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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@waldoj" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>waldoj</span></a></span> Always remember to <a href="https://metalhead.club/@Kitty/114840998746454960" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">report said accounts!</a></p><p>I'll gladly add those <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/scammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scammers</span></a> to the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bot</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/blocklist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blocklist</span></a> I maintain:</p><p><a href="https://github.com/greyhat-academy/lists.d/blob/main/activitypub.bots.block.list.tsv" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">github.com/greyhat-academy/lis</span><span class="invisible">ts.d/blob/main/activitypub.bots.block.list.tsv</span></a></p>
Europe<p>Better Business Bureau warns against disaster scams and AI</p><p>TOPEKA, Kan. (WIBW) – The rise of AI has heightened the lengths scammers will go to exploit the…<br><a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/america" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>america</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Americans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Americans</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/bbb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bbb</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/BetterBusinessBureau" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BetterBusinessBureau</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>business</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/call" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>call</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/ChatGPT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ChatGPT</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/disaster" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>disaster</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/floods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>floods</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/phones" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phones</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/scammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scammers</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scams</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/socialmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>socialmedia</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/Texas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Texas</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/text" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>text</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/tragedy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tragedy</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/unitedstatesofamerica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>unitedstatesofamerica</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/USA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USA</span></a> <a href="https://flipboard.social/tags/wibw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>wibw</span></a><br><a href="https://www.europesays.com/2226461/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/2226461/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Tim Holyoake<p>That's a first - I just had a *very* short conversation with an AI that 'phoned me with a home insulation scam. </p><p>Claimed to be "Jane" from the Green Eco Centre but was clearly an AI due to the staccato nature of "her" voice. </p><p>Also, as soon as I asked it for their registered company number it couldn't answer ... and simply went back to the start of its script.</p><p>Do you think it will use the words "F*** off you AI scammer" in its next training set?</p><p>Number to block is 0203 3428972 and has a long history of running this scam: </p><p><a href="https://who-called.co.uk/Number/02033428972" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">who-called.co.uk/Number/020334</span><span class="invisible">28972</span></a></p><p><a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/DontGetScammed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DontGetScammed</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scam</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/Scammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scammers</span></a> <a href="https://oldbytes.space/tags/GreenEnergy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GreenEnergy</span></a></p>
cs<p>Houston man scammed of life savings after receiving letter from IRS that his identity had been stolen. Rather than putting him on high alert, the letter led him to believe the scammers who pretended they were helping him avoid the identity theft, insisting that he needed to transfer money to protect himself.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/scammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scammers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/scammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scammers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/IdentityTheft" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IdentityTheft</span></a> <br><a href="https://www.aol.com/houston-man-65-loses-500k-203100451.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">aol.com/houston-man-65-loses-5</span><span class="invisible">00k-203100451.html</span></a></p>
Aaron<p>Got spam emails this morning by someone who opened an issue on GitHub with what was probably a very unsafe link and then just tagged dozens of users over and over and over. Why we needed 50 copies in a row of the same notification, IDK. Thankfully, the account is terminated already, but if this starts to be a regular thing, I might have to abandon GitHub altogether.</p><p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GitHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GitHub</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spam</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Spammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spammers</span></a><br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Scammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scammers</span></a></p>
Linda Sgoluppi Artist<p>There seems to be a quite a few of men popping up on my follow in a very similar way to those 'servicemen' on fb. Seems the scammers are trying Marodon. Time to play whack a mole....<br><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Scammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scammers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a></p>
Your Autistic Life FR/EN/ES<p>Does anyone know of a reliable reverse image search site equal to Google or better?</p><p>I'm going to tell you exactly what my use-case scenario is:</p><p>I use reverse search to catch scammers on dating platforms. See scammers often steal the pictures they put in their profile from various websites.</p><p>Sometimes those pictures are pornographic in nature. I've recently noticed that Google no longer allow reverse searching for porn. Actually, it also rejects pictures of people clad in swimsuits.</p><p>I don't know of any setting I can change. Every week, I got scammers tossed off platforms using this method. However, I can no longer do this, due to Google's ongoing enshittification efforts.</p><p><a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/Google" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Google</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/GoogleSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GoogleSearch</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/ReverseImageSearch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReverseImageSearch</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/scammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scammers</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scams</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/porn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>porn</span></a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/enshittification" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>enshittification</span></a></p>
Imogen<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Scammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scammers</span></a> </p><p>Minnesota authorities are warning about a new text scam involving someone falsely claiming the target has outstanding tickets or warrants in an attempt to steal money or personal information.</p>
zeldman<p>White House Health Report Included Fake Citations: A report on children’s health released by the so-called Make America Healthy Again Commission referred to scientific papers that did not exist. Gift link, no paywall. </p><p><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/29/well/maha-report-citations.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LE8.4hOc.l--TWdRYSokC&amp;smid=url-share" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">nytimes.com/2025/05/29/well/ma</span><span class="invisible">ha-report-citations.html?unlocked_article_code=1.LE8.4hOc.l--TWdRYSokC&amp;smid=url-share</span></a> <a href="https://front-end.social/tags/scams" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scams</span></a> <a href="https://front-end.social/tags/scammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scammers</span></a> <a href="https://front-end.social/tags/lies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lies</span></a> <a href="https://front-end.social/tags/liars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>liars</span></a> <a href="https://front-end.social/tags/MAHA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MAHA</span></a> <a href="https://front-end.social/tags/RFKJr" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RFKJr</span></a></p>
