How very mature, and not totally childish.
Elon Musk tells advertisers: 'Go fuck yourself'
Now that most “normal” (i.e. non criminal entities) advertisers are gone, at least the crypto scammers still pay for promoted posts on Twitter/X, as well as the fake Gucci bag scammers, romance scams, low quality goods from Ali Baba/ Ali Express but with inflated prices, advance fee fraud grifters and fake NFT mint wallet drainers.
Examples of promoted posts which lead to phishing / fraud / counterfeit websites:
Promoted posts pushing fake counterfeit Gucci™ bags
Promoted posts pushing fake “survey” leading to wallet drainer
Promoted posts pushing fake “survey” leading to wallet drainer
Promoted posts pushing fake “airdrop” and “survey” leading to wallet drainers
Peculiar how much scammers have paid to x/twitter for ads, to get 3.4 million views in a few hours, given that both the domain certificate and ad were from registered on the same day
Promoted post pushing fake “airdrop” leading to wallet drainer
This promoted scam even uses Musk’s face to instill trust in victims
Promoted scam leading to wallet drainer — no problem https://twitter.com/kmees20 - scammer
Promoted scam leading to wallet drainer using a masked URL. Users see one URL, but end up on another scam address. https://twitter.com/ilikepie200116 - scammer
Sponsored post from a "verified" account leading to wallet drainer. Visually upon inspection the link pretends to be `starknet.io` but actually is alrdrops.network (L instead of I) Users see one URL, bur end up on another scam address.
Promoted post pushing fake “airdrop” leading to wallet drainer
Promoted posts leading to fraudulent links
Promoted posts leading to fraudulent links
Promoted posts leading to fraudulent links
Twitter/X paid advertisement tied to domain registered via a temporary email address.
So this tells you something — this is a hit and run operation.
Whoever registered this domain does not plan on maintaining it for long or whatever.
Same Scam, different name.
External references:
Elon Musk Just Told Advertisers, 'Go Fuck Yourself'
In a rambling interview at the 'New York Times' DealBook Summit, Elon Musk suggested advertisers fleeing X were…
https://www.wired.com/story/elon-musk-x-advertisers-interview
IBM pulls X ads as Elon Musk endorses white pride
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/16/23964160/elon-musk-antisemitic-x-post-ibm-ads
Companies pulling ads from X: Disney, Apple, IBM and more
The company's ad business is in limbo as big companies pull out.
https://www.axios.com/2023/11/17/companies-pulling-x-twitter-ads-apple-disney-ibm
Microsoft drops Twitter from its advertising platform
Twitter is being removed from Microsoft's advertising platform just days before the social media service begins…
https://mashable.com/article/microsoft-drops-twitter-from-advertising-platform
Elon Musk's Lawyer Accuses Microsoft of Abusing Twitter's API to Collect Data
Musk threatened to sue the company a month ago after a Microsoft advertising platform dropped support for Twitter.
https://www.pcmag.com/news/elon-musks-lawyer-accuses-microsoft-of-abusing-twitters-api-to-collect
IBM, EU, Disney and others pull ads from Elon Musk's X as concerns about antisemitism fuel backlash
Advertisers are fleeing social media platform X over concerns about their ads showing up next to pro-Nazi content, hate…
https://apnews.com/article/elon-musk-x-antisemitism-twitter-ads-83e68f03e9bf1d261c1a8c55066c4e59
IBM pulls X ads as Elon Musk endorses white pride
An investigation indicated ads from IBM and others appeared alongside pro-Nazi X content as owner Elon Musk agreed with…
https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/29/23981928/elon-musk-ad-boycott-go-fuck-yourself-destroy-x
