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Is this the biggest ethereum scam on instagram? - b2plane - Jan 3, 2022
LMAO just came across this https://www.instagram.com/vitalik.eth/
apparently someone from israel has been running this account since 2017/2019 or so, pretending to be the official vitalik. there were multiple name changes and the latest one is @vitalik.eth
it looks really legit on the first look. lots of comment, engagement, 643k followers, first post from 2019 etc. and those are actual real organic followers btw. because this scam account has been running instagram and facebook ads.
and now they posted the classic giveaway scam:
![[Image: image.png]](https://i.ibb.co/1vSPFY8/image.png)
thoughts?
RE: Is this the biggest ethereum scam on instagram? - yorickx - Jan 3, 2022
The story have been removed
RE: Is this the biggest ethereum scam on instagram? - G Eazy - Jan 3, 2022
Well obviously that isn't real they just want your money
RE: Is this the biggest ethereum scam on instagram? - Wolf - Jan 3, 2022
He has made it with solid amount of Ether https://etherscan.io/address/0xf68d962F4d687AaFF95Dd96bB9b8f684a23DfB01
RE: Is this the biggest ethereum scam on instagram? - b2plane - Jan 3, 2022
(Jan 3, 2022 04:29 PM)Wolf Wrote: He has made it with solid amount of Ether https://etherscan.io/address/0xf68d962F4d687AaFF95Dd96bB9b8f684a23DfB01
wow..... so the scammer is earning about $3700/hour? you gotta be kidding me....
can he be found and arrested? if not then please explain how is he able to remain anonymous?
how is he able to run this scam for so long without getting his ig banned and reported?
also who the f@cK is smart enough to have 1+ ethereum and dumb enough to fall for this classic scam in the same time??? I am not smart when it comes to finances and omni can confirm that, but in spite of that i am not THAT dumb to believe the "giveaway" is real. the fact that people fall for this classic scam is beyond my understanding...
RE: Is this the biggest ethereum scam on instagram? - The Host - Jan 4, 2022
Surprised he isn’t banned for impersonation
RE: Is this the biggest ethereum scam on instagram? - 618C - Jan 4, 2022
saw a topic about this guy yesterday aswell. its a scam dont get trickd
RE: Is this the biggest ethereum scam on instagram? - Tomb Raider - Jan 4, 2022
You'll be surprised how many people fall for it unfortunately
RE: Is this the biggest ethereum scam on instagram? - UNKNOWNI - Jan 4, 2022
The scammer has a lot of money and keeps scamming, this is sad.
RE: Is this the biggest ethereum scam on instagram? - CryptoGuru10 - Jan 4, 2022
People that get scammed from this stupid giveaway deserve it lol
RE: Is this the biggest ethereum scam on instagram? - helloworld1 - Jan 4, 2022
(Jan 4, 2022 05:04 AM)UNKNOWNI Wrote: The scammer has a lot of money and keeps scamming, this is sad.
very very sad i was victim of Elon Musk giveaway last year
RE: Is this the biggest ethereum scam on instagram? - kookur - Jan 4, 2022
This scam is so well done that newbies will definitely fall for this, there was an official page with vitalik's name was advertising on instagram for the giveaway and it was a "sponsored" add.
RE: Is this the biggest ethereum scam on instagram? - Wolf - Jan 5, 2022
(Jan 3, 2022 04:55 PM)b2plane Wrote: wow..... so the scammer is earning about $3700/hour? you gotta be kidding me....
can he be found and arrested? if not then please explain how is he able to remain anonymous?
how is he able to run this scam for so long without getting his ig banned and reported?
also who the f@cK is smart enough to have 1+ ethereum and dumb enough to fall for this classic scam in the same time??? I am not smart when it comes to finances and omni can confirm that, but in spite of that i am not THAT dumb to believe the "giveaway" is real. the fact that people fall for this classic scam is beyond my understanding...
It's a common practice and Instagram doesn't care or can't catch up. Although it's not only Instagram. Google itself, YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Telegram, and I've seen some well-prepared TikTok Scams People are putting their real-life assets into crypto. There's a lot of newbies and because they have good experience with investments (any DeFi project) they are easy victims for the scammers.
RE: Is this the biggest ethereum scam on instagram? - xVulnerable - Jan 5, 2022
Did scammer really just make $300k in 2 days?
RE: Is this the biggest ethereum scam on instagram? - BrainDD - Jan 5, 2022
OH MY GOD; the ammount of people that will get rekt from a fake instagram account, no wonder why i keep seeing the "my wallet got stolen" topics all over reddit