Blast Airdrop Muddled by Scams From Verified Gold-Check Twitter Users - Decrypt
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Blast Airdrop Muddled by Scams From Verified Gold-Check Twitter Users
A minefield of malicious links befell Twitter, as scammers appeared to leverage tools meant for verified organizations amid Blast's airdrop. n anticipation of Blast’s airdrop Wednesday, a minefield of malicious links cropped up on
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- Scammers took advantage of Blast's airdrop on Twitter, using tools meant for verified organizations.
- A suspicious link made its way into Blast's official Discord server before being removed by a moderator.
- Users of the Ethereum layer-2 scaling network were set to receive 17 billion BLAST tokens in the airdrop.
- Fraudulent posts claimed that Blast's airdrop had started earlier than expected, leading users to fake websites.
- Several accounts emulated Blast on Twitter, using gold checkmarks to appear legitimate.
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- Blast Airdrop Muddled by Scams From Verified Gold-Check Twitter Users A minefield of malicious links befell Twitter, as scammers appeared to leverage tools meant for verified organizations amid Blast's airdrop.
- n anticipation of Blast’s airdrop Wednesday, a minefield of malicious links cropped up on Twitter as scammers appeared to leverage tools meant for verified organizations. One suspicious link eventually made its way into Blast's official Discord server too, before a potentially wallet-draining link was swatted down by a community moderator. Users ...
- Myriad fraudulent posts, however, claimed that Blast’s airdrop had started much sooner than anticipated. Bearing the same profile picture and what appeared to be the same display name as Blast’s legitimate Twitter (aka X) account, several accounts beckoned users to visit fake websites hastily, while bearing “Gold checkmarks” that were introduced un...
- “THE MOMENT YOU ALL HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR,” a now-deleted account called studio_tribu wrote, which is unaffiliated. “The $BLAST Allocation Checker is now LIVE!” Scammy links on Crypto Twitter are nothing new, but Wednesday's flood of fake posts underscores the platform’s ongoing challenges in thwarting bad actors. At least a dozen accounts emulate...
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