2 entries tagged “impersonation”.
An X (Twitter) account described in a public post as an impersonator tied to a malware-focused social-engineering operation. Per the post, the account displayed (then removed) a well-known VC firm's tag in its bio, and a target was sent a malware-laden 'WeChat' installer plus an install command hosted on a now-scrubbed domain.
A DeFi platform that falsely claimed backing by Morgan Stanley and used a paid actor as a fictitious 'CEO' while promising 1% daily returns. In May 2023 it exit-scammed roughly $31.6M, with on-chain investigator ZachXBT tracing funds bridged to Tron and Ethereum.