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Long-term gold proponent and arguably the most popular full-time Bitcoin basher – Peter Schiff – has had his Twitter account comrpomised. According to Blockfence, Peter Schiff’s Twitter account has been compromised and hijacked. The perpetrator already published a tweet that leads to a phishing website. It’s advised not to click or interact with the link. ⚠️Warning⚠️@PeterSchiff‘s twitter got compromised. Scammers are using it to promote a fake $GOLD presale. However, note that a presale smart contract is likely not an EOA (Externally Owned Account) as been detected by Blockfence. Confirming this tx would lead to a wallet drain! pic.twitter.com/Nvzc3xuWFj — Blockfence (@blockfence_io) June 3, 2023 In fact, there are multiple tweets currently present on Schiff’s tweet,
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Long-term gold proponent and arguably the most popular full-time Bitcoin basher – Peter Schiff – has had his Twitter account comrpomised.
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- According to Blockfence, Peter Schiff’s Twitter account has been compromised and hijacked.
- The perpetrator already published a tweet that leads to a phishing website. It’s advised not to click or interact with the link.
⚠️Warning⚠️@PeterSchiff‘s twitter got compromised. Scammers are using it to promote a fake $GOLD presale. However, note that a presale smart contract is likely not an EOA (Externally Owned Account) as been detected by Blockfence. Confirming this tx would lead to a wallet drain! pic.twitter.com/Nvzc3xuWFj
— Blockfence (@blockfence_io) June 3, 2023
- In fact, there are multiple tweets currently present on Schiff’s tweet, and all users are highly advised not to interact with them.
- Blockfence has confirmed that the transactions from that link would lead to a wallet drain.
- The security firm explains the details of the attack:
Scammers are using it to promote a fake gold presale. However, note that the presale smart contract is likely not an EOA (externally Owned Account) as been detected by Blockfence. Confirming this tx would lead to a wallet drain.