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Drop your Binance UID / Paste your SOL address
J Khaishkai6 min read·Just now--
— the full truth about what is really going on
Every day on X and other social media platforms, thousands of people paste their wallet addresses under posts promising free crypto. Some are hopeful. Some are desperate. Almost all of them are being played.
WHAT YOU SEE EVERY DAY
Scroll through X for five minutes and you will find them. Posts like these, appearing constantly, racking up hundreds of replies within minutes:
@CryptoKingOfficial
Drop your Binance UID below, sending 50 USDT to 10 random people today. Blessed Friday. God is good.
847 replies · Account created: 3 weeks ago
@SolanaWhale_Real
Paste your SOL address below. Airdropping 2 SOL to first 100 replies. Give back season.
1,203 replies · Account created: 6 weeks ago
The blue ticks look real. The profile pictures show confident, wealthy-looking people. The replies pour in — people from Nigeria, Pakistan, Indonesia, Brazil, the Philippines — places where $50 USDT is a week’s income. The posts feel generous. They are not.