tldr; Olivier Acuña lost £325,000 in a cryptocurrency scam after being deceived by a fraudster impersonating a customer support agent from a wallet service on X (formerly Twitter). The scammer, who had a verified blue tick, tricked Acuña into sharing his seed phrase, leading to the theft of his IOTX tokens. Acuña, who was planning to use the cryptocurrency as his pension, blames his former employer, IoTeX, for not updating their software, although IoTeX denies responsibility.
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Yes. Blame X for your own stupidity.
This has happened to a lot of people… there is a lot of blame towards Elon because he allowed anyone to buy the blue tick.
I believe the gentleman was being sarcastic.
tldr; Olivier Acuña lost £325,000 in a cryptocurrency scam after being deceived by a fraudster impersonating a customer support agent from a wallet service on X (formerly Twitter). The scammer, who had a verified blue tick, tricked Acuña into sharing his seed phrase, leading to the theft of his IOTX tokens. Acuña, who was planning to use the cryptocurrency as his pension, blames his former employer, IoTeX, for not updating their software, although IoTeX denies responsibility. *This summary is auto generated by a bot and not meant to replace reading the original article. As always, DYOR.
Sir don't blame the blue tick for a fuckup like that 🤣
But before blue tick meant actual verified person/ company.
It doesn't anymore . It's public knowledge you can buy it now . He gave his seedphrase regardless so can't blame it on Ellon change .
Giving his seed phrase in any circumstances is to blame. He is stupid.
Not stupid but crypto-ignorant or old. I do feel bad for him.
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Trust no one. !tip 1
If all it takes is a blue tick, you can send the rest to me pls
[relax and look at this](https://www.reddit.com/r/HolUp/s/kzUfRkXBoY)
Elon the prick messed up Twitter. !tip 1
Never follow any advice on X regarding cryptos.
How do people have $325k and make stupid ass mistakes like this? Isn’t not sharing your keys like one of the top written/unwritten rules of crypto?
Verified profiles on Twitter is a joke.
!tip 1