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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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  • 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
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    #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
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        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
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                      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
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                        Lauri Kuparinen 🇪🇺
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                        #22

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

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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
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                          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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                                    • 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

                                      Earthlingz FREE PAL HOSTAGESL This user is from outside of this forum
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                                      Earthlingz FREE PAL HOSTAGES
                                      wrote last edited by
                                      #29

                                      @stux sample

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                                      • Steen Eiler JørgensenO Steen Eiler Jørgensen

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

                                        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
                                        #30

                                        @oz1sej @sortius @stux That's the one!

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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

                                          ArazilA This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          Arazil
                                          wrote last edited by
                                          #31

                                          @stux Another attack vector enabled by the current "ID verification" craze. 🙄

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