On Wednesday afternoon, a dozen or so major Twitter accounts were compromised in an organized Bitcoin scam that scammed unsuspecting people out of tens of thousands of dollars in Bitcoin. The event began at around 4PM Eastern time and lasted for about two hours, during which compromised accounts with millions of followers Tweeted various “feeling generous” scam posts. This is when followers are encouraged to submit an amount of money to a specified user with promise they would receive double the amount back. Spoiler alert, nobody gets money back. Messages like the above were sent from the...
Source: https://www.gsmarena.com/major_twitter_scam_used_highprofile_twitter_accounts_to_scam_people_for_bitcoin-news-44290.php
