On 15th of July, Twitter suffered what cyber crime experts have labelled "The biggest security breach in its history." but it is just the latest in a years-long campaign by criminals to scam people on the platform through the ruse of bitcoin giveaways.

Among those targeted in Wednesday's attack was billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, who has consistently raised concerns about the "dire problem" of cryptocurrency scams.
Source; https://chukybright..com/2020/07/what-are-bitcoin-scams-and-how-did.html