Twitter blocks profiles of cryptocurrency scammers

The social network has already blocked even several well-known verified accounts, which is already too much to start the fight against Twitter scams, CoinDesk reports.

Among such accounts were: the official support service of the Kraken exchange, Brooke Maller (bitcoinmom), as well as several clients who use and promote Ripple XRP.

Of course, such a policy caused a storm of indignation among account owners, since no one informed them about the possible blocking. 

“People started writing to me that they couldn’t see my tweets. The message “Tweet unavailable” appeared. Others said they don't receive notifications when I tweet. However, Twitter itself did not say anything. Some kind of nonsense is happening with accounts related to cryptocurrencies. A lot of permanent bans and freezes,” writes Maller.

It is worth noting that it was the Kraken account that at one time drew attention to the possibility of hacker attacks on Twitter and considered it necessary to warn the community about it. At the time of publication, it, like Maller’s account, was unblocked, but published a note stating that from now on such suspicions would not be reported.

Recently, the activity of scammers on Twitter has gained widespread momentum. They began to create copies of well-known accounts, often verified, and invite clients to participate in the distribution of digital currencies. To do this, they are asked to send a certain amount of tokens to the specified address.

Due to the fact that attackers indicate shortened links to wallets on verified Twitter pages, the social network filter perceives them as fraudulent, and as a result, blocks everything.

According to https://www.coindesk.com