yeah maybe there are scammers and they try to get as many account as possible so they can join bounty or sell the account later when they reach a higher rank
Well they cant get higher than jr member now because of merit

But it does not seem to be working as there is still a crazy amount of spam :p
Perhaps with the merit system that at least can minimize, if there are still spammers, may be made a more stringent verification system, then they are all spammers just silent.