Topic: Have you ever heard of FAKE Elon Musk giveaways? Here is one... - page 2. (Read 466 times)
All you have to do is monitor Trump's twitter feed and you can find a new one almost daily.
There's also a (relatively known) similar one where the scammers take a popular video, in this case from Elon Musk, put it on YouTube and add information for such "giveaways". They have thousands of bots commenting the video, making it seem legit to the unsuspecting visitor.
They're really putting some effort into this, however one rarely hears from victims who fell prey to these kinds of scams.
They're really putting some effort into this, however one rarely hears from victims who fell prey to these kinds of scams.
Over the years, there have been hundreds of such fake giveaways that used the name of Elon Musk, and this was especially pronounced during 2017 when Twitter was literally on fire due to the rising price of BTC and ETH. If someone asks you to send 0.01 of something to get 0.02 of the same back, it is quite clear that it cannot be legitimate.
According to one research, this is a very profitable way of cheating people - in the last 3 months alone, scammers have gained 215 BTC in this way.
According to one research, this is a very profitable way of cheating people - in the last 3 months alone, scammers have gained 215 BTC in this way.
Quote from: https://www.welivesecurity.com/2020/06/22/scam-uses-elon-musk-name-trick-people-us2million-bitcoin/
Justin Lister, CEO of cybersecurity firm Adaptiv, who has been tracking the bitcoin addresses misusing Musk’s name over the past month, said he was able to track down 66 such addresses. Speaking to ZDNet, he said he was able to identify the addresses with the aid of BitcoinAbuse, a public database of bitcoin addresses used by scammers, hackers, and various other cybercriminals. According to Lister, the 66 addresses have received over 201 Bitcoin since their creation in April 2020.
ZDNet was able to identify an additional 67th address, which has received another 13.9 Bitcoin, bringing the total to some 215 Bitcoin. Based on today’s exchange rate, this is equivalent to US$2.03 million.
ZDNet was able to identify an additional 67th address, which has received another 13.9 Bitcoin, bringing the total to some 215 Bitcoin. Based on today’s exchange rate, this is equivalent to US$2.03 million.
What happened: FAKE GIVEAWAY
Scammers Profile ANN: not listed
Scammers Website :
Code:
https://musk4.fun/
http://web.archive.org/web/20200711091259/https://musk4.fun/
Code:
https://musk4.fun/promo/btc/
http://web.archive.org/web/20200711091407/https://musk4.fun/promo/btc/
Code:
https://musk4.fun/promo/eth/
http://web.archive.org/web/20200711091507/https://musk4.fun/promo/eth/
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Domain Name: MUSK4.FUN
Registry Domain ID: D176961179-CNIC
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.reg.ru
Registrar URL: https://www.reg.ru/
Updated Date: 2020-06-15T15:15:50.0Z
Creation Date: 2020-03-07T15:54:37.0Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2021-03-07T23:59:59.0Z
Registry Domain ID: D176961179-CNIC
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.reg.ru
Registrar URL: https://www.reg.ru/
Updated Date: 2020-06-15T15:15:50.0Z
Creation Date: 2020-03-07T15:54:37.0Z
Registry Expiry Date: 2021-03-07T23:59:59.0Z
Both fraudulent addresses have been successfully reported:
https://www.bitcoinabuse.com/reports/1LHhZGVPJiozBiZUMGJUFbeefqCbLfMAkP
https://scam-alert.io/scam/1LHhZGVPJiozBiZUMGJUFbeefqCbLfMAkP
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