There’s been a huge influx of spam bots that are promoting fake cryptocurrency giveaways
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The hacked account has retweeted several tweets related to Garlinghouse in an attempt to give it a veneer of legitimacy. However, it takes several seconds to scroll through the tweets and verify and Ripple doesn’t have anything to do with the account . Fraudsters are currently spamming comments about an XRP airdrop, targeting members of the cryptocurrency community with a significant following. The account’s bio also features a link to the scammers’ website. Cryptocurrency scams keep spreading like wildfire on Twitter in spite of the social media giant’s persistent efforts to contain them. , the official Twitter account of the Venezuelan subsidiary of accounting behemoth of PricewaterhouseCoopers was hacked to promote a similar XRP sham.
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