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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

    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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                                      • Stephen Dioxide :TwinPines:S Stephen Dioxide :TwinPines:

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

                                        Steen Eiler JørgensenO This user is from outside of this forum
                                        Steen Eiler JørgensenO This user is from outside of this forum
                                        Steen Eiler Jørgensen
                                        wrote last edited by
                                        #23

                                        @Steve @sortius @stux Wasn't it Werner Brandes?

                                        Stephen Dioxide :TwinPines:S 1 Reply 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

                                          Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國T This user is from outside of this forum
                                          Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國T This user is from outside of this forum
                                          Tâi Siáu-káu 台痟狗 ㄊㄇㄉ 🇳🇫 台灣國
                                          wrote last edited by
                                          #24

                                          @stux
                                          Lots of fake-looking accounts claiming to be from #Gaza 🇵🇸 and asking for #money recently. 🤦🏽‍♂️

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