Gergely Orosz Warns of Widespread X Scam Impersonating Bloomberg Columnist
The fake profile targets prominent technology industry figures.
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Gergely Orosz wrote on X that he warned investor and writer Patrick McKenzie, known online as patio11, about an account he described as a scam account "pretending to be a Bloomberg columnist who doesn’t exist," and added that he viewed it as part of a "widespread scam." In a follow-up reply on X, Orosz said the account lacked a byline and a Bloomberg email address, which he cited as signs it was fake. The public claim is still best read as Orosz's account of what he saw, not an independently confirmed report.
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Gergely Orosz Warns of Widespread X Scam Impersonating Bloomberg Columnist
The fake profile targets prominent technology industry figures.
Entities: Gergely Orosz
Gergely Orosz wrote on X that he warned investor and writer Patrick McKenzie, known online as patio11, about an account he described as a scam account "pretending to be a Bloomberg columnist who doesn’t exist," and added that he viewed it as part of a "widespread scam." In a follow-up , Orosz said the account lacked a byline and a Bloomberg email address, which he cited as signs it was fake. The public claim is still best read as Orosz's account of what he saw, not an independently confirmed report.
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@patio11 I cannot DM you but wanted to warn you this account is a scam one pretending to be a Bloomberg columnist who doesn’t exist (It’s a widespread scam)
This is the kind of scam they try to pull. This one is amateur because there’s no one byline, and ofc they don’t have a Bloomberg email (hard to have one when this person doesn’t exist) And wanting to keep the convo on X. If it was Bloomberg there would be an email + byline
@GergelyOrosz Appreciated; didn’t move forward after her initial outreach because of couldn’t substantiate identity.
@GergelyOrosz @patio11 X needs to do something about this specifically
To spell out the scam: it’s getting unsuspecting folks to install software to exploit you
@GergelyOrosz *because I