By Oliver Devon
Update: In the last 24 hours (since publication) McAfee has identified 15 more scam sites, bringing the total to 26. The combined value of the wallets shared on these sites is over $ 1,300,000, an increase of approximately $ 1,000,000 since this blog. Last published. It highlights the scale of this current scandalous propaganda. The table in this blog has been updated to include new sites and crypto-wallets.
McAfee has identified several YouTube channels that are live-streaming a modified version of a live stream called The Be Word, where Elon Musk, Kathy Wood and Jack Dorsey discuss various aspects of cryptocurrency.
Modified live streams shorten the original video and place a frame around it to advertise malicious sites that claim to double the amount of cryptocurrency you send them. Since the content of the video is in cryptocurrency, it adds some legitimacy to the advertised websites.
The original video is shown at the bottom left, and a modified video with a reference to a scam site is shown at the right.
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Here are some more examples of scam sites we discovered:
Sites try to trick visitors into believing that others are sending cryptocurrencies by showing them a table with recent transactions. This Is fake and Generated by JavaScript Which Creates Random Crypto Wallet and quantity And then add this to the table.
Wallet associated with malicious sites Got it A big one Numbers Of Dealing with its combined value 28As 0,000 5 5th PM UTCM Of May 2022
Scam site | Crypto type | Wallet | According to the standard 5PM UTC 5th May 2022 |
22 Arc-investment[.]org | ETH | 0x820a78D8e0518fcE090A9D16297924dB7941FD4f | 25,726.46 |
22 Arc-investment[.]org | BTC | 1Q3r1TzwCwQbd1dZzVM9mdFKPALFNmt2WE | 29,63.6 |
2xEther[.]com | ETH | 0x5081d1eC9a1624711061C75dB9438f207823E694 | 2,748.50 |
2x-musk[.]Net | ETH | 0x18E860308309f2Ab23b5ab861087cBd0b65d250A | $ 10,409.13 |
2x-musk[.]Net | BTC | 17XfgcHCfpyYMFdtAWYX2QcksA77GnbHN9 | 4,779.47 |
arkinvest22[.]Net | ETH | 0x2605dF183743587594A3DBC5D99F12BB4F19ac74 | 11,810.57 |
arkinvest22[.]Net | BTC | 1GLRZZHK2fRrywVUEF83UkqafNV3GnBLha | 5,976.80 |
doublecrypto22[.]com | ETH | 0x12357A8e2e6B36dd6D98A2aed874D39c960eC174 | 00 0.00 |
doublecrypto22[.]com | BTC | 1NKajgogVrRYQjJEQY2BcvZmGn4bXyEqdY | 00 0.00 |
elven[.]com | ETH | 0xAC9275b867DAb0650432429c73509A9d156922Dd | 00 0.00 |
elven[.]com | BTC | 1DU2H3dWXbUA9mKWuZjbqqHuGfed7JyqXu | 00 0.00 |
elontoday[.]org | ETH | 0xBD73d147970BcbccdDe3Dd9340827b679e70d9d4 | 18,442.96 |
elontoday[.]org | BTC | bc1qas66cgckep3lrkdrav7gy8xvn7cg4fh4d7gmw5 | 00 0.00 |
Teslabtc22[.]com | ETH | 0x9B857C44C500eAf7fAfE9ed1af31523d84CB5bB0 | 27,386.69 |
Teslabtc22[.]com | BTC | 18wJeJiu4MxDT2Ts8XJS665vsstiSv6CNK | $ 17,609.62 |
Tesla-Eth[.]org | ETH | 0x436F1f89c00f546bFEf42F8C8d964f1206140c64 | 5,841.84 |
Tesla-Eth[.]org | BTC | 1CHRtrHVB74y8Za39X16qxPGZQ12JHG6TW | $ 132.22 |
Teslaswell[.]com | ETH | 0x7007Fa3e7dB99686D337C87982a07Baf165a3C1D | $ 9.43 |
Teslaswell[.]com | BTC | bc1qdjma5kjqlf7l6fcug097s9mgukelmtdf6nm20v | 00 0.00 |
Give it to Twitter[.]Net | ETH | 0xB8e257C18BbEC93A596438171e7E1E77d18671E5 | 25,918.90 |
Give it to Twitter[.]Net | BTC | 1EX3dG9GUNVxoz6yiPqqoYMQw6SwQUpa4T | 99,123.42 |
Scammers have been using social media sites like Twitter and YouTube for the past few years to try to trick users into differentiating themselves with their cryptocurrency. McAfee urges its customers to be vigilant and if something seems too good to be true, it’s probably not legitimate.
Our customers are protected against detailed malicious sites on this blog because they have been blocked by McAfee Web Advisor
Type | The value | Products | Blocked |
URL – Crypto scam | Give it to Twitter[.]Net | McAfee Web Advisor | Yes |
URL – Crypto scam | Tesla-Eth[.]org | McAfee Web Advisor | Yes |
URL – Crypto scam | 22 Arc-investment[.]org | McAfee Web Advisor | Yes |
URL – Crypto scam | 2xEther[.]com | McAfee Web Advisor | Yes |
URL – Crypto scam | Teslabtc22[.]com | McAfee Web Advisor | Yes |
URL – Crypto scam | elontoday[.]org | McAfee Web Advisor | Yes |
URL – Crypto scam | elven[.]com | McAfee Web Advisor | Yes |
URL – Crypto scam | Teslaswell[.]com | McAfee Web Advisor | Yes |
URL – Crypto scam | 2x-musk[.]Net | McAfee Web Advisor | Yes |
URL – Crypto scam | doublecrypto22[.]com | McAfee Web Advisor | Yes |
URL – Crypto scam | arkinvest22[.]Net | McAfee Web Advisor | Yes |
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