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
fuente de datos
bitcoinabuse
Sitio URL
Fecha
15 julio 2020 miércoles. 23:13:38 UTC
Tipo
other
Estafador / abusador
random person, hacked people
País
United States
Descripción
literally just twitter hacks. got 100k usd from it. Mainly hacked high-profile people, such as Jeff Bezos, Bill Gates, etc.
fuente de datos
bitcoinabuse
Sitio URL
Fecha
15 julio 2020 miércoles. 22:55:03 UTC
Tipo
darknet market
Estafador / abusador
China
País
United States
Descripción
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.
fuente de datos
bitcoinabuse
Sitio URL
Fecha
15 julio 2020 miércoles. 22:36:08 UTC
Tipo
blackmail scam
Estafador / abusador
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País
Egypt
Descripción
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.
fuente de datos
bitcoinabuse
Sitio URL
Fecha
15 julio 2020 miércoles. 22:27:39 UTC
Tipo
other
Estafador / abusador
Unknown (Hacked Twitter Account[s])
País
United States
Descripción
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
fuente de datos
bitcoinabuse
Sitio URL
Fecha
15 julio 2020 miércoles. 22:27:07 UTC
Tipo
blackmail scam
Estafador / abusador
Twitter scam
País
Portugal
Descripción
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fuente de datos
bitcoinabuse
Sitio URL
Fecha
15 julio 2020 miércoles. 22:15:35 UTC
Tipo
blackmail scam
Estafador / abusador
Twitter
País
United States
Descripción
Twitter scam
fuente de datos
bitcoinabuse
Sitio URL
Fecha
15 julio 2020 miércoles. 22:00:59 UTC
Tipo
other
Estafador / abusador
unknown
País
United States
Descripción
this account is on several well known people’s hacked twitter accounts.
fuente de datos
bitcoinabuse
Sitio URL
Fecha
15 julio 2020 miércoles. 21:56:37 UTC
Tipo
other
Estafador / abusador
Twitter scam
País
Germany
Descripción
bc1qxy2kgdygjrsqtzq2n0yrf2493p83kkfjhx0wlh
fuente de datos
bitcoinabuse
Sitio URL
Fecha
15 julio 2020 miércoles. 21:53:33 UTC
Tipo
darknet market
Estafador / abusador
Unknown
País
United States
Descripción
Elon Musk and Bill Gates’s Twitter hack!
fuente de datos
bitcoinabuse
Sitio URL
Fecha
15 julio 2020 miércoles. 21:50:29 UTC
Tipo
other
Estafador / abusador
numerous twitter accounts
País
United States
Descripción
numerous accounts that have been hacked on twitter are promoting this address.
fuente de datos
bitcoinabuse
Sitio URL
Fecha
15 julio 2020 miércoles. 21:47:15 UTC
Tipo
other
Estafador / abusador
various twitter accounts
País
United States
Descripción
see https://cointelegraph.com/news/apparent-coordinated-twitter-attack-targets-binance-cz-gemini-and-more for more
fuente de datos
bitcoinabuse
Sitio URL
Fecha
15 julio 2020 miércoles. 21:45:03 UTC
Tipo
other
Estafador / abusador
Twitteraccounts @elonmusk, @BillGates
País
Germany
Descripción
Multiple well known Twitter accounts (@elonmusk, @BillGates, ...) were hacked and posted this BTC Address, stating to double the amount that is paid to them.
fuente de datos
bitcoinabuse
Sitio URL
Fecha
15 julio 2020 miércoles. 21:43:44 UTC
Tipo
blackmail scam
Estafador / abusador
Twitter
País
United States
Descripción
Fake, all over twitter posing to be these ppl and if you send $1k you will get double the money. Scam
fuente de datos
bitcoinabuse
Sitio URL
Fecha
15 julio 2020 miércoles. 21:41:13 UTC
Tipo
other
Estafador / abusador
Elon Musk
País
Albania
Descripción
That looked like a legit message from Elon Musk, I lost around $1.1k it seems..
fuente de datos
bitcoinabuse
Sitio URL
Fecha
15 julio 2020 miércoles. 21:37:07 UTC
Tipo
other
Estafador / abusador
unidentified.
País
United Kingdom
Descripción
saying they will pay back double what you send them.
fuente de datos
bitcoinabuse
Sitio URL
Fecha
15 julio 2020 miércoles. 21:27:56 UTC
Tipo
other
Estafador / abusador
Twitter scam.
País
United Kingdom
Descripción
Multiple Twitter accounts have been targeted regarding sending BTC to the above address. Please delete this user as soon as possible.
fuente de datos
bitcoinabuse
Sitio URL
Fecha
15 julio 2020 miércoles. 21:23:57 UTC
Tipo
other
Estafador / abusador
Elon musk
País
Saudi Arabia
Descripción
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
fuente de datos
bitcoinabuse
Sitio URL
Fecha
15 julio 2020 miércoles. 21:23:18 UTC
Tipo
ransomware
Estafador / abusador
Crypto Theft
País
United States
Descripción
Asking you to send money for more money
fuente de datos
bitcoinabuse
Sitio URL
Fecha
15 julio 2020 miércoles. 21:21:03 UTC
Tipo
other
Estafador / abusador
unknown
País
United States
Descripción
Please don't fall for this scam. Anyone who thinks Elon Musk, Apple, etc will give them free money is worse than a fool.
