Fake Erik Voorhees Twitter Account Tries to Steal Altcoins
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Fake Erik Voorhees Twitter Account Tries to Steal Altcoins

THELOGICALINDIAN - A affected Erik Voorhees Twitter annual is aggravating to betray users into bushing out a analysis to abduct their altcoins the latest blog column from the aggregation reveals Erik Voorhees CEO of the cryptocurrency barter ShapeShiftio had appear the annual to Twitter the annual is abeyant as of now

The affected annual acclimated to mirror the CEO’s Twitter account, application the aforementioned name and the image, however, there was alone a accessory distinction. The affected annual handle is @ErikVorhees (with a distinct ‘o’) while the absolute annual is @ErikVoorhees.

Users of the affected annual spammed people, allurement them to ample out a abbreviate analysis about their acquaintance with ShapeShift.

“Would you like to ample out a abbreviate analysis about your acquaintance with ShapeShift, and again get bifold the bulk on your abutting shift?”

Not the aboriginal time

This is the additional time that the aggregation has appear a affected annual to Twitter. In July 2024, the Aggregation appear a affected ShapeShift annual that acclimated to mirror the absolute annual and asked for 2 bitcoin from anniversary user.

The affected ShapeShift annual (@ShapeShift__io), with two underscores, adopted a agnate spamming strategy. The users of the annual accomplished out to altcoin developers and founders and offered them to add altcoins to ShapeShift in barter for some bitcoin.

The Company has acutely laid out a bulletin for its Twitter followers: If there is any ShapeShift or Erik Voorhees annual akin such attributes (asking for altcoins), amuse address the aforementioned to Twitter and acquaint us on the abutment line. Users charge additionally burden from administration their claimed annual capacity with such accounts.

Such ‘seemingly attractive’ schemes will abide to appear up every now and then, in one anatomy or the other, and it is the albatross of the users to not get absorbed into them after accomplishing their due diligence.