Martin Lewis Warns Users Over Bitcoin Scam

Twitter User Highlights the Scam

A Twitter user by the name of CraigKHarkness tweeted a picture of the scam email to Martin Lewis. The tweet further informed Lewis of the emails being sent out in his name along with his image to promote @Bitcoin. The user also wrote that he had received such emails from various celebrities, but he was informing the television presenter about it so that he could distance himself from the scam.

“Ignore, Delete, and Then Wash Your Hands”

In reply to the user who had cautioned him about the scam email, Martin Lewis warned users to stay careful about any email that they had received from him about Bitcoin. He also slammed these schemes, calling them “bogus” and “baloney”. He further asked users to ignore, delete, and then wash their hands and lambasted the people who were carrying it out, calling them “dirty nasty scammers”.

Be warned any email from me about Bitcoin is BOGUS, BALONEY and any other similar B word. Ignore, delete, and then wash your hands because these are dirty nasty scammers doing it. https://t.co/l738qTlg3P

Martin Lewis Warns Users

Martin Lewis also warned users who came across these emails. He advised users against clicking on such emails as these were fake. He further said that it was challenging to ascertain who were sending these emails and how they were doing it. Thus, unlike online advertisements, where people can complain directly to the advertising platform. Hence it was challenging to prevent these emails from reaching people’s inbox.

MoneySavingExpert Doing its Bit

Martin Lewis further stated that MoneySavingExpert was doing its best to investigate the whole episode and find a way to prevent the scammers who were running their operations via email. A spokesperson from the financial advisory body also advised the victims of the scam to contact Citizens Advice Scams Action.