Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoElon must act to stop the tide of frauds swamping Twitter - Ed Sheeran, Bear Grylls, Daniel Radcliffe and Tom Holland have all had their names exploited in scam tweets. So, ironically, has Elon Musk.www.mirror.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square30fedilinkarrow-up136arrow-down11
arrow-up135arrow-down1external-linkElon must act to stop the tide of frauds swamping Twitter - Ed Sheeran, Bear Grylls, Daniel Radcliffe and Tom Holland have all had their names exploited in scam tweets. So, ironically, has Elon Musk.www.mirror.co.ukFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square30fedilink
minus-squareBloodSlut@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoIn serious, scammers typically make it fake as shit since the people most likely to be scammed are going to overlook it anyways.
minus-squarefubo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 year agoHi Mom! I was coming home from Mike’s and some guy mugged me, and I had the rent money in my pocket! Can you Venmo me $900 real quick? My new email is best.moms.son@gμail.com. I’ll pay you back next Friday when I get paid! Love you!
In serious, scammers typically make it fake as shit since the people most likely to be scammed are going to overlook it anyways.
Hi Mom! I was coming home from Mike’s and some guy mugged me, and I had the rent money in my pocket! Can you Venmo me $900 real quick? My new email is
best.moms.son@gμail.com
. I’ll pay you back next Friday when I get paid! Love you!