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⚠️ Scam warning: there are accounts posing as Mastodon admins claiming to offer "rewards" or "payments" or "partnerships".

These are scams. There are no reward or payment schemes on Mastodon. No genuine admin would ever send this kind of post or reply.

If you see scam posts like the ones in the screenshot below, report them by clicking ⋯ on the scam posts and then selecting "report".

#Mastodon

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teilten dies erneut

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p.s. Another couple of scams to watch out for as well:

- Scammers saying you need to verify by clicking on a link. Admins will NEVER demand you verify. The verification system on Mastodon is optional and does not involve credit cards or any kind of payment.

- Scammers saying you need to temporarily change your account's email address. Admins will NEVER do this. This is done by scammers who want to take over your account, which is possible if you change your email to match theirs.

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💡𝚂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗆𝖺𝗇 𝙰𝗉𝗉𝗌📱

I had 3 come up today, all different userids. They each cam up each time I made a post to programming.dev/c/dotnetmaui, replying to it from Mastodon, but not when I posted to different Communities, so they're not following me per se, but some combination in there triggered them each time, but a different bot each time, as I said
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p.p.s. I've just done a guide all about how to deal with scams and scammers on the Fediverse at:

➡️ fedi.tips/how-to-avoid-scammer…

I've tried to cover all the known scams and questions people have about dealing with them. If I'm missing anything from this please let me know.

How to avoid scammers on Mastodon and the Fediverse | Fedi.Tips – An Unofficial Guide to Mastodon and the Fediverse

An unofficial guide to using Mastodon and the Fediverse
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Leeloo

The email one ought to be bloody obvious. If someone is asking you to change an email address to one that isn't yours, they are going to use that email to gain access to your stuff.

The rewards one, not so much, unless you know that Mastodon admins can barely afford to keep their server running. You'd have a better chance buying shares in mr. St. Claus' toy factory on the North Pole.

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skedarwarrior

I didn't see this comment till now, but I feel like people using Mastodon probably are 90% less likely to fall for such scams than people use stuff like twitter, facebook and other proprietary social media sites.

Just to eloberate, people who use open source operating systems are more intelligent than say... windows, apple or google os users.

Because open source systems require more CLI usage. Although linux's usage of CLI is miles better than DOS.

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