Lead · Scam Detection
No legitimate support will ever ask for your recovery phrase under any circumstances -- that request itself is the single most direct signal of a scammer, no matter how credible or urgent it sounds.
Chloe Brennan
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August 03, 2026
In December 2025, the Brooklyn District Attorney's Office formally indicted 23-year-old Brooklyn resident Ronald Spektor, alleging he orchestrated a sophisticated cryptocurrency scam that defrauded victims of nearly $16 million. Spektor and his co-conspirators impersonated Coinbase customer service representatives, contacting users whose personal information they'd obtained through a bribery...