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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

    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?

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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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                                  • Gif's ArtidoteP Gif's Artidote

                                    @stux
                                    what about #GazaVerified ?

                                    Aral BalkanA This user is from outside of this forum
                                    Aral BalkanA This user is from outside of this forum
                                    Aral Balkan
                                    wrote last edited by
                                    #25

                                    @poisonpunk @stux That’s very specific. And we never reach out to anyone to ask them to get verified.

                                    (And I wish we didn’t need 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

                                      Stop ThatS This user is from outside of this forum
                                      Stop ThatS This user is from outside of this forum
                                      Stop That
                                      wrote last edited by
                                      #26

                                      @stux @aral I literally just got one from an account claiming to be mastodon staff, where they said they had noticed my posts are getting attention and offering me an opportunity for monetization, with a link to click on. I laughed and laughed and hit “report user,” because lol.

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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

                                        InformactionsMCM This user is from outside of this forum
                                        InformactionsMCM This user is from outside of this forum
                                        InformactionsMC
                                        wrote last edited by
                                        #27

                                        @stux
                                        Signalement de verifinotifff@mastodon.world

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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

                                          MartaM This user is from outside of this forum
                                          MartaM This user is from outside of this forum
                                          Marta
                                          wrote last edited by
                                          #28

                                          @stux I wonder how is Mastodon doing in countries that ban social media for kids?

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