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According to reports, "scam bots" have appeared on Twitter, and they frequently post tweets to defraud users of ETH.

Recently, investment guru Ari Paul launched a discussion about OTC trading on Twitter and published several tweets. This piqued the interest of Forbes reporter Laura Shin, who read the tweets and tweet comments and found that an account named @XaedenJ used her avatar and profile to post “You will get immediate ROI!” , and directed readers to a phishing website to "invest" in ETH, she found that this comment received 28 likes. Laura Shin was very angry about this, and the account has been purged by Twitter.

In addition, there are fake antivirus software McAfee founder John McAfee and Bitcoin advocate Tone Vays Twitter accounts claiming that if the user transfers them 5 ETH, they will return 50 ETH in return after the user sends the funds.

Scam bots have also plagued many celebrities, including movie stars, authors, and cryptocurrency bosses. according toData Display, there are currently 4,722 scams on Twitter, and these bots have defrauded millions of dollars.

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According to reports, Twitter is deleting millions of scam accounts every day, and has suspended 70 million accounts so far. But these scam bots are still active.Therefore, Ethereum developed atracking site

, specializing in collecting fraudulent accounts and monitoring their online status. Users can also report, allowing staff to add fraudulent accounts to the database and make them public so other users can be vigilant.

Currently, some developers are trying to solve the problem of scam bots, such as the newly launched Metacert Protocol and Scam Clerk project, through the green shield symbol that appears in the toolbar to alert users that the site may be a phishing site.

For users, look up the addresses that will be sending ETH at etherscan.io and check for bad reviews.

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