastsgames.net
Norway's Finanstilsynet warns that trading platforms Altvecto, TradeInch and TradeToday are marketed to Norwegians without authorisation, using fake endorsements and AnyDesk remote access.
The FCA warns that 'Valora Financial Bank' (valorafinancialbank.com, 7348204490) is not authorised and may be providing or promoting financial services in the UK without permission.
The FCA warns that Fx Quantix Option (fxquantixoption.com, +15623716860) is not authorised and may be providing or promoting financial services in the UK without permission.
The FCA warns that ALSET MARKETS (alsetmarkets.com) is not authorised and may be providing or promoting financial services to people in the UK without permission.
JBL Japan warns that accounts impersonating JBL or its staff are sending X DMs with work, collaboration and PR offers; it names jbl_officiall and bakergolden5 as examples.
MalwareTips says Spinrun.top is a fake crypto casino that uses false celebrity claims and big promo-code bonuses, then demands a deposit before any withdrawal.
MalwareTips says Membets.pw is a newly registered fake crypto casino copied from a known scam kit, which demands a 'verification' deposit before withdrawals; MGM-named copycat domains in the same kit are not MGM's.
membets.pw
Same site kit as mgmresorts.pw, mgmwin.pw, mgmlasvegas.cc, casino-usa.info (per MalwareTips; not affiliated with MGM Resorts)
Norway's Finanstilsynet warns that Fondavex has contacted Norwegian investors offering investment services through the unauthorised trading platform steinvault.com.
Hackers hijacked An Garda Síochána's @GardaInfo X account, renamed it @HelpXaman and used it to post fake Xaman XRP 'allocation' offers; Gardaí warned the public not to interact.
X handle @HelpXaman (hijacked account); fake Xaman 'Claim your XRP allocation' airdrop posts
Hong Kong's SFC added Ace Fortune, AI Trading Academy and Ace Fortune Research Institute to its Alert List as unlicensed entities, listing six websites.
ace-fortune.com
Ace Fortune; AI Trading Academy; Ace Fortune Research Institute; aitrading.academy
BaFin says agfafinance.de is suspected of offering banking and financial services without authorisation and is not operated by Agfa Finance N.V.'s German branch, which BaFin calls a case of identity theft.
agfafinance.de
Uses the name of Agfa Finance N.V. - Zweigniederlassung Deutschland (identity spoofed; the real firm is not involved)
