{"id":84238,"date":"2026-04-21T16:46:32","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:46:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=84238"},"modified":"2026-04-21T16:46:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T16:46:32","slug":"fake-iranian-officials-target-stranded-ships-with-bitcoin-scam-in-strait-of-hormuz","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/?p=84238","title":{"rendered":"Fake Iranian Officials Target Stranded Ships With Bitcoin Scam In Strait Of Hormuz"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Fraudsters impersonating Iranian officials are demanding <strong>Bitcoin<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/BTC-USD\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"BTC\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/btc\/usd\">BTC<\/a>) and <strong>Tether<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/USDT-USD\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"ticker-link\" data-ticker=\"USDT\" data-exchange=\"CRYPTO\" rel=\"noopener\">(CRYPTO: <\/a><a class=\"ticker\" href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/quote\/\">USDT<\/a>) from shipping companies whose vessels are stranded in the Strait of Hormuz, Greek maritime risk management firm MARISKS warned Monday.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The Scam Messages<\/h3>\n<p>The fraudsters ask for vessel ownership documents, cargo manifests, and crew lists. After reviewing the paperwork, they send a payment demand\u2014often hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars in Bitcoin or USDT, Reuters reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAfter providing the documents and assessing your eligibility by the Iranian Security Services, we will be able to determine the fee to be paid in cryptocurrency,\u201d the fraudulent message reads. \u201cOnly then will your vessel be able to transit the strait unimpeded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>MARISKS said these messages are scams and were not sent by Iranian authorities.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">One Ship Paid And Got Shot At<\/h3>\n<p>At &#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.benzinga.com\/crypto\/cryptocurrency\/26\/04\/51947597\/fake-iranian-officials-target-stranded-ships-with-bitcoin-scam-in-strait-of-hormuz?utm_source=benzinga_taxonomy&amp;utm_medium=rss_feed_free&amp;utm_content=taxonomy_rss&amp;utm_campaign=channel\" alt=\"Fake\" iranian officials target stranded ships with bitcoin scam in strait of hormuz>Full story available on Benzinga.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fraudsters impersonating Iranian officials are demanding Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and Tether (CRYPTO: USDT) from shipping companies whose vessels are stranded in the Strait of Hormuz, Greek maritime risk management firm MARISKS warned Monday. The Scam Messages The fraudsters ask for vessel ownership documents, cargo manifests, and crew lists. After reviewing the paperwork, they send a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[3,4,5],"class_list":["post-84238","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-crypto","tag-doge","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84238","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=84238"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/84238\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=84238"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=84238"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dogewisperer.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=84238"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}