Scammers are taking advantage of Metallica‘s big announcement last week and now the metal legends have issued a new statement warning fans about fake streams, crpytocurrency scams and more.
On some days, it feels like there are more bots and scammers on the internet than there are human beings, even with an estimate of over five billion people having access to the world wide web. It’s sadly become a part of every day life, whether you’re getting nefarious texts about your Netflix account expiring (requiring input of sensitive credit card data), phony robo calls about your car’s limited warranty or social media accounts impersonating celebrities and direct messaging unsuspecting fans asking for digital money transfers (remember the poor woman who thought Nikki Sixx and Brett Michaels were fighting over her?).
Not even Metallica are impervious to the rotten desires of internet scammers.
After the band announced their 72 Seasons album and corresponding world tour last week, they become one of the biggest trending topics on the internet, meaning there was a lot of opportunity for wrongdoers to seize the moment. Unofficial livestreams and YouTube channels were launched as well as “Metallica Crypto” giveaways as a way of deceiving fans and potentially inflicting financial harm upon them.
In a statement that blanketed the band’s social media profiles, they cautioned fans about “the ugly side of social media” and urged everyone to “always look for official verification before…
