PANews March 23 news, crypto detective ZachXBT disclosed on platform X that he discovered a coordinated network consisting of more than 10 accounts that attract traffic by creating panic around war and politics, thereby promoting cryptocurrency scams. The strategy includes purchasing accounts with existing followers, posting negative content multiple times a day, using sockpuppets to boost visibility, promoting false airdrops or scams, and then changing usernames.

One example account purchased an existing account and created an Asian version of the well-known blogger Mario Nawfal using AI. The related accounts exaggerated or spread false news by retweeting each other, gaining millions of views and significant interaction daily, luring many large accounts to unknowingly further boost visibility. These accounts hosted fake airdrops behind the scenes and promoted cryptocurrency schemes to inflate sell-off plans. On February 22, 10 accounts from this network on platform X jointly promoted the scam project $ORAMAMA, with on-chain evidence showing that the scheme profited in six figures. ZachXBT suspects that these accounts are accumulating interaction for the next scam. He pointed out that if such operations were carried out by state-level actors rather than for a pump-and-dump scheme, the consequences would be even more terrifying. He calls for the platform to impose bans on manipulative behavior and pursue legal accountability. He suggests users check the recent posts and account details before engaging with content and has listed the X user IDs of these accounts in a table in case they change names or deactivate.