Vertcoin’s Twitter Account Hacked, Promised Fake Bitcoin Giveaway

Cointelegraph

Published May 01, 2018 10:50PM ET

Updated May 02, 2018 12:02AM ET

Vertcoin’s Twitter Account Hacked, Promised Fake Bitcoin Giveaway

The official Twitter account of Vertcoin, a peer-to-peer digital currency and software project, was compromised earlier today in an attempt to carry out a Bitcoin (BTC) scam.

On May 1, the Vertcoin Twitter account posted an announcement of a cryptocurrency giveaway in celebration of Vertcoin’s success. The tweet promised to transfer 10 BTC to the winner, which would be announced on May 3. To enter the giveaway, the fraudsters asked users to send 0.005 BTC to an address they cited in the post:

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