Mastodawn

There's a scammer on the move, see the quoted post for details. Genuine admins will NEVER demand that you verify your identity.

I've done a guide to scams and how to recognise them at:

@FediTips Well, just looking at the URL would make me suspicious.

@FediTips they targeted the wrong people, to be honest

@FediTips What about the flood of sob stories wanting donations a while back, those seem to have dried up?

@FediTips Some specialized instances do verify people when they first sign up. But they won't send DMs like this to established accounts.