Scam tracker
Updated
What this is: a dated log of scams and wallet-security incidents we have checked against primary or named sources. Each row has a confidence rating and links to its sources. Get the whole log as incidents.csv.
Confidence ratings
- HIGH: an official statement (agency, company or court filing) plus at least one independent source agree.
- MED: the event is confirmed, but the amount or cause is preliminary or disputed.
- LOW: a single source. We rarely list these, and we always say so.
Log (newest first)
| Date | What | Where | Reported loss | Confidence | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-16 | Fake "Ledger firmware update" phishing pages built to steal recovery phrases | Global | n/a | HIGH | Is it a scam? |
| 2026-10-15 | FBI warns of midterm-election fraud: fake PACs, a fake "campaign investment pool," fake voter-registration texts, merchandise that never ships | US | n/a | HIGH | IC3 PSA |
| 2026-10-13 | FTC sues "sextortion help" company Digital Forensics, alleging it took thousands of dollars on false promises. Same pattern as fake crypto "recovery" services | US | n/a | HIGH (allegations) | FTC |
| 2026-10-09 to 10-15 | Ledger devices sold by reseller CryptoBilis fitted with a hidden implant that steals the recovery phrase | Southeast Asia | ~$93.2M (Bitquery est.; not confirmed by Ledger) | HIGH (event), MED (amount) | Timeline |
| 2026-10-08 | Kansas and 33 other state regulators settle with kiosk operator Coinme for $2.5M; Coinme to exit kiosks by 2027-01-01 | KS + 33 states | n/a | HIGH | KS/MO page |
| 2026-09-25 to 10-07 | Four address-poisoning losses on Ethereum | Global | $415,136 (sum) | MED (single tracker; on-chain) | How it works |
| 2026-10-01 | Fake Apple support call led to a $20,000+ crypto-ATM loss; a Liberty, Mo. clerk stopped a second one | US | $20,000+ | MED (news report) | KS/MO page |
| 2026-09-09 | Fake-warrant crypto-ATM scam in Sedgwick County; victim refunded by check under Kansas HB 2591 | Wichita, KS | not stated | HIGH | KS/MO page |
| 2026-05-20 | Missouri AG sues CoinFlip, alleging it facilitated kiosk scams | MO | up to $1.826M penalties sought | HIGH (allegations) | KS/MO page |
| 2026-05-15 | FBI publishes 2025 crypto-kiosk complaint data by state | US | $388,981,267 (2025) | HIGH | KS/MO page |
Data downloads
All our datasets, with tables, JSON, methodology and a citation, are on the data page.
- incidents.csv: this log, one row per entry, with source URLs.
- ic3-kiosk-2025-by-state.csv: FBI IC3 2025 crypto-kiosk complaints and losses for every state, with our ranks and per-complaint averages.
You can reuse this data with a link back to this page. If you find an error, tell us and we will fix it with a dated note.
Method
We list an item only after reading the primary source (an agency, the company, a court filing, or the security firm that first reported it) or two independent named outlets. Loss figures are as reported and are not converted. When a third-party estimate is the only figure, we say so. We never call a named private individual a scammer. A row appears here only when a public authority or the affected company has made the claim.
Update cadence: we update this log weekly.
Changelog
- 2026-10-19: Log started with 10 entries.