Free Bitcoin on Twitter? It’s A Scam!
The Bitcoin price boom has spawned a lot of what appears to be spam accounts on Twitter asking users for retweets in exchange for free Bitcoin.
Bought 1,500 bitcoin in 2011 for $2.87 each. I will pick 5 random people who retweet this and give one to each of you. Merry Christmas. 🎅 #Bitcoin
https://twitter.com/Crypto_Junkie_/status/938881085617967104
The accounts catch initial attention by using popular hashtags that pertain not only to the Bitcoin (BTC) that is in the news, but also other popular cryptocurrencies such as Ethereum (ETH) and Bitcoin Cash (BCH).
I bought 1,500 bitcoin in 2011 for $2.87 each. I will pick 5 random people who follow me + retweet this and give one to each of you #bitcoins #ETH #BitcoinCash
i bought 40,000 Bitcoin for $40 in 2010, and as you probably know, it boomed. i am well off nowadays so to spread the wealth, i will give 1 bitcoin to 28 lucky people who retweet this. #Bitcoin #ImRich
— bastor (@brettastor7) December 8, 2017
https://twitter.com/LikeableFeed/status/938976648787120128
People are slowly realizing the promises are fraudulent, and the quicker ones have come up with their own versions.
I have bought 0 Bitcoin in my life and tbh I don’t even know what a Bitcoin is. I will randomly pick 5 people who retweet this and give you absolutely nothing. Good luck!
— Brent Rooker (@Brent_Rooker19) December 7, 2017
Bought 21,000,000 bitcoin in 2011 for $0.00 each, now they are worth 3.36e11. I will randomly pick 21 million people who retweet this and give 1 bitcoin to each of you. $BTC #BLOCKCHAIN #IAMSATOSHI
— Pamela Paige (@ThePinkCrypto) December 7, 2017
I bought 0 bitcoin back in 2011 for $0.00. I will tell 6 people who retweet this to go fuck themselves at random. Merry Christmas! 🎅 #Bitcoin
— Pat ↑ Ryan (@PatRyanSSB) December 8, 2017