A phishing scam targeting large accounts on social media has emerged, involving direct messages that promise substantial payouts for promoting fake cryptocurrencies. Reports indicate that individuals are being offered up to $2 million to falsely claim their accounts were hacked. Notably, rapper Kanye West shared a text message revealing a $2 million offer to promote a questionable coin. Users have also reported receiving messages from impersonators posing as journalists from reputable publications, such as CNN and TechCrunch, requesting interviews and sending links that ask for excessive permissions. This trend highlights the ongoing risks associated with online scams, particularly in the cryptocurrency space.
Alerting everyone to an X Phishing scam. I got two DMs, one posing to be a journalist from @CNN and another from @TechCrunch. Both of them sent me requests for interviews. While getting interview requests is common, they sent a special "calendly" link asking for overly-permissive… https://t.co/VPaiRwHB5M
"I was proposed 2 million dollars to scam my community" It was easy to guess this was happening with celebrities, but it's interesting to see it posted publicly. https://t.co/Pj8kTAe7Xn
Ye posts text message showing he was offered $2 Million to say his account was hacked and to promote a shit coin. Follow: @AFpost https://t.co/KLzuYJ8QfW