Timeline of a twitter scam

In the space of a couple of minutes

Dave Appleton

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I caught this a few seconds after it was posted…. and watched the tweet morphing from moment to moment…..

Nothing familiar about the message…. wonder who is posting this

Now we have a familiar face — but what a name….

Ah — ok it’s Amber. But hang on — that’s nothing like her account…

That’s (Almost) better…. shame about the 19….

And of course the payload, as always is a giveaway scam like the one below

Followed by a few fake accounts claiming that “It really works!”

PLEASE REPORT ALL SCAMS THAT YOU COME ACROSS.

REPORT THE TWEET AS ABUSING / TARGETED HARASSMENT

REPORT THE ACCOUNT AS IMPERSONATING SOMEBODY ELSE.

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Dave Appleton
Dave Appleton

Written by Dave Appleton

HelloGold's blockchain lead and Senior Advisor at Akomba Labs; a technology anachronism who codes, teaches, mentors and consumes far too much caffeine.

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