Google fell victim to manipulated media as a hoax claiming 'Gmail closing down' went viral. The situation was exploited by individuals spreading fake emails, purportedly from Satoshi Nakamoto, for personal gain. The hoax evolved into a performance art NFT scam, with the hoaxer attempting to sell an NFT of the image hosted impermanently on Google Drive, along with a free mint of a tweet by the official Gmail account, for several Ethereum. This incident has sparked discussions about the ethics of spreading misinformation and the gullibility of individuals within the crypto community.
Ladies and gentleman we’ve located the most gullible person in crypto and it’s not even close…. https://t.co/lAf7rdJsev
Only in crypto can you make a decent living by spreading misinformation as a performance art https://t.co/HX9H3pQklG
NOOOO YOU CAN'T SPREAD VIRAL MISINFORMATION AND INCITE A WORLDWIDE PANIC ABOUT THE SHUTDOWN OF GMAIL AS PERFORMANCE ART AND THEN SELL AN NFT OF THE IMAGE HOSTED IMPERMANENTLY ON GOOGLE DRIVE FOR SEVERAL ETHEREUM ACCOMPANIED BY A FREE MINT OF A TWEET BY THE OFFICIAL GMAIL ACCOUNT https://t.co/fJfV7tkuor
I CANT BELIEVE THE GMAIL HOAXER IS TURNING IT INTO AN NFT SCAM 👿👿👿 https://t.co/nv79mAdvQt
Sharing fake Satoshi emails to pump your bags is a new low
By me @Forbes: Google falls victim to manipulated media as ‘Gmail closing down’ email goes viral. #viral #gmail #x https://t.co/ujjOxFoaJI
This gmail thing was a hoax https://t.co/ACCMAro7H2
Can we please leave the Satoshi doxxing until the next bear market? Kind regards, My bags https://t.co/dcVcuG6Iu7