Elon Musk Outsmarts Foreign Scammers

Elon Musk’s X recently rolled out a new feature that shows the location that accounts operate from. Many anonymous accounts claiming to be MAGA yet pushing division in the conservative movement have been exposed as operating from India, Pakistan and other nations.
Popular influencers with known identities are pointing out foreign fakers, most of which who have claimed to be Americans for years.
Elon Musk’s X platform formerly known as Twitter recently rolled out a new feature for user profiles that displays more information about accounts. This includes which country or region they are based in.
Now X users can go to an account’s profile and click on the date that the account joined the platform. This will then take them to an about page revealing the additional details.
On Sunday many X users flocked to popular anonymous accounts to check where they are located. They began sharing screenshots of what they found, revealing that many of the MAGA accounts sowing division and infighting within the conservative movement are actually based in foreign nations including India, Nigeria and Bangladesh.
Conservative commentator Gunther Eagleman praised the new tool.
“Who knew that an Austrian has been running a ‘Republicans against Trump’ psyop page? This new feature has to be one of my FAVORITE ones X has ever added.”
He continued with optimism about the feature’s impact.
“Watch the PETTY infighting stop now that foreign countries aren’t pushing slop under cover of anonymity.”
Eagleman also shared a screenshot of the about page for the popular Republicans Against Trump account which boasts a staggering 978,200 followers. The anti-Trump account is based in Austria.
Notably after being caught, some foreign-based accounts posing as U.S. citizens began using a VPN to appear as though they are in the United States. However users began noting that an exclamation point next to the account’s location reveals they are using a VPN.
An exclamation point next to United States on the about page for the Republicans Against Trump account for example reveals at the time of this writing that the account is using a VPN. The lack of an exclamation point means a user is seeing the real location for the account.
“One of the most openly racist accounts towards Indians posing as an American is actually run from Bangladesh.”
This X user shared a screenshot of the about page for an account dubbed America First with 67,600 followers revealing it is based in Bangladesh.
Conservative commentator and host of LFA TV’s UNGOVERNED Shawn Farash exposed another account.
“‘MAGA is dead’ — Brought to you by some tool in Europe.”
He shared a screenshot of an X account boasting 93,000 followers operating from Europe.
The X account War Hamster with nearly 23,000 followers made a sarcastic observation.
“Call me old fashioned but I don’t think folks from foreign countries should be allowed to vote in our elections.”
Another X user quipped in response by sharing a screenshot revealing the account is based in the United Arab Emirates with the comment “Man you don’t even have elections.”
“‘Our tax money goes to Israel,’ says Congolese man. Over 100k followers.”
This user shared the about page for an account which has garnered 128,600 followers on X alongside a screenshot of one of their posts which read “Israel is a terrorist state funded with our tax $.”
“Last year this MAGA account was berating me for not living on a reservation. Turns out, they were in Nigeria the whole time.”
This came from someone sharing a screenshot of MAGA Scope who boasts 51,200 followers on X and is based in Nigeria.
The popular U.S.-based X account End Wokeness pointed out another deletion.
“Large anti-Trump account ‘Ron Smith’ just self-deleted after it was revealed that the account is based in Kenya.”
The Kenya-based account had boasted nearly 53,000 followers on the platform.
“BREAKING: American guy is not actually an American guy.”
Another X user wrote this while sharing a screenshot of an account that goes by the name American Voice and claims to be living in Florida but is actually based in India.
“392,000 followers.”
Another commented while sharing the about page for an account dubbed MAGA Nation based in non-EU Eastern Europe.
Conservative commentator Matt Walsh praised the feature.
“I’m already loving the new feature.”
He shared that a popular account called Israel Exposed with 184,400 followers is based in Saudi Arabia.
“This ‘conservative’ account has been relentlessly stoking infighting for months now. Not American. No surprise.”
The account boasting 88,100 followers is actually based in Romania.
Conservative writer Austin Petersen questioned another foreign account’s claims.
“How did they vote for Trump in Macedonia?”
This referred to a Europe-based account who exclaimed “I DO NOT CARE WHAT ANYONE SAYS. TRUMP IS DOING EXACTLY WHAT I VOTED FOR AND MORE. I AM PROUD TO BE ULTRA MAGA.”
Others pointed out that the popular X account Alex Cole with 327,000 followers and who constantly lambasts Trump supporters on the platform is based in Canada.
The location reveal is impacting the platform in many other ways such as exposing accounts pretending to be attractive women. An X user simply commented Nigeria above an X post from a Nigeria-based account suggesting they are a white woman from the United States.