Conspiracy theorists are claiming the Miami building that collapsed Thursday housed a giant stash of data on 'government corruption' collected by the late antivirus tycoon John McAfee.
Fact-checkers pouring scorn on the theory have not dampened the enthusiasm of internet sleuths, who have been sharing online an alleged tweet by McAfee from June 8 claiming that he had '31 terabytes' of files in a condo in the collapsed building.
DailyMail.com has been unable to verify whether the tweet is real or a fabrication.
Screenshots shared online appear to show the message from McAfee's Twitter account, from June 8, 2021 at 10:03am on saying: 'If anything ever happens to me, please know that the 31TB of files I have are located on hard drives in my condo near 88th Street and Collins Avenue just north of Miami Beach.'
There is no such tweet currently on his twitter feed. It may have been tweeted and later deleted, or could be complete fabrication.
A cryptic tweet allegedly posted by John McAfee earlier this month has been circulating on Twitter claiming he was storing secret files at a Miami condo
DailyMail.com has identified two versions of the same tweet (above) have been shared in different formats, but both could have been photoshopped by hoaxsters
McAfee, 75, was found dead on Wednesday - the day before the Miami building collapse - the allegedly from suicide by hanging
The collapsed building, from which four are dead and 159 unaccounted-for, was at 8777 Collins Avenue in Surfside, Florida, matching the location described in the purported McAfee tweet.
DailyMail.com was unable to find records for a condo owned under McAfee's name in the Champlain Towers collapsed building.
It is also unclear why McAfee would have publicly revealed the location of such allegedly sensitive data.
DailyMail.com has identified two versions of the same tweet have been shared in different formats, but both could have been photoshopped by hoaxsters.
The late virus software company founder and 2020 libertarian presidential candidate was already a firebrand and focus of conspiracy theories.
He had been languishing in a Spanish jail since his arrest on US tax evasion charges in October. Earlier this month a Spanish court authorized his extradition to the US.
![Fact-checkers quickly poured scorn on the theory, however, one pointed to a tweet McAfee shared in 2019 claiming to have '31+ terrabytes [sic]' of government secrets'](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2021/06/25/20/44685313-9726571-image-a-40_1624650457037.jpg)
Fact-checkers quickly poured scorn on the theory, however, one pointed to a tweet McAfee shared in 2019 claiming to have '31+ terrabytes [sic]' of government secrets'
A 12-story Miami apartment building on 8777 Collins Avenue collapsed on Thursday, with the cause of the disaster still unknown
On Wednesday, the day before the Miami building collapse, the 75-year-old was found dead, allegedly from suicide by hanging.
His death sparked an explosion of conspiracy theorists and internet sleuths trying to link him to the widely ridiculed QAnon movement and to
