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COVID-19 Scams: How to spot suspicious links and ‘fake’ giveaways | The Nation
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Fake pages are always trying to scam people by claiming to offer giveaways from the NigeriaGov. Similarly, charlatans used the famous billionaire AlikoDangote, and his Dangote Industries group of companies to scam... dubawaNG Kingbiodun_ ptcij

accounts began tweeting what appeared to be a simple Bitcoin scam, promising to “give back” to the community by doubling any Bitcoin sent to their addresses.

Twitter scrambled to contain the unprecedented attack, temporarily preventing all verified users – those with a blue tick on their accounts – from tweeting.is ongoing, Twitter did say that hackers had somehow compromised the company’s internal systems and secured employee privileges.The advent of COVID-19 did not only usher in a pandemic but an infodemic. Similarly, many have had to battle a barrage of disinformation via unsuspecting websites seeking to defraud unsuspecting users.

Many people have fallen victim of fake accounts and fake giveaways. Most genuine giveaways come from well-established accounts, with plenty of active followers.

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