CANBERRA, ACT, March 20 -- Australian Federal Police issued the following media release:

This is a joint media release between the Australian Federal Police, National Anti-Scam Centre, and Binance Australia

Editor's note: Scam text example image available via Hightail.

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 fo...