Scammers hacked the late actor Matthew Perry’s Twitter account and posted a fake plea for cryptocurrency donations in the name of his foundation. The foundation confirmed the post was a scam and urged people not to donate.

The article details several possibilities for how the account may have been compromised, highlighting the importance of strong passwords and multi-factor authentication for securing social media accounts, especially for celebrities with large followings.

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Crypto being used for scams? Say it ain’t so!

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Nope, ~1% if crypto is illegal use. The other 99% is perfectly above board. Cryptocurrency IS currency and so will be used for illegal activity just like every other currency

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Sure, not like 72 billion has been used in scams or anything.

https://www.web3isgoinggreat.com/

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Biggest scams are done in USD. The big part of not falling for a scam is doing your due diligence and people are adults and should be treated as such.

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Biggest scams are done in USD.

That’s because USD is widely used.

Crypto isn’t widely used and it still has scams worth millions. Cryptwats are 🤡🤡🤡

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At most a couple thousand. Ive been using crypto for ~10 years now and by doing my homework and not jumping on hype trains have not been scammed.

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