Scammers recently targeted two accounts linked to former President Donald Trump’s family to promote fraudulent cryptocurrency links, but X promptly removed the malicious content.
On September 4, both Lara and Tiffany Trump’s official X accounts were compromised, with attackers posting links to fake crypto projects. The incidents were reported to the official Telegram group of Trump’s new decentralized finance (DeFi) initiative, World Liberty Financial.
Source: Telegram
Users are advised to avoid interacting with or clicking any links shared by these accounts until the situation is resolved. World Liberty Financial cautioned, “Do NOT click on any links or buy any tokens from these profiles. We’re working to address this issue, but please remain alert and avoid scams!”
Eric Trump, Lara’s husband, confirmed in a now-deleted X post that his wife’s account was hacked. Despite the posts appearing credible, they were indeed the work of scammers. Eric mentioned that X swiftly secured both accounts “within minutes.”
Some observant X users noted that the accounts were promoting a Solana memecoin before being taken down, highlighting that both Eric and Donald Trump had previously stated no memecoin would be launched.
🚨🚨 TRUMP FAMILY HACKED
Multiple President TRUMP affiliated accounts have been hacked. Do not interact with this Solana Meme Coin.
Laura Trump and Tiffany Trump accounts have been hacked.
A memecoin on Solana was announced from both accounts and is fake.
Eric Trump and… pic.twitter.com/T6geUyav78
— Chase (@ChaseTheCEO) September 4, 2024
