Cryptocurrency scam using the Oviedo Opera's Twitter account
The researcher Henk van Ess has denounced on Twitter the impersonation suffered by the official account of the Oviedo Opera, in which they tried to take advantage of the name of Elon Musk and the official profile of the Oviedo Opera to try to defraud users and obtain assets in cryptocurrencies.
The fraud was detected when fraudulent tweets began to be posted on Elon Musk's real threads that included a link to a page for a supposed event in which, if a certain amount of cryptocurrencies were sent, double that amount would be returned. While this impersonation was active, movements worth $6,800 in BTC and $34,169 in ETH were recorded.
Eventually, the fraudulent websites were dismantled and the Oviedo Opera regained control of its Twitter account.
References:
- 17/10/2022 twitter.com The verified Twitter account of the opera in Oviedo, https://operaoviedo.com is used as bait for people to think that @elonmusk is promoting a bitcoin scheme
- 17/10/2022 lavozdeasturias.es Hackean la cuenta en Twitter de la Ópera de Oviedo con el nombre de Elon Musk para una estafa de criptomonedas
- 18/10/2022 es.investing.com Hackean cuenta en Twitter de la Ópera de Oviedo para estafar con criptomonedas
- 18/10/2022 ondacero.es Mesa de redacción: El extraño timo de la ópera de Oviedo y Elon Musk
- 19/10/2022 20minutos.es Cómo hackearon la cuenta de Twitter de la Ópera de Oviedo para hacerse pasar por Elon Musk y pedir pagos en criptomonedas
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