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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

    FallsMom  🌻F This user is from outside of this forum
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    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
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      #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
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              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 🇪🇺
                      wrote last edited by
                      #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
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                                      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
                                        ArazilA This user is from outside of this forum
                                        Arazil
                                        wrote last edited by
                                        #31

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

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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

                                          נחום Philoxenon וו.N This user is from outside of this forum
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                                          נחום Philoxenon וו.
                                          wrote last edited by
                                          #32

                                          @stux You can verify your account if you wish but that process is totally up to you. Nobody will ask you to do it and you control all aspects of the process yourself.

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