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  4. 🚨 Mastodon DOES NOT ask you to verify yourself, EVER.

🚨 Mastodon DOES NOT ask you to verify yourself, EVER.

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  • stux⚡S stux⚡

    🚨 Mastodon DOES NOT ask you to verify yourself, EVER. 🚨

    Currently there are scammers who want you to click a link by acting like #Mastodon staff

    Please REPORT these accounts so we can ban them across the #Fediverse

    WE DO NOT VERIFY PEOPLE ON MASTODON

    FinchHaven sfbaF This user is from outside of this forum
    FinchHaven sfbaF This user is from outside of this forum
    FinchHaven sfba
    wrote last edited by
    #3

    @stux

    One account that I've seen (but not received anything from) on Mastodon dot World has already been nuked, so their admins are finally paying attention

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    • stux⚡S stux⚡

      🚨 Mastodon DOES NOT ask you to verify yourself, EVER. 🚨

      Currently there are scammers who want you to click a link by acting like #Mastodon staff

      Please REPORT these accounts so we can ban them across the #Fediverse

      WE DO NOT VERIFY PEOPLE ON MASTODON

      Chris MartinC This user is from outside of this forum
      Chris MartinC This user is from outside of this forum
      Chris Martin
      wrote last edited by
      #4

      @stux Also seeing some sort of spam campaign regarding "monetizing your account" at the moment

      LouisL I miss 2025 alreadyS 2 Replies Last reply
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      • stux⚡S stux⚡

        🚨 Mastodon DOES NOT ask you to verify yourself, EVER. 🚨

        Currently there are scammers who want you to click a link by acting like #Mastodon staff

        Please REPORT these accounts so we can ban them across the #Fediverse

        WE DO NOT VERIFY PEOPLE ON MASTODON

        RevK :verified_r:R This user is from outside of this forum
        RevK :verified_r:R This user is from outside of this forum
        RevK :verified_r:
        wrote last edited by
        #5

        @stux one of the predictable issues with all this verification bullshit was fake verifications… annoying.

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        • Chris MartinC Chris Martin

          @stux Also seeing some sort of spam campaign regarding "monetizing your account" at the moment

          LouisL This user is from outside of this forum
          LouisL This user is from outside of this forum
          Louis
          wrote last edited by
          #6

          @chris__martin @stux I also got it and suspended the account (a ohishin attempt).

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          • stux⚡S stux⚡

            🚨 Mastodon DOES NOT ask you to verify yourself, EVER. 🚨

            Currently there are scammers who want you to click a link by acting like #Mastodon staff

            Please REPORT these accounts so we can ban them across the #Fediverse

            WE DO NOT VERIFY PEOPLE ON MASTODON

            xs4me2X This user is from outside of this forum
            xs4me2X This user is from outside of this forum
            xs4me2
            wrote last edited by
            #7

            @stux

            Bumped into one tonight too...

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            • sortius :Fire_Bisexual:S sortius :Fire_Bisexual:

              @stux to paraphrase Australia's "my.id": on the Fediverse, the way I post verifies me

              Stephen Dioxide :TwinPines:S This user is from outside of this forum
              Stephen Dioxide :TwinPines:S This user is from outside of this forum
              Stephen Dioxide :TwinPines:
              wrote last edited by
              #8

              @sortius @stux Or, as someone else put it, my voice is my passport.

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              • stux⚡S stux⚡

                🚨 Mastodon DOES NOT ask you to verify yourself, EVER. 🚨

                Currently there are scammers who want you to click a link by acting like #Mastodon staff

                Please REPORT these accounts so we can ban them across the #Fediverse

                WE DO NOT VERIFY PEOPLE ON MASTODON

                MarkM This user is from outside of this forum
                MarkM This user is from outside of this forum
                Mark
                wrote last edited by
                #9

                @stux Thanks. I had two of these show up this afternoon. I didn’t see the point, so I blocked them. Sounds like I made the right call

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                • stux⚡S stux⚡

                  🚨 Mastodon DOES NOT ask you to verify yourself, EVER. 🚨

                  Currently there are scammers who want you to click a link by acting like #Mastodon staff

                  Please REPORT these accounts so we can ban them across the #Fediverse

                  WE DO NOT VERIFY PEOPLE ON MASTODON

                  Gif's ArtidoteP This user is from outside of this forum
                  Gif's ArtidoteP This user is from outside of this forum
                  Gif's Artidote
                  wrote last edited by
                  #10

                  @stux
                  what about #GazaVerified ?

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                  • Gif's ArtidoteP Gif's Artidote

                    @stux
                    what about #GazaVerified ?

                    draeathD This user is from outside of this forum
                    draeathD This user is from outside of this forum
                    draeath
                    wrote last edited by
                    #11

                    @poisonpunk @stux that's a separate and (I believe) legitimate thing people are trying to manage.

                    I see a lot of #gazaverified people acting kinda spammy, though, but I am never sure it's not just a misunderstanding of how to use the platform or sheer desperation.

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                    • Chris MartinC Chris Martin

                      @stux Also seeing some sort of spam campaign regarding "monetizing your account" at the moment

                      I miss 2025 alreadyS This user is from outside of this forum
                      I miss 2025 alreadyS This user is from outside of this forum
                      I miss 2025 already
                      wrote last edited by
                      #12

                      @chris__martin @stux Which is hilarious on the face of it. Of all the places to go to 'monetize your content' Mastodon ain't it. 😂

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                      • stux⚡S stux⚡

                        🚨 Mastodon DOES NOT ask you to verify yourself, EVER. 🚨

                        Currently there are scammers who want you to click a link by acting like #Mastodon staff

                        Please REPORT these accounts so we can ban them across the #Fediverse

                        WE DO NOT VERIFY PEOPLE ON MASTODON

                        FallsMom  🌻F This user is from outside of this forum
                        FallsMom  🌻F This user is from outside of this forum
                        FallsMom 🌻
                        wrote last edited by
                        #13

                        @stux

                        You keep our mastodon coffee pretty darn clean of bad stuff, thanx!

