{"id":22571,"date":"2026-04-02T07:37:24","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T05:37:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/worlds-oldest-tortoise-caught-in-viral-crypto-death-scam\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T07:37:24","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T05:37:24","slug":"worlds-oldest-tortoise-caught-in-viral-crypto-death-scam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/worlds-oldest-tortoise-caught-in-viral-crypto-death-scam\/","title":{"rendered":"World\u2019s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fake X account posing as his vet sparked global false reports of Jonathan\u2019s death while soliciting crypto donations<\/p>\n<p>At 194 years old, Jonathan, the giant tortoise, was a youngster when Queen Victoria ascended to the throne \u2013 and has now lived long enough to fall victim to a crypto scam.<\/p>\n<p>News outlets including the BBC, Daily Mail and USA Today falsely reported his death after an X account posing as Jonathan\u2019s vet broke the news.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2026\/apr\/02\/worlds-oldest-tortoise-crypto-death-scam\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/a590c6b3c91bc2397437ce751aff59a79d0c9e44\/106_0_2915_2333\/master\/2915.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=106728275cd02d3dee34140258694336\" title=\"World\u2019s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam\" \/>Fake X account posing as his vet sparked global false reports of Jonathan\u2019s death while soliciting crypto donations<br \/>\nAt 194 years old, Jonathan, the giant tortoise, was a youngster when Queen Victoria ascended to the throne \u2013 and has now lived long enough to fall victim to a crypto scam.<br \/>\nNews outlets including the BBC, Daily Mail and USA Today falsely reported his death after an X account posing as Jonathan\u2019s vet broke the news. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fake X account posing as his vet sparked global false reports of Jonathan\u2019s death while soliciting crypto donations At 194 years old, Jonathan, the giant tortoise, was a youngster when Queen Victoria ascended to the throne \u2013 and has now lived long enough to fall victim to a crypto scam. News outlets including the BBC, &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/02\/worlds-oldest-tortoise-caught-in-viral-crypto-death-scam\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">World\u2019s oldest tortoise caught in viral crypto death scam<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":22572,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22571"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22571"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22571\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}