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Coinbase: Fraud or scam

Coinbase has joined a four-day operation with U.S. and UK law enforcement to disrupt West African scam networks by tracing illicit funds, supporting asset freezes and sharing intelligence. Coinbase said in an Oct. 13 post that its Global Intelligence team…

StatusUnder review
Reported lossUnavailable
ChainNot specified
Confidence55%

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Record history

First seen: 2026-10-13T19:59:15.000Z. Last updated: 2026-10-13T21:30:14.012Z. Revision: 1.