The list of Twitter accounts below all have something in common – They all have an identical profile image, which looks like this:
At the time of writing none of these accounts have been suspended. Whether they are breaking any laws or not I don’t know, but it is clearly a syndicate whichever way you look at it. The profiles all point to a Korean-registered “Cash generator” website, which [I would hazard a guess] is a con.
TwitBlock unearthed this statistic from a list of only 18,000 100,000 blocked accounts provided by under 400 3,000 TwitBlock users . When you consider the size and growth of Twitter, you can well imagine that there are far more than 120 288 profiles in this syndicate. You also have to wonder how much of Twitter’s growth figures can be attributed to this junk.
[ UPDATE: 18 Aug ]
Many of these accounts have been suspended, but TwitBlock is discovering new ones each day – currently 248 accounts known with this image.
[ UPDATE 19 Aug ]
I’ve produced a report of the top 20 most duplicated profile pics identified by TwitBlock
Warning: Do not sign up, or give any of your details to the organizations operating these Twitter accounts. I am publishing them only to exemplify the problem of Twitter spam. I am not responsible for any interaction you have with them, which unless you are insane, should be none.
http://twitter.com/vMeqPI
http://twitter.com/WRrCMg
http://twitter.com/mlJJQF
http://twitter.com/ANbVrR
http://twitter.com/nbbUFw
http://twitter.com/VbjyLv
http://twitter.com/Cntyby
http://twitter.com/LqtRcf
http://twitter.com/uOyqVa
http://twitter.com/XpgpRn
http://twitter.com/rTVygA
http://twitter.com/nEJTBg
http://twitter.com/YMQQpS
http://twitter.com/VQKPnQ
http://twitter.com/wPIkCc
http://twitter.com/IxQeki
http://twitter.com/fRHwjS
http://twitter.com/SQLkeN
http://twitter.com/UVITMh
http://twitter.com/LALErx
http://twitter.com/XPAUtE
http://twitter.com/oTYNJJ
http://twitter.com/btnwEw
http://twitter.com/miHqid
http://twitter.com/mBlDFx
http://twitter.com/ZNXOwa
http://twitter.com/NqGOyW
http://twitter.com/hxavpn
http://twitter.com/RuoiJm
http://twitter.com/EsWAoU
http://twitter.com/qhbEHn
http://twitter.com/NYnXrh
http://twitter.com/USPwTH
http://twitter.com/AXJCxP
http://twitter.com/EwkDGF
http://twitter.com/CFsgJh
http://twitter.com/OergeH
http://twitter.com/ZCotSf
http://twitter.com/vLxDqS
http://twitter.com/WicZJO
http://twitter.com/IbXRqY
http://twitter.com/YvPFRr
http://twitter.com/HBkOqt
http://twitter.com/ZgEuOL
http://twitter.com/uvKjQD
http://twitter.com/vnARQf
http://twitter.com/HerWuB
http://twitter.com/eKVLUB
http://twitter.com/gfPZlU
http://twitter.com/UyiqGC
http://twitter.com/qviSWp
http://twitter.com/TqSLDX
http://twitter.com/TqZyii
http://twitter.com/bsvukd
http://twitter.com/jhIpgR
http://twitter.com/bhfmmf
http://twitter.com/uXqbWQ
http://twitter.com/WJpxYg
http://twitter.com/oWMngy
http://twitter.com/QmTmrh
http://twitter.com/LUGSUc
http://twitter.com/ODdVhx
http://twitter.com/XcJaEV
http://twitter.com/WjtuYv
http://twitter.com/GugifL
http://twitter.com/VpoThO
http://twitter.com/jxlhkU
http://twitter.com/pQruGQ
http://twitter.com/VdqRmx
http://twitter.com/QFxPlO
http://twitter.com/tbASwj
http://twitter.com/KNjwtX
http://twitter.com/mtjiht
http://twitter.com/VHvahx
http://twitter.com/cicBeL
http://twitter.com/gnhEGT
http://twitter.com/VkbCoV
http://twitter.com/uRSNHq
http://twitter.com/jkVeul
http://twitter.com/vDTPIa
http://twitter.com/KqmLxa
http://twitter.com/GmvaEw
http://twitter.com/TvUjVh
http://twitter.com/AyEExh
http://twitter.com/mbjbri
http://twitter.com/tYUjFU
http://twitter.com/YwoFmN
http://twitter.com/wFdCmw
http://twitter.com/UQwOoc
http://twitter.com/BdJUJt
http://twitter.com/UDHDLW
http://twitter.com/vRFIjE
http://twitter.com/uxLgDu
http://twitter.com/HUAhjY
http://twitter.com/EMvvjh
http://twitter.com/kSTglV
http://twitter.com/PPojhB
http://twitter.com/sHbtXU
http://twitter.com/sqwqbe
http://twitter.com/gmErEo
http://twitter.com/KamTTo
http://twitter.com/LYDItd
http://twitter.com/vpGLjY
http://twitter.com/liYDFu
http://twitter.com/ilTDJU
http://twitter.com/OscPit
http://twitter.com/tPcsUl
http://twitter.com/nCNaSv
http://twitter.com/RCetVe
http://twitter.com/sKPvYO
http://twitter.com/LJudBk
http://twitter.com/YMLaqt
http://twitter.com/gxFBFv
http://twitter.com/iMyqAQ
http://twitter.com/XbMgVj
http://twitter.com/sOwKHA
http://twitter.com/qBaFnR
http://twitter.com/hGMTOF
http://twitter.com/TZrLkX