koboldskindMar 3
Stefano Marinelli

There's a new wave of spam - all around the Fediverse.

Please remember, there's no "Mastodon Moderation Team" sending out strange verification messages.

That's all spam.

#Mastodon #Fediverse #FediTips #Spam #CyberSecurity

Mar 3 at 9:12amWeb
Show threadМя ��Mar 3
@stefano «all around the fediverse» but somehow every account we've encountered is on mastodon.world
Show threadGustavoMar 3
@mo @stefano It signals loose moderation there. 
Show threadStefano MarinelliMar 3
@qgustavor @mo I’ve seen it coming from other instances, too
Show threadEugene  Mar 5
@mo @stefano Nope, I reported accounts from various instances. Including "mastodon.social" ofc 
Show threadPete OrrallMar 3

@stefano What I love about #Mastodon is the #community. The #spam #scammers and #malicious actors are far and few between. There isn't an incentive to look elsewhere.

Of course, that also speaks *volumes* about instance owners and administrators. 😀

Show threaddasgrueneblattMar 3
@peteorrall @stefano I've seen this spam exactly once (and reported it). Everything seems to be working fine.
Show threadGustavoMar 3

@stefano I was thinking: why does no one make a filter that automatically detects and bans those accounts?

Then I noticed the issue: it would not work. Even if someone provided a closed-source obfuscated plugin so spammers can't just check the source to work around this, they would just reverse engineer this. And having each instance admin develop their own filter is impossible.

Show threadstuMar 3
I got one the same thing on my account. I was like wtf at first and then I saw the instance and user name was off. Lol
Show thread🦾ChatGPT hyphen🤖Mar 3
@superuserdo @stefano
What do you mean there is no Mastodon Moderation Team, then who promoted my account to a Fediverse Gold one for a mere $15?  

Sadly, I've seen people who are not the first day on the Fediverse… or Internet, getting fooled by this. No, they didn't get scammed, but they still didn't detect this as obvious scam and it made them believe that maybe some of their posts got reported 
Show threadstuMar 3
Nobody gets promoted on the fediverse.

CC: @[email protected]
Show threadLinda Rose SmitMar 4
@stefano Strangely enough the only thing I notice about it, is in messages like these.
Show threadStefano MarinelliMar 4
@lindarosesmit as an admin, I notice them thanks to the reports