The moment I saw the giveaway, I had a feeling it's a scam. True enough the URL in the image says it all.
I don't know how these hackers gained access to the accounts of people in the high ranking of the society. I remember it also happens to some of the celebrities Twitter accounts. This is something that needs to be focused on for all the social media platforms.
This kind of Tweets will somehow teach the people not to trust immediately especially If it happens like out of the blues without any previous Tweets about these.
Usually a verified account is hijacked and switched to some (controversial) influencer bearing the checkmark icon. For example, a verified community falls victim and the hacker changes the name + profile picture to be of Elon Musk. The most obvious giveaway would be the handle which is anything but @elonmusk himself.
This one is a little less common.