We need a new classification for this type of abuse. Major celebrity accounts were compromised to spread this address in a money doubling scheme. It's now in mainstream news and will no doubt sully Bitcoin's reputation unnecessarily.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/15/hackers-appear-to-target-twitter-accounts-of-elon-musk-bill-gates-others-in-digital-currency-scam.html?fbclid=IwAR0ME-D_RtzIoeopOveONiIg_mwnmH1U7GGocendAvv6dmDjv9Ynog-K6okhttps://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/15/hackers-appear-to-target-twitter-accounts-of-elon-musk-bill-gates-others-in-digital-currency-scam.html?fbclid=IwAR0ME-D_RtzIoeopOveONiIg_mwnmH1U7GGocendAvv6dmDjv9Ynog-K6ok
source
bitcoinabuse
Site url
date
15 July 2020 Wednesday. 23:13:38 UTC
type
other
scammer/abuser
random person, hacked people
country
United States
description
literally just twitter hacks. got 100k usd from it. Mainly hacked high-profile people, such as Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, etc.
source
bitcoinabuse
Site url
date
15 July 2020 Wednesday. 22:55:03 UTC
type
darknet market
scammer/abuser
China
country
United States
description
All this sextortion bitcoin spam scams emails are all scams from China using servers in Russia, India, Brazil and North Korea. Report all your scam bitcoin B.S. to spamcop.net, its free and they will help networks close their network vulnerabilities.
source
bitcoinabuse
Site url
date
15 July 2020 Wednesday. 22:36:08 UTC
type
blackmail scam
scammer/abuser
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country
Egypt
description
These people are hacking people's accounts and posting scams to pay them 1k and they would double it(which is a complete scam) they have used a lot of peoples account such as xxxtentaction & mrbeast & elon musk & more, they have earned more than 4 MILLION dollars from this scam.
source
bitcoinabuse
Site url
date
15 July 2020 Wednesday. 22:27:39 UTC
type
other
scammer/abuser
Unknown (Hacked Twitter Account[s])
country
United States
description
From what I understand, the bitcoins are being distributed to another bitcoin account or its being cashed out by the minute. They are involved in the BIGGEST internet heist in history so far. Almost $10M has been stolen by these hackers
source
bitcoinabuse
Site url
date
15 July 2020 Wednesday. 22:27:07 UTC
type
blackmail scam
scammer/abuser
Twitter scam
country
Portugal
description
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source
bitcoinabuse
Site url
date
15 July 2020 Wednesday. 22:15:35 UTC
type
blackmail scam
scammer/abuser
Twitter
country
United States
description
Twitter scam
source
bitcoinabuse
Site url
date
15 July 2020 Wednesday. 22:00:59 UTC
type
other
scammer/abuser
unknown
country
United States
description
this account is on several well known people’s hacked twitter accounts.
source
bitcoinabuse
Site url
date
15 July 2020 Wednesday. 21:56:37 UTC
type
other
scammer/abuser
Twitter scam
country
Germany
description
bc1qxy2kgdygjrsqtzq2n0yrf2493p83kkfjhx0wlh
source
bitcoinabuse
Site url
date
15 July 2020 Wednesday. 21:53:33 UTC
type
darknet market
scammer/abuser
Unknown
country
United States
description
Elon Musk and Bill Gates’s Twitter hack!
source
bitcoinabuse
Site url
date
15 July 2020 Wednesday. 21:50:29 UTC
type
other
scammer/abuser
numerous twitter accounts
country
United States
description
numerous accounts that have been hacked on twitter are promoting this address.
source
bitcoinabuse
Site url
date
15 July 2020 Wednesday. 21:47:15 UTC
type
other
scammer/abuser
various twitter accounts
country
United States
description
see https://cointelegraph.com/news/apparent-coordinated-twitter-attack-targets-binance-cz-gemini-and-more for more
source
bitcoinabuse
Site url
date
15 July 2020 Wednesday. 21:45:03 UTC
type
other
scammer/abuser
Twitteraccounts @elonmusk, @BillGates
country
Germany
description
Multiple well known Twitter accounts (@elonmusk, @BillGates, ...) were hacked and posted this BTC Address, stating to double the amount that is paid to them.
source
bitcoinabuse
Site url
date
15 July 2020 Wednesday. 21:43:44 UTC
type
blackmail scam
scammer/abuser
Twitter
country
United States
description
Fake, all over twitter posing to be these ppl and if you send $1k you will get double the money. Scam
source
bitcoinabuse
Site url
date
15 July 2020 Wednesday. 21:41:13 UTC
type
other
scammer/abuser
Elon Musk
country
Albania
description
That looked like a legit message from Elon Musk, I lost around $1.1k it seems..
source
bitcoinabuse
Site url
date
15 July 2020 Wednesday. 21:37:07 UTC
type
other
scammer/abuser
unidentified.
country
United Kingdom
description
saying they will pay back double what you send them.
source
bitcoinabuse
Site url
date
15 July 2020 Wednesday. 21:27:56 UTC
type
other
scammer/abuser
Twitter scam.
country
United Kingdom
description
Multiple Twitter accounts have been targeted regarding sending BTC to the above address. Please delete this user as soon as possible.
source
bitcoinabuse
Site url
date
15 July 2020 Wednesday. 21:23:57 UTC
type
other
scammer/abuser
Elon musk
country
Saudi Arabia
description
It was posted by Elon musk verified twitter account as a relief for the pandemic and I felt for it transferring all my wallet around 3K USD to it and apparently it was a fraud account
source
bitcoinabuse
Site url
date
15 July 2020 Wednesday. 21:23:18 UTC
type
ransomware
scammer/abuser
Crypto Theft
country
United States
description
Asking you to send money for more money
source
bitcoinabuse
Site url
date
15 July 2020 Wednesday. 21:21:03 UTC
type
other
scammer/abuser
unknown
country
United States
description
Please don't fall for this scam. Anyone who thinks Elon Musk, Apple, etc will give them free money is worse than a fool.
