Beware Fake Accounts Promising To 'Verify' You On Twitter

So many folks on Twitter are obsessed with “verification.” Check out the #VerifyMe hashtag or any similar to see. It’s kind of . . . sad.

Twitter doesn’t accept public verification requests, for one. And two? If it was as easy to get verified as these fake accounts make it sound, everyone would be.

Twitter has very clear (as mud) standards for verification – basically, if you have to ask you’re probably not in the verification queue.

Want to see the kinds of folks and businesses recently verified? Check out our ongoing

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