BleepingComputer has spotted cryptocurrency scams popping up on BlueSky just as the decentralized microblogging service surpassed 20 million users thi

Now BlueSky hit with crypto scams as it crosses 20 million users

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2024-11-21 12:30:04

BleepingComputer has spotted cryptocurrency scams popping up on BlueSky just as the decentralized microblogging service surpassed 20 million users this week.

Over the past few years, X/Twitter has become the hotbed of scammers from those targeting banking customers to ones impersonating high-profile accounts to push posts promoting fake crypto giveaways, websites that utilize wallet drainers, and Discord channels promoting pump-and-dumps.

As BlueSky nears a 21 million strong userbase, BleepingComputer has observed threat actors are starting to get their foot in too, and push their agenda.

A BlueSky post from last week featured an AI-generated image of Mark Zuckerberg and promoted crypto assets like "MetaChain" and "MetaCoin."

As evident from the messaging and graphics, the post misleads viewers into associating the advertised products with tech giant Meta and its concept "Metaverse".

The MetaChain[.]cash website mentioned in the post also appears to carefully impersonate Meta branding, typeface, and messaging:

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