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Scammers reportedly pay thousands of dollars for the fake accounts.<\/p>\n<p>He said that he is not opposed to <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/people\/elon-musk\/\">Elon Musk's<\/a> management of X but is not confident that the social media platform understands the extent of the black market for verified accounts.<\/p>\n<p>He also warned that the policy &#8220;kills user growth.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As evidence of the widespread nature of scam accounts, ZachXBT posted a screenshot featuring several fake accounts promising rewards related to the interoperability protocol <a href=\"https:\/\/cryptoslate.com\/products\/wormhole-bridge\/\">Wormhole<\/a>. Many of the fake accounts had gold checkmarks under X's existing verification policies.<\/p>\n<h2>Not a bot fee<\/h2>\n<p>X updated its policy on April 15 to require new users to pay a small annual fee before posting, liking, bookmarking, and replying as a spam-prevention measure.<\/p>\n<p>In October 2023, the company began to test the policy in New Zealand and the Philippines with a subscription model called &#8220;not a bot,&#8221; which included a $1 annual fee. The latest update extends a similar policy to new users in other regions.<\/p>\n<p>Musk, who serves as CTO and executive chairman of X, confirmed and attempted to justify the new policy in a post. He said the new fee grants &#8220;write access&#8221; on the site and called the policy the &#8220;only way to curb the relentless onslaught of bots.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Musk linked the bot problem to AI and troll farms but did not explicitly address the issue of crypto scams, which have caused significant losses to users.<\/p>\n<p>Public data shows that crypto scams are highly profitable. In October 2023, the US Federal Trade Commission said social media scams brought in $2.7 billion over a multi-year period. Crypto was involved in 53% of investment-related social media scams in the first half of 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Crypto commentator ZachXBT criticized an annual fee that X now requires from new accounts. ZachXBT wrote on April 15 that the new policy will not eliminate bot account-driven scams because &#8220;hundreds of business verified scam accounts&#8221; come online weekly. Scammers reportedly pay thousands of dollars for the fake accounts. 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