⚠️ATTENTION!⚠️ - Several messages are circulating from fake “official Mastodon accounts” that are stealing credentials!
If you see these messages, please report them and forward the report to the source of the message!
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Definitely do report them. I’ve already banned a bunch of these and will continue to do so. We are reliant on reports, however, since we don’t have eyes everywhere. :)
All the instances really ought to pin this post.
please remove the phishing link from this post immediately. you can defuse it e.g. by putting it in a code snippet and replacing the dots with
[.], e.g.netprocesse[.]com.Saw one of these earlier and reported it. Glad to see action is being taken and that you’re getting the word out.
Ok, am I annoying or does this seem like another one of those “If you fall for these you kinda deserve it?” There’s not one single company I can think of that asks you to verify your e-mail in a reply. Like come on.
Don’t underestimate the danger behind these messages: I’ll reply to you with the same message I wrote here.
That, and nobody legitimate ever asks you to do anything with accounts/passwords/money/banks and ends the message with “warm regards.” Really? That’s right up there with “calvary greetings.”
I’d guess all of the braindeads who’d fall for that are not in the fediverse anyway.
Unfortunately, this isn’t the case: we tend to think these spam attempts are intended for stupid or naive people. However, someone who’s just discovered the fediverse and has begun to learn all the strange things that still amaze me (even though I’ve been here for years) might not be surprised by such an oddity. Finally, just as someone recovering from chemotherapy can risk their life with a simple flu, even an intelligent and well-prepared person can experience moments of emotional fragility or fatigue that lower their defenses. These messages are much more dangerous than they seem!
