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OSINT Techniques for Investigating Crypto Scams
How to use open-source intelligence techniques to track down cryptocurrency fraudsters.
Investigating Crypto Scams with OSINT
Starting Points
- Wallet addresses
- Transaction history
- Social media profiles
Tools
- Etherscan - Blockchain explorer
- Breadcrumbs - Visual transaction analysis
- Maltego - Entity relationship mapping
Case Study
Tracking a rug pull from contract deployment to exchange cashout...