Fake Elon Musk crypto giveaway scams flood TikTok
Bad actors are now turning to the video-sharing platform to scam people by pretending to be crypto giveaway s from celebrities. TikTok is being flooded with fake posts pretending to be crypto giveaways from Elon Musk hourly, BleepingComputer first revealed. According to the report, malicious videos contain a deep fake interview with Elon Musk for Fox News, promoting a fake crypto giveaway. The report notes the majority of scam videos use similar website domains such as bitoxies[.]com, moonexio[.]com, altgetxio[.]com, cratopex[.]com. Despite the various domains, most of them utilize the same scam template, pretending to be an investment platform, BleepingComputer says. Elon Musk and crypto giveaway scams on TikTok | Source: BleepingComputer To participate in the giveaway , scammers are luring users to register on the website and enter a promo code shared on TikTok. The website pretends to deposit Bitcoin (BTC) into the user’s wallet by entering the code. You migh...