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  2. 2020 Twitter account hijacking - Wikipedia

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    On July 15, 2020, between 20:00 and 22:00 UTC, 130 high-profile Twitter accounts were reportedly compromised by outside parties to promote a bitcoin scam. [1] [2] Twitter and other media sources confirmed that the perpetrators had gained access to Twitter's administrative tools so that they could alter the accounts themselves and post the tweets directly.

  3. Johnny Depp Warns Fans Of Disturbing Celebrity Internet Scam

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    To avoid any confusion, Depp then listed all the legitimate social media accounts that he is connected to, and reminded his fans that he is not on X (formerly Twitter), Snapchat or Discord.

  4. 25 Celebs Who Fell Victim to Scammers - AOL

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    Sidney Poitier. In the late 1980s, a scam artist named Charles Agee Atkins scammed several celebrities into joining a fake tax shelter. This scheme generated phony losses totaling more than $1.3 ...

  5. Usher claims he was hacked after all his X posts suddenly ...

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    Meanwhile, the singer P!nk deleted virtually all her posts on X, formerly known as Twitter, except for two reposts of other users' tweets, one in 2017 and the other in 2016. She hasn't been ...

  6. Twitter verification - Wikipedia

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    Twitter verification is a system intended to communicate the authenticity of a Twitter account. [1] Since November 2022, Twitter users whose accounts are at least 90 days old and have a verified phone number receive verification upon subscribing to X Premium or Verified Organizations; this status persists as long as the subscription remains active.

  7. Identify legitimate AOL websites, requests, and communications

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    • Phishing - an attempt by scammers to pose as a legitimate company or individual to steal someone's personal information, usernames, passwords, or other account information. • Fake email addresses - Malicious actors sometimes send from email addresses made to look like an official email address but in fact is missing a letter(s ...

  8. Social spam - Wikipedia

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    As email spam filters became more effective, catching over 95% of these messages, spammers have moved to a new target – the social web. [3] Over 90% of social network users have experienced social spam in some form. [4] Those doing the “spamming” can be automated spambots/social bots, fake accounts, or real people. [5]

  9. Jenna Ortega says she deleted Twitter after being sent ...

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    Jenna Ortega has said she shut down her X (then Twitter) account after she got an "influx" of explicit images on the platform. Ortega, 21, made the comments during a recent conversation on The New ...