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   Mastodon Migration (mastodonmigration@mastodon.online)'s status on Thursday, 18-May-2023 18:36:43 JST Mastodon Migration

   Public Notice

   Lots of reports of crypto spam attacks coming in from multiple instances today.

   Seems like the bad guys are getting kinda worried about Mastodon.

   Instance admins are taking this very seriously and working hard to fend off the attacks.

   What can you do? If you see a crypto scam post, don't engage with it. It's just a bot anyway. If you block and report the post it will help administrators isolate the attacker account.

   We got this!

   #CryptoSpamAttack #CryptoSpam

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     clacke (clacke@libranet.de)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 21:01:30 JST clacke

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     • Catherine Russell
     @CatherineRussell2 "Hey, have you heard of this revolutionary new cryptocurrency that combines the best of NFTs and AI, join exchange XYZ now for a good deal, this is historical", etc, lots of emojis.
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     Catherine Russell (catherinerussell2@mastodon.world)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 21:01:31 JST Catherine Russell

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     @mastodonmigration What does crypto spam look like? #OldLady

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     grin (grin@mastodon.grin.hu)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 21:01:34 JST grin

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     @mastodonmigration "and if you're an instance admin, then, well, whatever" 👀
     That's not a lot of info for a network with thousands of small instances.

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     Sebastian Hahn 🟧 (sebastianhahn@mastodon.world)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 21:01:36 JST Sebastian Hahn 🟧

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     @mastodonmigration Blocking works, yesterday some scam post showed up as a notification. Until I had opened my Mastodon app it was already gone. Great!

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     Felipe :wyd: (felipe_b@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 21:01:38 JST Felipe :wyd:

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     @mastodonmigration I had at least 3 "ransomwere coin air drops click here" yesterday

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     Mastodon Migration (mastodonmigration@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 21:01:39 JST Mastodon Migration

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     • Joe

     @not2b Good suggestion!

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     Joe (not2b@sfba.social)'s status on Friday, 19-May-2023 21:01:40 JST Joe

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     @mastodonmigration Everyone should go to settings / notifications and click the box that prevents people with no follow relationship with you from sending DMs. People who want to allow the public to contact them (anonymous tips and the like) should list a Signal number or similar.

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