Mutual aid spam is becoming a problem on the Fediverse.

And to be sure, I’m not against mutual aid. What I am against is spam.

This person has not verified who she is – or even if the profile picture is hers. Additional research on her name states she is a scammer with a record of grifting. I am therefore skeptical that any donations will help anyone in need.

Folks, please be cautious with mutual aid requests. Yes, people sometimes need help. But people also lie.

@fediverse@lemmy.world

  • ayyy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    51·
    16 hours ago

    Unfortunately, email solved the spam problem by becoming centralized AF. Now everything requires a “reputation”.

    • mcz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      16 hours ago

      “Email solved the spam problem by becoming centralizing” yeah most of the spam I get is from gmail or has a reply-to header with gmail address

      • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish
        2·
        7 hours ago

        That’s just the spam that gets through! On my ancient ISP-provided email it’s primarily distributed via compromised accounts from the same provider. And what I see targeting the corporate world tends to come from newly setup email servers or newly setup accounts on paid email providers