Quokka<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://theblower.au/@frogglin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>frogglin</span></a></span> i have a very special hatred for scammers.<br>But I do like to have fun with the current batch of <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/Telegram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Telegram</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.au/tags/scammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scammers</span></a>. Generally profile pics of top-heavy lovelies asking if I'm the Tourist Board. "Oh I must have the wrong person. Anyway you sound nice, can we be friends...."<br>Their actual English ability then starts to become apparent and I'll waste shit loads of their time with utter nonsense until I get bored.</p>
PrivacyDigest<p>Just got another call from the the " <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Amazon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Amazon</span></a> Customer Support " <a href="https://mas.to/tags/scammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scammers</span></a> </p><p>I have to admit they are getting better at playing the game. Patient, tried to sound like they are helping/protecting me from the "Criminal Element" without trying to get info out of me</p><p>Tried to stretch it out so I could waste their time and keep them from bothering others. But I guess I asked to many questions because they hung up on me 🙁<br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scam</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/security" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>security</span></a></p>
cyProtip: make your profile weird, and post weird, because data harvesters will mass create accounts that all like cats, struggle with introversion, and are rizz to the max hello fellow children. Carefully inoffensive generic profiles are suspicious af.<br><br><a href="https://fedicy.us.to?t=fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Fediverse</a> <a href="https://fedicy.us.to?t=bots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bots</a> <a href="https://fedicy.us.to?t=scammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scammers</a><br>
cobalt<p>Am boosting because a week ago I was targeted in a similar way. I went to the bank and thought I was doing the right thing when told by the “Fraud” department by phone to set up a new account to transfer money to, for safety. The calls passed my call ID as both of the bank contacts I had. They were spoofed numbers! <a href="https://beige.party/tags/BankFraud" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BankFraud</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Scammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scammers</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Spoofing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Spoofing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@Edent/112372412442888807" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@Edent/1123724</span><span class="invisible">12442888807</span></a></p>
Amalia Zeichnerin<p>People whom you don't know who write you cryptic DMs.<br>Over on Tumblr, someone wrote to me "Hello, friend." Nothing more. </p><p>Sorry, but these days, that's a red flag. First of all, I am not a friend of the person. Second, I bet this is a scam or spam in the making, just waiting for me to reply.</p><p>If you have better intentions, do not just write "Hello" to someone who doesn't know you. Write your reason for writing the person.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scam</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scammers</span></a></p>
C-rich<p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/scammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scammers</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a><br><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nicole" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nicole</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/nicolethefediversechick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>nicolethefediversechick</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/fediversechick" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediversechick</span></a> </p><p>SCAMMER ALERT!</p>
Lily :verified:<p>Guys, Watchout from this account named @misuillustrates.bsky.social or known as @reyascorner on X. She is a scammer and she scammed 30+ people and I have collected most of it on this following doc</p><p><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IEwH7MK2_r5l-zpxMMIesECmuKV2gMDcGkKMawnbK3k/edit?usp=sharing" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">docs.google.com/document/d/1IE</span><span class="invisible">wH7MK2_r5l-zpxMMIesECmuKV2gMDcGkKMawnbK3k/edit?usp=sharing</span></a></p><p>She tried to hide her identity by rebranding her account</p><p>The screenshot is from twitter/x.com. Second screenshot is from Bluesky :bluesky: </p><p><a href="https://tootworld.social/tags/scammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scammers</span></a> <a href="https://tootworld.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://tootworld.social/tags/vtuber" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>vtuber</span></a> <a href="https://tootworld.social/tags/rigging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rigging</span></a> <a href="https://tootworld.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a></p>
René<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ErikJonker" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>ErikJonker</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geopolitics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>geopolitics</span></a></span> They want to kill small businesses. And also by manipuleting the stock market. Stockprices go down, busnisses going broke. So, <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/BigCo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigCo</span></a> can buy everything up for dump prices. It's all a <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scam</span></a> by <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/treaters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>treaters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/fraudsters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fraudsters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/scammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scammers</span></a></p>
ana 🇵🇸<p>Documental sobre el funcionamiento de las ‘redes sociales’ comerciales, el sistema publicitario que hay detrás, el comercio de datos, etc</p><p>En francés y en inglés, con subtítulos en castellano:</p><p><a href="https://www.arte.tv/es/videos/109029-000-A/internet-la-trampa-del-clic/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">arte.tv/es/videos/109029-000-A</span><span class="invisible">/internet-la-trampa-del-clic/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.es/tags/grandesTecnologicas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>grandesTecnologicas</span></a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/BigTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BigTech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/NoBIGTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NoBIGTech</span></a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/DataBrokers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DataBrokers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/ComerciantesDeDatos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ComerciantesDeDatos</span></a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/scammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scammers</span></a> <a href="https://masto.es/tags/estafas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>estafas</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>And following the result of the poll, here is the whole thing in the raw: <a href="https://nxdomain.no/~peter/bugbounty/20250401_ahmedraslanco@gmail.com_bugbounty_plz_drift@nuug.no.txt" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">nxdomain.no/~peter/bugbounty/2</span><span class="invisible">0250401_ahmedraslanco@gmail.com_bugbounty_plz_drift@nuug.no.txt</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bugbounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bugbounty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bugbunnies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bugbunnies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scriptkiddies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scriptkiddies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scammers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spammers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scambunnies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scambunnies</span></a></p>
Peter N. M. Hansteen<p>A message just inboxed here with</p><p>"To: undisclosed-recipients: ;<br>Subject: Request to Join Your Private Bug Bounty Program"</p><p>Should I put the entire message on display somewhere and post the link to the fediverse?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scriptkiddies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scriptkiddies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bugbunnies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bugbunnies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bugbounty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bugbounty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scammers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/spammers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spammers</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/scambunnies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scambunnies</span></a></p>