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️ Scam alert: if anyone ever asks you to "temporarily change" the email address on your Mastodon account, DO NOT DO THIS.
There is currently a scammer posing as a server admin telling people to temporarily change their Mastodon account's email to an address supplied by the scammer. This is a scam, don't do it.
Real admins will NEVER ask you to do this.
You can see examples of this scam in the thread at https://ohai.social/@redsad/115708030185038699
(Thanks @markwyner@mas.to for the warning about this! 🙏
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@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @markwyner@mas.to
Not just for Mastodon, any service that uses email for resetting your password will have people trying this scam.
Don't fall for it anywhere.
And yes, a real admin will be able to change your email and password, etc on their own, so any time someone claiming to be an admin asks you to do that, it's a red flag.
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Ping @admin@piaille.fr .
Une comm en ce sens dans la langue de Molière pourrait être une bonne chose, non ?
@markwyner@mas.to
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services
It is the kind of scam where someone asks you to empty your bank account into theirs in order to keep your money safe. It seems like people still fall for that.
@markwyner@mas.to
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @markwyner@mas.to
That is such an obviously bad idea that I wouldn't do it regardless of whether the person asking was a real admin or not.
p.s. To add a bit of context, the scammer may message you to claim they reported you by accident. They then try to convince you to get in touch with a different account that pretends to be an admin who can "fix" the situation. All of the things they tell you are lies.
The scammer is actually running both accounts and just wants to take over your account by tricking you into changing your email address to their email address. They would then use your account to post other scams.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @markwyner@mas.to Also, don't feel bad if you fall victim to a scam. There's no shame in it. We're all vulnerable to one type of scam or another, and the biggest protection is accepting that and staying vigilant.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @markwyner@mas.to
Something very similar was attempted with me through Steam. That was two or three years ago. I think the perpetrator got what was coming to him, because I reported the incident to all three mediums/platforms he tried to exploit to do it.
Re last: If anyone asks you to do that regarding your alovertheplace.ca account, talk to me. I will nuke them and their instance from orbit.
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @markwyner@mas.to
I'd like to think that @Mastodon@mastodon.social users are more intelligent than to fall for that.... 😂
@FediTips@social.growyourown.services @markwyner@mas.to
Can non-admins even see the email?
The reason ask is because I use unique emails for different things… and I expect only the admin could see the email I used for mastodon.
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