Ok, I saw a tweet with Elon Musk’s twitter (also X, but that name sucks) handle and a blue checkmark next to it. It said that he was celebrating his new crypto project named Muskwin.bet and would give away $2,500 to the first 50 million registrants. I’m pretty sure this was a scam, but I didn’t think so at the time, cuz it was his verified account (unless the one who shared it was in on it and edited the photo, but that’s too much cuz the discord server they sent it on was niche)Also, the post said it would be deleted in an hour, which should’ve raised a red flag. But no (TT).So I get excited cuz college is so damn expensive here and I was hoping to put it in my savings account. I never trusted crypto, but the website made it look as if they would just give it in regular USD, so I didn’t think much of it.So I register w/ my email (that’s all they asked of me to register), put in the promo code, and had the “$2,500” get put into my profile wallet. Then, I had entered my debit card # to withdraw (luckily, it has literally nothing on it and is a visa for minors) nothing else asked of me (like the security code or such), but it didn’t go through. Apparently, it needed “verification” of my data. But I never input it as I wanted to put in my dad’s data cuz he’s an adult and I was waiting for him to text me back.While waiting, I looked it up and all the websites say it’s likely to be a scam. However, I learned of it from another person on discord (in a large, general channel, not targeted) who sent pics of them actually receiving the money.What I’m asking is will I be okay? They now have my email and debit card number, and while my debit card doesn’t have any money on it, are they able to link it to other accounts associated with my card? Also, the email I used was my iCloud. Does this give any chance for them to breach anything, or is just my email not enough?Also, Chrome said the site was secure and that WE1 (idek what that is) gave it a certificate (wtv that means), but that doesn’t seem to be very reliable (which is concerning). Should I worry, and is there something I can do to prevent anything coming of this? via /r/Scams https://ift.tt/tXPAhnr
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