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Twitter users say they are being bombarded with more spam messages than ever before - despite Elon Musk's pledge to 'defeat the bots.'

Anecdotally, there have been reports of a sharp increase in the volume of phishing messages since the eccentric billionaire bought the company for $44bn in October.

Users have shared snapshots of their inboxes filled with fake accounts offering them free nude pics, cryptocurrency opportunities and job positions.

There are also complaints about the 'abnormally high number of advertisements' that are enough for some users to leave the platform  - users claim there is 'an ad for every two or three tweets.' 

Musk made it one of his mission statements - along with stamping out wokeness and championing free speech - to clamp down on bots on the site.  

But eyebrows were raised about how Twitter would function when Musk sacked 1,200 technicians and engineers in November.

Recent news revealed that more than 500 advertisers paused their contracts with Twitter, which caused the platform's daily revenue to drop by 40 percent on January 17 from what it reported at the same time last year. 

And the pauses could have led to Musk increasing the show of advertisers that have not yet jumped ship. 

While ads can be annoying, spam bots are more of an issue because they prey on users in an attempt to steal their credentials or money.

Musk is well aware that Twitter has bots - he attempted to terminate the deal to buy Twitter over the issue.

However, the Chief Twit has been silent about the issue in recent months and users are starting to get restless.

DailyMail.com spoke to one user from New York: 'I am seeing at least one spam message each day, most of which are for crypto.

'There are also ones offering jobs where I can make thousands of dollars a day for doing nothing.

'And multiple people in the message.' 

Another user told DailyMail.com: 'It reminds me of the robocalls that spam my phone daily and makes me feel like the bot problem on Twitter is getting out of hand. I never got messages like this until a few months ago.'.

Twitter user 'Zac' shared on the platform: 'Yo @elonmusk, I've been getting inundated with spam messages lately. Did something change to let these guys sneak in undetected?'

Another by the name of 'little peepo' tweeted: 'I'm getting so many more goddam crypto spam messages since Elon laid his unwashed disgusting flesh digits on this godforsaken platform.' 

There are two types of spam bots lurking on the platform: good bots and bad. 

Twitter defines good spam bots as automated accounts that 'help people find useful, entertaining and relevant information.' 

One of these good bots is @pikaso_me that will take a screenshot of your

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