Beware famous faces spruiking crypto | Information Age
The image of billionaire Elon Musk is being used to target Facebook users in the latest cryptocurrency scam that uses the images of public figures to rob its victims.
The ‘malvertising’ scam, which includes victims in Australia and New Zealand, hijacks the reputations of well-known crypto exchanges to create the guise of legitimate ads, tricking people into downloading malicious software on their devices.
The images of US actress and singer Zendaya and star footballer Christiano Ronaldo have also been used in the scam.
The Australian Federal Police issued a warning over rising crypto exchange impersonation scams recently, saying they had become more common.
These scams rely on the victims trusting that the communication is…
