this is really surprising. what did LTC do by making fake posts like that? just to get a pump? and make a bad case for the LTC market?
So far, has there been no further confirmation from LTC's social media accounts? usually after a case like this, there will be a confirmation that an account has been hacked.
So far, has there been no further confirmation from LTC's social media accounts? usually after a case like this, there will be a confirmation that an account has been hacked.
No, it was a planned action and to achieve this effect, the scammers created a fake WALMART website, which was registered on 2021-08-17. This is exactly the investigation that Skilhgt conducted, publishing it in Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/litecoin/comments/png3bf/the_litecoin_and_walmart_partnership_is_fake/ It was on this domain that fake news was published, which was not thoroughly checked by @litecoin employees, who considered this news reliable.
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Domain Name: WALMART-CORP.COM
Registry Domain ID: 2634400547_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.namecheap.com
Registrar URL: http://www.namecheap.com
Updated Date: 2021-09-09T10:53:42Z
Creation Date: 2021-08-17T12:31:40Z
Registry Domain ID: 2634400547_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.namecheap.com
Registrar URL: http://www.namecheap.com
Updated Date: 2021-09-09T10:53:42Z
Creation Date: 2021-08-17T12:31:40Z