Crypto scammers ໄດ້ເຂົ້າເຖິງຕະຫຼາດສີດໍາ "ລາຄາຖືກແລະງ່າຍ" ຂອງບຸກຄົນທີ່ເຕັມໃຈທີ່ຈະໃສ່ຊື່ແລະໃບຫນ້າຂອງເຂົາເຈົ້າກ່ຽວກັບໂຄງການການສໍ້ໂກງ - ທັງຫມົດສໍາລັບລາຄາຕ່ໍາ $ 8.00, ບໍລິສັດຄວາມປອດໄພ blockchain CertiK ໄດ້ເປີດເຜີຍ.
ບຸກຄົນເຫຼົ່ານີ້, ອະທິບາຍໂດຍ CertiK ເປັນ "ນັກສະແດງ KYC ມືອາຊີບ," ຈະ, ໃນບາງກໍລະນີ, ສະຫມັກໃຈກາຍເປັນໃບຫນ້າທີ່ຖືກຢືນຢັນຂອງໂຄງການ crypto, ໄດ້ຮັບຄວາມໄວ້ວາງໃຈໃນຊຸມຊົນ crypto ກ່ອນທີ່ຈະ "ການ hack ພາຍໃນຫຼືອອກຈາກການຫລອກລວງ."
Other uses of these Know Your Customers (KYC) actors include using their identities to open up bank or exchange accounts on behalf of the bad actors.
ອີງຕາມ to a Nov. 17 blog post, CertiK analysts were able to find over 20 underground marketplaces hosted on Telegram, Discord, mobile apps and gig websites to recruit KYC actors for as low as $8.00 for simple “gigs” like passing the KYC requirements “to open a bank or exchange account from a developing country.”
Pricier jobs involve the KYC actor putting their face and name on a fraudulent project. CertiK noted that most actors are seemingly exploited as they are based in developing countries “with an above-average concentration in South-East Asia” and paid around $20 or $30 per role.
Meanwhile, more complex requirements or verification processes could fetch an even higher asking price, particularly if the KYC actors are residents of countries considered a low money laundering risk.
Some roles paid up to $500 a week if an actor was to play the role of CEO for a malicious project but the KYC actor market was “marginal” compared to the market for already KYCed bank and crypto exchange accounts, according to CertiK.
Crypto to fiat — or vice-versa — conversions were also cited as a significant percentage of the transactions seen on these marketplaces with CertiK calculating that more than 500,000 members in marketplace sizes ranging from 4,000 to 300,000 were buyers and sellers on these black markets.
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CertiK warned that over 40 websites claiming to vet crypto projects and offer “KYC badges” are “worthless,” as the services are “too superficial to detect fraud or simply too amateur to detect insider threats.”
They added the teams behind these websites are “missing the needed “investigation methodology, training, and experience,” meaning these badges are then leveraged by scammers to mislead the community and investors.
That being said, the industry has been working hard and is gaining ground in its fight against crypto scammers. A tool released in October by traditional finance giant Mastercard combines artificial intelligence and blockchain data to help find and prevent fraud.
Contrary to popular belief, the open nature of blockchain transactions means it’s harder for fraudsters to hide the movement of funds. Another recent example has been the work of French authorities using on-chain analysis to find and charge five people who stole nonfungible tokens (NFT) through a phishing scam.
Source: https://cointelegraph.com/news/crypto-scammers-are-using-black-market-identities-to-avoid-detection-certik