{"id":42252,"date":"2021-05-11T13:22:39","date_gmt":"2021-05-11T10:22:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/?p=42252"},"modified":"2025-08-30T22:24:05","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T19:24:05","slug":"elon-musk-themed-cryptocurrency-scam-nets-criminals-more-than-100000","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/elon-musk-themed-cryptocurrency-scam-nets-criminals-more-than-100000\/","title":{"rendered":"Elon Musk\u2013themed cryptocurrency scam nets criminals more than $100,000"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The scammers exploited the hype surrounding Elon Musk&#8217;s appearance on Saturday Night Live (SNL) to defraud users of more than $100,000 in cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\\\"twitter-tweet\\\">\n<p lang=\\\"en\\\" dir=\\\"ltr\\\">The SNL themed campaign isn\u2019t stopped yesterday, so that \u00abat least around 20\u00bb is at least around 25, but more likely around\/over 30\u2026<br \/>Won\u2019t even check how much they made because the some 100k $ worth coins until yesterday morning was already too much.<br \/>\ud83d\ude2b<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MalwareHunterTeam (@malwrhunterteam) <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/malwrhunterteam\/status\/1392000902534422528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\\\">May 11, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async=\\\"\\\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\\\" charset=\\\"utf-8\\\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>According to MalwareHunterTeam, the scammers created more than 30 fake accounts of Tesla, SpaceX and SNL. Some of them received verification.<\/p>\n<p>Users were invited to participate in a cryptocurrency giveaway. To receive the &#8216;reward&#8217;, the attackers asked them to send a small amount of Bitcoin, Ethereum or Dogecoin to their wallets.<\/p>\n<figure class=\\\"wp-block-image size-large\\\"><img loading=\\\"lazy\\\" decoding=\\\"async\\\" width=\\\"1024\\\" height=\\\"912\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/giveaway-page-1024x912.jpg\\\" alt=\\\"\u041a\u0440\u0438\u043f\u0442\u043e\u0432\u0430\u043b\u044e\u0442\u043d\u044b\u0439 \u0441\u043a\u0430\u043c \u043e\u0442 \u0438\u043c\u0435\u043d\u0438 \u0418\u043b\u043e\u043d\u0430 \u041c\u0430\u0441\u043a\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u0438\u043d\u0435\u0441 \u043c\u043e\u0448\u0435\u043d\u043d\u0438\u043a\u0430\u043c \u0431\u043e\u043b\u0435\u0435 $100 000\\\" class=\\\"wp-image-134776\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/giveaway-page-1024x912.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/giveaway-page-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/giveaway-page-768x684.jpg 768w, https:\/\/forklog.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/giveaway-page.jpg 1302w\\\" sizes=\\\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\\\" \/><figcaption>\u0421\u0442\u0440\u0430\u043d\u0438\u0446\u0430 \u0444\u0435\u0439\u043a\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0439 \u0440\u0430\u0437\u0434\u0430\u0447\u0438 \u0431\u0438\u0442\u043a\u043e\u0438\u043d\u043e\u0432. \u0414\u0430\u043d\u043d\u044b\u0435: <a href=\\\"https:\/\/www.bleepingcomputer.com\/news\/security\/twitter-scammers-impersonate-snl-in-elon-musk-cryptocurrency-scams\/\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"noreferrer noopener\\\">Bleeping Computer<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>MalwareHunterTeam noted that this type of scam has existed for a long time, but Twitter has yet to address the problem.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2020, criminals, on behalf of Elon Musk <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/fraudsters-posing-as-elon-musk-promoted-a-twitter-cryptocurrency-scam-under-a-trump-post\">announced<\/a> a cryptocurrency giveaway under a tweet by Donald Trump.<\/p>\n<p>In July of the same year, hackers breached the Twitter accounts of the billionaire and other celebrities, posting messages about a fake distribution of 5000 BTC.<\/p>\n<p>As reported, on May 8, 2021, <a href=\"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/news\/spacex-to-launch-doge-1-satellite-to-the-moon-mission-paid-for-in-dogecoin\">Musk became the host of SNL<\/a>. At the end of the show he invited his mother on stage and joked that her gift for Mother&#8217;s Day would be Dogecoin.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe to ForkLog news on Twitter at <a href=\\\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ForkLog\\\" target=\\\"_blank\\\" rel=\\\"nofollow noopener\\\">Twitter<\/a>!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cryptocurrency scammers exploited the hype around Elon Musk&#8217;s appearance on Saturday Night Live (SNL) to defraud users of more than $100,000 in cryptocurrency.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":42253,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"select":"1","news_style_id":"1","cryptorium_level":"","_short_excerpt_text":"","creation_source":"","_metatest_mainpost_news_update":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[1154,1217],"class_list":["post-42252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news-and-analysis","tag-crimes","tag-elon-musk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"views":"84","promo_type":"1","layout_type":"1","short_excerpt":"","is_update":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=42252"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":42254,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/42252\/revisions\/42254"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=42252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=42252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forklog.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=42252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}