Warning! Peter Schiff’s Twitter Account Hacked, Leads To Phishing Site
The Twitter account of Peter Schiff has been taken over, and it is said to be linked to a phishing website.
Peter Schiff’s Twitter account was hacked. He has been a supporter of gold for a long time, and he may be the most famous person who criticizes Bitcoin all the time.
⚠️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 says that Peter Schiff’s Twitter account has been hacked and taken over. The bad guy has already sent out a tweet that goes to a phishing site. It’s best not to click on the link or do anything else with it.
In fact, Schiff’s tweet has a number of tweets on it right now, and all users are strongly warned not to interact with them. Blockfence has confirmed that the transfers from that link would cause a wallet drain.
The protection company gives more information about 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.”
