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Consumer Protections Cryptocurrency Businesses Can Have, But Don't (Part 1)
Part 1 of X Note: names have been changed, but stories are real ones GASO has collected from victims of scams. Blacklisting of Reported...
Global Anti-Scam Org
Mar 25, 20223 min read


Healing and growth after the scam
First Sunrise first wrote about her story nearly six months ago, wherein she encountered three different scammers all at once, a...
Global Anti-Scam Org
Mar 7, 20224 min read


Coinbase Wallet scam from those who experienced it
If you are a victim of this scam, please visit also the following subreddit: r/eth_liquidity_scam for more information and support....
Global Anti-Scam Org
Mar 2, 20224 min read


Modern Love, Modern Blackmail
ML from New York City had just ended an eight-year long-distance relationship when she registered an account on Tinder. Trying to forget...
Global Anti-Scam Org
Jan 27, 20227 min read

I lost over $50,000 from a DApp phishing scam in Coinbase Wallet
I believe Coinbase Wallet users can easily get phished to give a DApp to take control and grant spending permission to an external entity.
Global Anti-Scam Org
Jan 20, 20224 min read

When the innovative blockchain technology is real, but everything else is fake
Oleanders, from Spain, explains how his meeting a girl on Tinder piqued his interest in the use of a blockchain platform for COVID-19 vac...
Global Anti-Scam Org
Dec 5, 20214 min read

College student embezzled 1.85 million yuan of public funds and was defrauded in Pig Butchering Scam
[Reporters Fang Zhixian, Xu Lijuan / Kaohsiung Report] Kaohsiung Wenzao University of Foreign Languages Bilianhui officials suspected...
Global Anti-Scam Org
Dec 3, 20213 min read


Befriending a Human-Trafficked Scammer in Myanmar
A Series of Unfortunate Events Leading to a Series of Fortunate Events Hopelessly Optimistic, 24, a recent college graduate from Canada,...
Global Anti-Scam Org
Dec 1, 20217 min read

Scammers wherever you go, wherever you're from
Southeast Asian online investment fraud companies have gone global: they are no longer limited to targeting Chinese citizens living in...
Global Anti-Scam Org
Oct 30, 20216 min read

Hindsight is 270K
Watercress, a 32-year-old healthcare worker from Oklahoma City was only casually dating online when she started to slowly develop...
Global Anti-Scam Org
Oct 30, 20218 min read


Flying Too Close to the Sunton
S is a 5-year veteran cryptocurrency investor in Spain, having studied the cryptocurrency market carefully and invested almost his entire...
Global Anti-Scam Org
Oct 25, 20214 min read

22-year-old commits suicide after discovering that he fell for an online investment scam
MALAYSIA Klang - Huang Weifa, a 22 year old iron factory manager, was caught up in an online investment scam. He was lured to borrow...
Global Anti-Scam Org
Oct 24, 20214 min read


The Violation of Innocence
What is trust and what must one do to earn it? At what point does trusting a stranger turn into romance or friendship? To what degree...
Global Anti-Scam Org
Sep 30, 20219 min read


Scammed by one; “saved” by two
First Sunrise, 40, a legal professional, is a food enthusiast who uses Instagram to share photos of food that inspired her. In late July,...
Global Anti-Scam Org
Sep 29, 202111 min read


From Instagram DMs to Losing USD$280,000 in Five Months
Amber, 29, NY, Tech Professional, has been making friends online since she was 12, some of whom she never met in real life. Her comfort...
Global Anti-Scam Org
Sep 24, 202110 min read


My Black Swan
I used to think of myself as fairly intelligent and world-wise enough. A 'hard' science graduate student, almost 30, I've read and...
Global Anti-Scam Org
Sep 15, 20216 min read
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