Scammers on behalf of Sam Bankman-Fried offer compensation to FTX victims

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The attackers used a fake video with the face of the founder of the FTX exchange to promote on Twitter a site with a suspicious distribution of cryptocurrency.

Twitter user Jason KablerKoebler was the first to report that scammers are using a deepfake of Sam Bankman-Fried, offering users affected by the FTX collapse to double their assets. Verbatim in the video it says:

"Hi all.As you know, our FTX exchange is going bankrupt. But I hasten to inform all users that there is no need to panic. To compensate for your loss, we have prepared a drawing for you in which you can double your crypto assets. To do this, just go to the website ******************.com.”

Website registered to a citizen of Nevis,islands off Puerto Rico, features an image of Bankman-Fried and a sliding list of fake transactions to entice victims to send cryptocurrency to enter a drawing with a purported $100 million prize pool.

"Send the desired number of coins tospecial address. Once we receive your transaction, we will immediately send you the requested amount. You can only take part in our giveaway once. Hurry!” says the fake video.

To make it more credible, scammersposted the deepfake on a fake Twitter account marked with a blue check mark. Which once again confirmed the opinion of Vitalik Buterin, who last month said that Twitter's anti-fraud system, based on verified accounts, was a complete failure.