These are NYGov's legit accounts
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NYGov
Profile Bios
Twitter/X
Official Twitter of New York State. Get updates: https://t.co/o8oGQQMYyO or text NEW YORK to 81336.
Social media use policy: https://t.co/aqC7kQUsPD
The official Instagram of New York State, the State of Opportunity.
Profile Photos
Twitter/X
This is NYGov's profile photo consistency across the legit accounts tracked by NotCommon. Scammers often take advantage of the lack of consistency across an entity's accounts, so the more profile photos are the same, the better.
Username Distribution
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This is NYGov's username distribution across the platforms tracked by NotCommon. Low username variation makes it more difficult for impersonators and scammers to create accounts pretending to be NYGov.
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