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#X (#Twitter) will start charging new users in New Zealand and the Philippines $1 per year
(news.retiolus.net)
This is a most excellent place for technology news and articles.
I think you underestimate how many validated credit cards come up for sale every week on the internet.
Trust me, paying $1 isn't even a speed bump to scammers: they pay it with Other People's Money.
That's the tough part about white-hat, you follow the rules, they don't.