Elon Musk news: CEO’s Twitter impersonated by Bitcoin scammers, victims lose millions | …

The promoted tweet asks followers of the head of Tesla to click on website link a for an “Elon Musk — Official ETH and BTC Giveaway”. The too good to be true crypto-giveaway describes Elon as coming up with an idea that the “marketing department at Tesla HQ came up”. It is announced as “special giveaway for all cryptocurrency fans out there”.

The scam account impersonated Elon Musk saying, “I believe it’s a good way to say thank you for all your support”.

The scammers give two website links for holders of either Bitcoin or Eretheum, so that those that fall foul may send their cryptocurrency in order to be rewarded with a grand price.

The deal is laid out as follows: “If you send in 1 BTC or 10 ETH, you will get the Grand Prize: a brand new Tesla Model S Performance with Midnight Silver Metallic, Solid Black and Red Multi-Coat exterior, delivery included.”

But the scammers slip up in their copy, or may here be sowing the seed of their deceit, when they tweet,…