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:
➡️ fedi.tips/how-to-avoid-scammer…
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The scammer usually uses multiple handles and URLs and identities, so general warnings about this type of scam tend to be more effective.
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in reply to Fedi.Tips • — (0.0.0.0) •I think a good guide of browsing hygiene would be good in place here with a quiz on how to see if it's a scammer etc as you said a Admin wont ask you to give sensible info.
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in reply to Book • • •They are trying to con people into giving their credit card details as a form of verification. Then they can drain the card of money.
The reason they're doing this is because so many sites are actually asking for this, for example Apple is now demanding all its UK users give credit card details to verify their age. This gives scammers a really good cover to do scams.
Fediverse platforms don't do this, but not everyone realises this.
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