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                        • stux⚡S stux⚡

                          🚨 Mastodon DOES NOT ask you to verify yourself, EVER. 🚨

                          Currently there are scammers who want you to click a link by acting like #Mastodon staff

                          Please REPORT these accounts so we can ban them across the #Fediverse

                          WE DO NOT VERIFY PEOPLE ON MASTODON

                          Mitsunee | 光音M This user is from outside of this forum
                          Mitsunee | 光音M This user is from outside of this forum
                          Mitsunee | 光音
                          wrote last edited by
                          #14

                          @stux@mstdn.social arguably they are failing to act like "staff" too, anyone who actually understands how fedi instances are hosted should immediately recognize the scam I saw earlier ​​

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                          • stux⚡S stux⚡

                            🚨 Mastodon DOES NOT ask you to verify yourself, EVER. 🚨

                            Currently there are scammers who want you to click a link by acting like #Mastodon staff

                            Please REPORT these accounts so we can ban them across the #Fediverse

                            WE DO NOT VERIFY PEOPLE ON MASTODON

                            Ahri EnbyA This user is from outside of this forum
                            Ahri EnbyA This user is from outside of this forum
                            Ahri Enby
                            wrote last edited by
                            #15

                            @stux@mstdn.social #sharkey and #lemmy instances will not ask you to verify too, ever.

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                            • KirstyA This user is from outside of this forum
                              KirstyA This user is from outside of this forum
                              Kirsty
                              wrote last edited by
                              #16

                              @MarkBrigham
                              Using the ellipsis (3 dots) below the toot, it brings up a menu which includes Report. It can also be done from the ellipsis on their account page.
                              As always, fedi.tips has this covered 👍

                              https://fedi.tips/how-do-i-report-a-post-or-account-that-is-doing-something-bad/

                              @stux

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                              • stux⚡S stux⚡

                                🚨 Mastodon DOES NOT ask you to verify yourself, EVER. 🚨

                                Currently there are scammers who want you to click a link by acting like #Mastodon staff

                                Please REPORT these accounts so we can ban them across the #Fediverse

                                WE DO NOT VERIFY PEOPLE ON MASTODON

                                M3OWM This user is from outside of this forum
                                M3OWM This user is from outside of this forum
                                M3OW
                                wrote last edited by
                                #17

                                @stux my home address is 293 Tanglewood Dr, New Castle, PA 16105 can you please verify me

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                                • stux⚡S stux⚡

                                  🚨 Mastodon DOES NOT ask you to verify yourself, EVER. 🚨

                                  Currently there are scammers who want you to click a link by acting like #Mastodon staff

                                  Please REPORT these accounts so we can ban them across the #Fediverse

                                  WE DO NOT VERIFY PEOPLE ON MASTODON

                                  GirlCrooshP This user is from outside of this forum
                                  GirlCrooshP This user is from outside of this forum
                                  GirlCroosh
                                  wrote last edited by
                                  #18

                                  @stux Just reported one myself. Yeeesh. Where’d they all suddenly spring up from?

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                                  • sortius :Fire_Bisexual:S sortius :Fire_Bisexual:

                                    @stux to paraphrase Australia's "my.id": on the Fediverse, the way I post verifies me

                                    AndresA This user is from outside of this forum
                                    AndresA This user is from outside of this forum
                                    Andres
                                    wrote last edited by
                                    #19

                                    @sortius @stux "my shitpost is my passport. verify me."

                                    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-zVgWpVXb64

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                                    • stux⚡S stux⚡

                                      🚨 Mastodon DOES NOT ask you to verify yourself, EVER. 🚨

                                      Currently there are scammers who want you to click a link by acting like #Mastodon staff

                                      Please REPORT these accounts so we can ban them across the #Fediverse

                                      WE DO NOT VERIFY PEOPLE ON MASTODON

                                      Travis JeansT This user is from outside of this forum
                                      Travis JeansT This user is from outside of this forum
                                      Travis Jeans
                                      wrote last edited by
                                      #20

                                      @stux Reported!

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                                      • draeathD draeath

                                        @poisonpunk @stux that's a separate and (I believe) legitimate thing people are trying to manage.

                                        I see a lot of #gazaverified people acting kinda spammy, though, but I am never sure it's not just a misunderstanding of how to use the platform or sheer desperation.

                                        Gif's ArtidoteP This user is from outside of this forum
                                        Gif's ArtidoteP This user is from outside of this forum
                                        Gif's Artidote
                                        wrote last edited by
                                        #21

                                        @draeath @stux 💯🖤free 🇵🇸

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                                        • stux⚡S stux⚡

                                          🚨 Mastodon DOES NOT ask you to verify yourself, EVER. 🚨

                                          Currently there are scammers who want you to click a link by acting like #Mastodon staff

                                          Please REPORT these accounts so we can ban them across the #Fediverse

                                          WE DO NOT VERIFY PEOPLE ON MASTODON

                                          Lauri Kuparinen 🇪🇺L This user is from outside of this forum
                                          Lauri Kuparinen 🇪🇺L This user is from outside of this forum
                                          Lauri Kuparinen 🇪🇺
                                          wrote last edited by
                                          #22

                                          @stux But, but... how do I know if someone's a celebrity if there's no verification badge? 😮

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