Scammers Impersonate Anthropic Employees
eliebakouch · x · 2026-07-16
Individuals on X are impersonating Anthropic employees, leveraging the narrative that "many people, including Anthropic staff, are following him" to build credibility and seemingly execute another scam. The original poster alerted Nikita Bier to intervene and prevent further victims.
The key tactics of these scams include: recycling account names from past scams, mimicking legitimate employee profiles, and exploiting follower networks to manufacture false credibility.
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