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just anecdote but even in twitter days we saw tons of impersonator accounts that named themselves similar to a bank's official handle. they used to respond the
by albert_e 3y ago
just anecdote but even in twitter days we saw tons of impersonator accounts that named themselves similar to a bank's official handle.
they used to respond the fastest to customer complaints (better than the real customer service team), politely apologie on behalf of the bank, and ask for PII over dm or provide a link.
this was for banks in India, so twitter enforcement of shutting down impersonation and scams was not very prompt / effective
- captn3m0 3y agoEven for other companies in India, see this for Paytm for example: https://twitter.com/search?q=%E1%B4%98%E1%B4%80%CA%8F%E1%B4%9B%E1%B4%8D%20%E1%B4%84%E1%B4%9C%EA%9C%B1%E1%B4%9B%E1%B4%8F%E1%B4%8D%E1%B4%87%CA%80%20%EA%9C%B1%E1%B4%9C%E1%B4%98%E1%B4%98%E1%B4%8F%CA%80%E1%B4%9B&src=typed_query https://twitter.com/search?q=%E1%B4%98%E1%B4%80%CA%8F%E1%B4%... (It uses small caps Latin characters to avoid detection). Or this long list of impersonated accounts for PhonePe: https://twitter.com/search?q=phonepe%20care&src=typed_query&f=user https://twitter.com/search?q=phonepe%20care&src=typed_query&...
- chabes 3y agoAt least back then a blue check was an account that had some sort of verification