Watch Out! Fake Accounts Circulate On Twitter That Deceive Users With Blue Checkmarks After Launching Worldcoin Token

Wolrdcoin retinal scanner. (photo: twitter @worldcoin)

JAKARTA - On July 24, Twitter changed its brand to the letter "X" and simultaneously launched the Worldcoin token for human identity verification. Although this brand change has received mixed reactions in cyberspace, the social media platform has not changed its policy regarding the purchase or application of different colored checkmarks based on the type of account this policy has been implemented since December 2022 when Elon Musk served as CEO.

Since launching a Twitter account in August 2009 and then getting a gold tick for its business, Worldcoin has faced many fake accounts that appear. Even though dozens, if not hundreds, fake accounts on Twitter display the Worldcoin logo and variety of its project names, at least seven of which had featured blue ticks, of which scammers had to pay $8 (Rp135,000) per month to get them.

At the time this news was published, Twitter had suspended many fake accounts pretending to deliver Worldcoin tokens to its followers. Many fake accounts that have been created before the launch of the Worldcoin token have also increased the frequency of their tweets since July 24.

Ironically, the Worldcoin project aims to distinguish native humans from bots by providing retinal scanning for identity verification. More than 2 million people have signed up before the official launch, with a target of reaching more than 2 billion people, even the entire world's population. Since its launch, Worldcoin co-founder Sam Altman has reported that every 8 seconds there are new people who are "verified through scanning slices around the world."