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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

    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
                    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? :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
                      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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                                • 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
                                  Earthlingz FREE PAL HOSTAGESL This user is from outside of this forum
                                  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
                                      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
                                        נחום Philoxenon וו.N This user is from outside of this forum
                                        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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