{"id":572934,"date":"2026-03-23T10:53:06","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T10:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/zachxbt-says-fake-x-accounts-used-viral-war-content-to-drive-crypto-scams\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T10:53:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T10:53:06","slug":"zachxbt-says-fake-x-accounts-used-viral-war-content-to-drive-crypto-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/2026\/03\/23\/zachxbt-says-fake-x-accounts-used-viral-war-content-to-drive-crypto-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"ZachXBT says fake X accounts used viral war content to drive crypto scams"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"ZachXBT<\/p>\n

ZachXBT said the network of fake X accounts used AI to impersonate influencers and post sensational content, generating millions of views and six-figure profits from crypto scams.<\/p>\n

Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT said on Monday he uncovered a coordinated network of accounts on X using exaggerated or fake war and geopolitical posts to lure users into crypto scams.<\/p>\n

The investigation identified<\/a> more than 10 linked X accounts allegedly purchased with follower bases that pushed sensational content and scam links, according to an X thread and screenshots shared by ZachXBT.<\/p>\n

The fake accounts used AI to impersonate prominent social media influencers such as Mario Nawfal, flooding X with \u201cdoomposts\u201d and driving engagement before promoting fake crypto giveaways and pump-and-dump token schemes. \u201cOnchain evidence suggests the scheme profited six figures,\u201d ZachXBT said, adding that the group has been farming engagement and may be preparing another scam.<\/p>\n

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ZachXBT said the network of fake X accounts used AI to impersonate influencers and post sensational content, generating millions of views and six-figure profits from crypto scams. Blockchain sleuth ZachXBT said on Monday he uncovered a coordinated network of accounts on X using exaggerated or fake war and geopolitical posts to lure users into crypto […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":572935,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-572934","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-blockchain"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572934","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=572934"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/572934\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/572935"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=572934"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=572934"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/e-bitco.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=572934"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}