Fake LeBron James Account Proves Twitter's New Paid Verified Causes Problems

LeBron James isn't demanding a trade back to Cleveland but a verified Twitter account pretending to be the Los Angeles Lakers star duped people into thinking so on Wednesday as a result of Elon Musk's $8 blue check mark rollout. The bird app's new subscription feature already has the trolls running wild and King James was the first to fall victim to the antics. An account named @kIngjamez tried to pull a quick one shortly after the verification party got started saying, "I am officially requesting a trade." Thank you LakersNation for all the support through the years. Onto bigger and better things! ThekidfromAKRON ImComingHome. Of course, the REAL at kingjames' most recent tweet is an ad for a video game. Here's the issue If folks didn't notice the misspelling handle or click on the check mark to read WHY the account is verified, they were led to believe #6 was going back to the 216. Elon's decision to give any Twitter Blue subscribers a blue check without any vetting had people concerned for this exact reason and so far, it's proven to be a massive headache for some.

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