Aussies Alerted to Surge in Crypto Exchange Scams
Authorities have hit send on a text and email blitz to warn Australian cryptocurrency customers about scammers impersonating a high-profile exchange.
The National Anti-Scam Centre (NASC), in partnership with the AFP-led Joint Policing Cybercrime Coordination Centre (JPC3), has today (20 March, 2025) reached out to more than 130 potential victims alerting them to the impersonation scam targeting the Binance cryptocurrency exchange.
They were identified through messages found on an end-to-end encryption platform.
In scams similar to what is seen in traditional finance, targets were allegedly contacted via SMS and encrypted messaging platforms by someone claiming to be a Binance representative who said their cryptocurrency…
