Dodged A Silly Discord Scam Attempt

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  1. Myron

    Myron Well-Known Member

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    So there's this "sorry, I accidentally reported you, please DM this person to solve the problem" scam that I learned about like 10 minutes ago, and the ending to the attemt that happened to me was quite hilarious.

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    Gentlemen, please stay safe and don't fall for this bullshard.
     
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  2. aeronautic237

    aeronautic237 Well-Known Member

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    'no, but go on anyway'

    Great start!
     
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  3. Tomas9970

    Tomas9970 Well-Known Member

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    Looks pretty cheap and I didn't get anything like that myself however, I do get random friend requests on the Epic Games Launcher despite not using it for any social stuff or even having linked accounts (only having a somewhat known name). I promptly denied all of these but now I do wonder what they are.
     
  4. Spikee1975

    Spikee1975 Guest

    That "sorry I accidentally reported you" trick was also used to hijack Steam accounts.

    I'm generally blocking anyone I don't know.
     
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  5. -_-LivvuAurora-_-

    -_-LivvuAurora-_- Well-Known Member

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    I find this trick pretty crazy, as one of them did genuinely spook me.
    Mainly as the scammer managed to hack into one of my old friend's discord account.
    Since I lost contact with them during that time, I had literally no way of knowing that their account was compromised/abandoned.

    Luckily, their profile had the name of someone who was completely unrelated in the Platform enforcement field.
     
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  6. smartnoob#1348

    smartnoob#1348 Active Member

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    You had to rickroll the scammer
     
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