Tag: Elon Musk

Fake Elon Musk Twitter accounts scam users out of 180K in Bitcoin
7Nov By viralzergnet.comNo Comments
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Fake Elon Musk Twitter accounts scam users out of 180K in Bitcoin

Scammers impersonating Tesla CEO Elon Musk earned more than $180,000 in a single day by convincing people to give them Bitcoin. The scammers carried out the fraud by first hacking into a verified Twitter account, changing the profile name and photo to that of Musk, before sending out tweets offering a cryptocurrency giveaway. Although such messages can regularly be seen under tweets from Musk’s actual account, scammers recently managed to get their fraudulent offers promoted by Twitter Appears someone hacked a publisher's account, changed name to "Elon Musk" and paid for a promoted tweet to scam people into sending bitcoin. This "blue checkmark" vulnerability that lets people just change their names and keep the mark has been well known and yet still not fixed pic.twitter.com/5bH1yW...
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Elon Musk’s ‘Teslaquila’ prank could become a reality
13Oct By viralzergnet.comNo Comments
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Elon Musk’s ‘Teslaquila’ prank could become a reality

Elon Musk has a new Tesla-branded tequila aptly called “Teslaquila” that may be hitting shelves sometime in the not-so-distant future. The Tesla CEO ostensibly has more time on his hands after stepping down as the chairman of the company’s board as part of the deal to settle with the Securities and Exchange Commission over fraud charges. So hey, why not? Teslaquila! Musk made the announcement—where else–on Twitter Friday afternoon, along with a “visual approximation” of what the bottle will look like. Visual approximation pic.twitter.com/sMn3Pv476Y — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) October 12, 2018 Earlier this year, Musk teased the Teslaquila as part of an April Fool’s joke about Tesla filing for bankruptcy. “Elon was found passed out against a Tesla Model 3, surrounded by ‘Teslaquil...
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Elon Musk’s 4/20 joke got him sued for fraud
1Oct By viralzergnet.comNo Comments
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Elon Musk’s 4/20 joke got him sued for fraud

Elon Musk, 47-year-old founder of Tesla Motors and SpaceX, is being sued by the Security and Exchange Commission (SEC) for misleading investors. Many have sent out an ill-advised tweet at least once in their lives, but Musk’s joke about taking Tesla private at $420 a share could get him removed from the company. Am considering taking Tesla private at $420. Funding secured. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) August 7, 2018 Musk sent out the tweet in an attempt to make his girlfriend at the time laugh, according to the lawsuit filed in New York federal court cited by the New York Times. The SEC said Musk rounded up the price from $419 to $420 to make a joke about marijuana culture in hopes of wringing a chuckle from then-girlfriend, pop singer Grimes. The relationship between Musk and Grimes...
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