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The tweets didn't come from his handle. They were using the same image and name but what really caught my attention was that those accounts had a blue verified badge.


Yep, the newest strategy of the Twitter crypto scammers is to hack verified accounts of lesser-known users, then change the account name and profile picture to that of the user they wish to imitate.


Wait a minute, you can change the name of a verified account without going through verification again?


Yep, @Noahpinion changes his like every week.




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