Crypto Scammers Exploit: Elon Musk Speaks on Cryptocurrency
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STIX ID: report--5276aa4b-9b65-55d1-996a-47ab9a0b31aa
Feed Name: McAfee Labs Blog
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McAfee discovered a coordinated crypto scam using modified YouTube livestreams (reusing ‘The B Word’ video) that framed the stream with adverts for sites promising to double cryptocurrency sent by victims. The report lists multiple malicious domains and associated Bitcoin/Ethereum wallet addresses with observed balances (initially ~$280K, later updated to over $1.3M across sites), shows the scam's fake recent-transaction UI, and notes McAfee WebAdvisor blocks the identified URLs.
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