Iran opens fire on an oil tanker that paid a "bitcoin toll" to scammers

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2026-04-22 09:44

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A ship that paid fake money got hit by real bullets🤡.

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Core Insight: After Iran announced it would accept Bitcoin as a toll for passage through the Strait of Hormuz, scammers quickly exploited the narrative to impersonate authorities. This led to at least one oil tanker that had paid a fake toll being fired upon by Iranian forces while attempting to pass, exposing the risk of cryptocurrencies being weaponized in conflict scenarios.
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1. At the end of March, Iran passed a law requiring laden oil tankers to pay a toll of $1 per barrel in Bitcoin, USDT, or RMB (potentially up to $2 million for a 2 million barrel cargo). The news briefly pushed Bitcoin up by 5%.
2. Greek firm MARISKS warned that scammers, impersonating Iranian authorities, are demanding BTC or USDT from stranded vessels in exchange for safe passage, precisely exploiting the anxiety of ship owners.
3. On April 18th, Iran briefly opened the strait. At least one tanker that had paid the scam fee attempted to pass but was fired upon by Iranian Revolutionary Guard gunboats and forced to turn back.
4. Blockchain analytics firms TRM Labs and Chainalysis both stated that on-chain data does not show large-scale collection of cryptocurrency tolls by Iran, and its associated entities primarily rely on USDT on Tron.
5. Legal risks are increasing: Regardless of whether the funds reach an Iranian account, the payer's intention to pay a sanctioned regime can constitute a violation of sanctions regulations like those enforced by OFAC.
6. The irreversibility of cryptocurrency becomes a liability: once sent, transactions cannot be recovered, starkly contrasting with the freeze and retrieval mechanisms of traditional bank transfers.

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導讀：伊朗宣布荷莫茲海峽收取比特幣過路費後不到兩週，騙子便冒充伊朗官員向滯留油輪發送假消息索要 BTC 和 USDT。

至少一艘付了假過路費的油輪在試圖通行時遭到伊朗革命衛隊開火。鏈上分析公司 TRM Labs 和 Chainalysis 均表示，至今未發現大規模加密貨幣收費的鏈上證據。

伊朗宣布用比特幣收過路費，騙子兩週內就把這套敘事變成了武器。

據路透社 4 月 21 日報導，希臘海事風險管理公司 MARISKS 發出警告：不明身分者冒充伊朗當局，向滯留在荷莫茲海峽西側的船隻發送虛假消息，要求以 BTC 或 USDT 支付「過路費」以換取安全通行。MARISKS 認為，4 月 18 日伊朗短暫開放海峽時遭到伊朗革命衛隊砲艇開火的至少一艘船隻，正是這場騙局的受害者。

事件的荒誕在於整條因果鏈：一個主權國家宣布收比特幣過路費，騙子抄了這套話術去行騙，船東信以為真付了錢，然後被真正的伊朗軍隊開了槍。

從「國家級結算工具」到騙子的攻擊面

故事要從 4 月初說起。

伊朗議會 3 月 30 日至 31 日通過了「荷莫茲海峽管理計畫」，將伊斯蘭革命衛隊自 3 月中旬起已在執行的過路費制度正式寫入法律。據《金融時報》報導，伊朗石油、天然氣和石化產品出口商聯盟發言人 Hamid Hosseini 確認，滿載油輪需按每桶 1 美元的標準繳費，支付方式包括比特幣、USDT 或人民幣。一艘裝滿 200 萬桶原油的超級油輪，單次過路費可達 200 萬美元。

消息一出，比特幣價格跳漲 5%，一度突破 7.27 萬美元。加密社群迅速將其解讀為比特幣作為「國際貿易中性結算層」的里程碑式驗證。Bitwise 等機構甚至將其與比特幣突破 100 萬美元的預測掛鉤。

但懷疑者也不少。

Bitcoin Policy Institute 的 Sam Lyman 在 4 月 15 日的報告中指出，以現有技術大規模收取比特幣過路費「幾乎不可能實現」。TRM Labs 全球政策主管 Ari Redbord 對《財富》雜誌表示，鏈上數據並未顯示過路費支付正在大規模發生。Chainalysis 則在分析報告中指出，伊朗關聯實體的鏈上活動主要依賴 Tron 上的 USDT，而非比特幣。

騙子不關心這些技術爭論。他們只需要一個可信的敘事，而伊朗政府已經替他們寫好了劇本。