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There's apparently scammers going round pretending to be Mastodon admins, demanding people "verify their identity".

Do not click on their links, do not give them any info. It is a scam. Genuine Mastodon server admins never demand verification like this.

Here's a guide to how to recognise and avoid various kinds of scams on Mastodon and the wider Fediverse:

➡️ fedi.tips/how-to-avoid-scammer…

(Thanks to @amministratore for providing warning about the latest wave of scam posts.)

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Screenshot of an illustration that is apparently being used by scammers to try to fool people into giving their personal details to crooks. The illustration itself says "identity verification required", features a cartoon Mastodon and has various corporate-looking text boxes full of generic phrases which all boil down to "give us your ID if you want to keep your account". These are lies, and I've overlaid the phrase "SCAM! DO NOT CLICK!" in bright red letters on top of the scam illustratoin.

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p.s. The scammers are apparently messaging people about "suspicious activity" and "guideline violations" claiming that the victim's Mastodon account will be deleted if they don't verify their identity within 24 hours.

This is a lie designed by the scammers to panic their victims into sending personal details without pausing to think.

Genuine Mastodon admins never ever send messages like that.

(Thanks again to @amministratore for the extra details!)

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