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Blockchain technology has been successfully exploited for deploying new economic applications. However, it has started arousing the interest of malicious actors who deliver scams to deceive honest users and to gain economic advantages.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-04-19 Letterio Galletta , Fabio Pinelli

The Ponzi scheme, an old-fashioned fraud, is now popular on the Ethereum blockchain, causing considerable financial losses to many crypto investors. A few Ponzi detection methods have been proposed in the literature, most of which detect a…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-07-19 Phuong Duy Huynh , Son Hoang Dau , Xiaodong Li , Phuc Luong , Emanuele Viterbo

With the widespread adoption of Ethereum, financial frauds such as Ponzi schemes have become increasingly rampant in the blockchain ecosystem, posing significant threats to the security of account assets. Existing Ethereum fraud detection…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-03-28 Junhao Wu , Yixin Yang , Chengxiang Jin , Silu Mu , Xiaolei Qian , Jiajun Zhou , Shanqing Yu , Qi Xuan

The rapid advancement of blockchain technology has precipitated the widespread adoption of Ethereum and smart contracts across a variety of sectors. However, this has also given rise to numerous fraudulent activities, with many speculators…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-02-02 Chunyi Zhang , Qinghong Wei , Xiaoqi Li

Blockchain technology supports the generation and record of transactions, and maintains the fairness and openness of the cryptocurrency system. However, many fraudsters utilize smart contracts to create fraudulent Ponzi schemes for…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-06-17 Jie Jin , Jiajun Zhou , Chengxiang Jin , Shanqing Yu , Ziwan Zheng , Qi Xuan

A smart Ponzi scheme is a new form of economic crime that uses Ethereum smart contract account and cryptocurrency to implement Ponzi scheme. The smart Ponzi scheme has harmed the interests of many investors, but researches on smart Ponzi…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-08-24 Yuzhi Liang , Weijing Wu , Kai Lei , Feiyang Wang

Ponzi schemes, a form of scam, have been discovered in Ethereum smart contracts in recent years, causing massive financial losses. Existing detection methods primarily focus on rule-based approaches and machine learning techniques that…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-06-04 Ruichao Liang , Jing Chen , Cong Wu , Kun He , Yueming Wu , Weisong Sun , Ruiying Du , Qingchuan Zhao , Yang Liu

Ponzi schemes are financial frauds which lure users under the promise of high profits. Actually, users are repaid only with the investments of new users joining the scheme: consequently, a Ponzi scheme implodes soon after users stop joining…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Massimo Bartoletti , Salvatore Carta , Tiziana Cimoli , Roberto Saia

As blockchain technology becomes more and more popular, a typical financial scam, the Ponzi scheme, has also emerged in the blockchain platform Ethereum. This Ponzi scheme deployed through smart contracts, also known as the smart Ponzi…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2024-03-01 Pengcheng Lu , Liang Cai , Keting Yin

Recently, blockchain technology has become a topic in the spotlight but also a hotbed of various cybercrimes. Among them, phishing scams on blockchain have been found making a notable amount of money, thus emerging as a serious threat to…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2021-01-01 Jiajing Wu , Qi Yuan , Dan Lin , Wei You , Weili Chen , Chuan Chen , Zibin Zheng

Ethereum has become a popular blockchain with smart contracts for investors nowadays. Due to the decentralization and anonymity of Ethereum, Ponzi schemes have been easily deployed and caused significant losses to investors. However, there…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-03-15 Xiaolin Wen , Kim Siang Yeo , Yong Wang , Ling Cheng , Feida Zhu , Min Zhu

Blockchain has widespread applications in the financial field but has also attracted increasing cybercrimes. Recently, phishing fraud has emerged as a major threat to blockchain security, calling for the development of effective regulatory…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2022-04-19 Panpan Li , Yunyi Xie , Xinyao Xu , Jiajun Zhou , Qi Xuan

Blockchain technology revolutionizes the Internet, but also poses increasing risks, particularly in cryptocurrency finance. On the Ethereum platform, Ponzi schemes, phishing scams, and a variety of other frauds emerge. Existing Ponzi scheme…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-10-03 Chengxiang Jin , Jiajun Zhou , Shengbo Gong , Chenxuan Xie , Qi Xuan

While blockchain technology triggers new industrial and technological revolutions, it also brings new challenges. Recently, a large number of new scams with a "blockchain" sock-puppet continue to emerge, such as Ponzi schemes, money…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2022-04-20 Chengxiang Jin , Jie Jin , Jiajun Zhou , Jiajing Wu , Qi Xuan

Soon after its introduction in 2009, Bitcoin has been adopted by cyber-criminals, which rely on its pseudonymity to implement virtually untraceable scams. One of the typical scams that operate on Bitcoin are the so-called Ponzi schemes.…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2018-03-05 Massimo Bartoletti , Barbara Pes , Sergio Serusi

Phishing detection on Ethereum has increasingly leveraged advanced machine learning techniques to identify fraudulent transactions. However, limited attention has been given to understanding the effectiveness of feature selection strategies…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-04-28 Ahod Alghuried , Abdulaziz Alghamdi , Ali Alkinoon , Soohyeon Choi , Manar Mohaisen , David Mohaisen

With the popularity of blockchain technology, the financial security issues of blockchain transaction networks have become increasingly serious. Phishing scam detection methods will protect possible victims and build a healthier blockchain…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-08-20 Dunjie Zhang , Jinyin Chen

While transactions with cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum are becoming more prevalent, fraud and other criminal transactions are not uncommon. Graph analysis algorithms and machine learning techniques detect suspicious transactions that…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-07-05 Hiroki Kanezashi , Toyotaro Suzumura , Xin Liu , Takahiro Hirofuchi

Phishing is a widespread scam activity on Ethereum, causing huge financial losses to victims. Most existing phishing scam detection methods abstract accounts on Ethereum as nodes and transactions as edges, then use manual statistics of…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2023-06-30 Wenjia Yu , Yijun Xia , Jieli Liu , Jiajing Wu

Ethereum is currently the second largest blockchain by market capitalization and a popular platform for cryptocurrencies. As it has grown, the high value present and the anonymity afforded by the technology have led Ethereum to become a…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Calvin Josenhans , Andrey Kuehlkamp , Jarek Nabrzyski
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