Security News > 2023 > February > PayPal and Twitter abused in Turkey relief donation scams
Scammers are now exploiting the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Turkey and Syria: this time stealing donations by abusing legitimate platforms like PayPal and Twitter.
BleepingComputer has identified multiple scams running on Twitter and abusing legitimate platforms like PayPal's fundraising pages to create convincing scam websites and collect proceeds from donors hoping to aid earthquake victims.
What makes a scam like this especially convincing is, instead of using a separate scam or phishing domain, threat actors use a trustworthy payments platform like PayPal.
In another scam, we observed scammers abusing Twitter by flooding replies with their illicit Bitcoin and crypto wallet addresses.
BleepingComputer continues to monitor and report online scams both to the public via our website, and to the concerned online platforms being misused by scammers.
If you come across similar donation scams related to the ongoing crisis in Turkey and Syria, consider sending us a news tip online or via Signal at +1 961-3731.