#socialdb — Public Fediverse posts
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Spoiler: I did not, in fact, "claim", approve, or authorize anything.
Does anyone know what's the best way to make these scammers stop impersonating me?
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Spoiler: I did not, in fact, "claim", approve, or authorize anything.
Does anyone know what's the best way to make these scammers stop impersonating me?
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Follow-up på socialdb.xyz.
De har fjernet min konto - men deres 'undskyldning' gjorde mig top-arrig, så nu tager vi lige en tur til:
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Follow-up på socialdb.xyz.
De har fjernet min konto - men deres 'undskyldning' gjorde mig top-arrig, så nu tager vi lige en tur til:
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Requested removal of my mastodon profile from https://socialdb.xyz/
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Requested removal of my mastodon profile from https://socialdb.xyz/
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🤣 omg I just noticed they did indeed send a follow-up
> Aug 02 08:26:28 echo1 postfix/smtpd[572032]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from mta249-ab1.mtasv.net[50.31.205.249]: 550 5.7.1 <[email protected]>: Sender address rejected: Influence this.; from=<[email protected]> to=... proto=ESMTP helo=<mta249-ab1.mtasv.net>
Running into *my* rather personalized bounce message:
> Sender address rejected: Influence this.;
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🤣 omg I just noticed they did indeed send a follow-up
> Aug 02 08:26:28 echo1 postfix/smtpd[572032]: NOQUEUE: reject: RCPT from mta249-ab1.mtasv.net[50.31.205.249]: 550 5.7.1 <[email protected]>: Sender address rejected: Influence this.; from=<[email protected]> to=... proto=ESMTP helo=<mta249-ab1.mtasv.net>
Running into *my* rather personalized bounce message:
> Sender address rejected: Influence this.;
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According to #socialdb .xyz for 16 USD I'm game for you to send me your thing and #review it honestly.
Guess what: if you have a thing that requires reviewing I'm game to be honest* about it at no cost at all.
If you have multiple things: what I could do with right now is a roughly 10sqm garden house kit that can be used three seasons as a guest or chill room. And also new brake pads for a bicycle. And yoghurt. -
According to #socialdb .xyz for 16 USD I'm game for you to send me your thing and #review it honestly.
Guess what: if you have a thing that requires reviewing I'm game to be honest* about it at no cost at all.
If you have multiple things: what I could do with right now is a roughly 10sqm garden house kit that can be used three seasons as a guest or chill room. And also new brake pads for a bicycle. And yoghurt. -
@FinchHaven "Are they saying they can write back --> into <-- my Profile page and create a #Verified link back out to them?"
LOL, my profile is already verified, but not through #socialdb. I just pasted my rel=me link to my own website and that's that. Which is exactly how verification works on the fediverse.
This whole scheme is such piss poor scam tactics, and like phishing emails it casts a wide net to find the few suckers who will take the bait.
That said, the site needs to be eliminated.
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@FinchHaven "Are they saying they can write back --> into <-- my Profile page and create a #Verified link back out to them?"
LOL, my profile is already verified, but not through #socialdb. I just pasted my rel=me link to my own website and that's that. Which is exactly how verification works on the fediverse.
This whole scheme is such piss poor scam tactics, and like phishing emails it casts a wide net to find the few suckers who will take the bait.
That said, the site needs to be eliminated.
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To be clear, #socialdb does not represent me, and are hawking my social profile for monetisation without my consent.
It's a scam and needs to be wiped from the internet. See also, https://helvede.net/@fanden/117031972749937485
Fuck socialdb.xyz into the ground.
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To be clear, #socialdb does not represent me, and are hawking my social profile for monetisation without my consent.
It's a scam and needs to be wiped from the internet. See also, https://helvede.net/@fanden/117031972749937485
Fuck socialdb.xyz into the ground.
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@tofticles Ha ha, so we could all just post hourly updates that #socialdb is utter trash and should be destroyed. See how their shifty marketing goes after that.
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@tofticles Ha ha, so we could all just post hourly updates that #socialdb is utter trash and should be destroyed. See how their shifty marketing goes after that.
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@FediTips What is bad is the way they present service opportunities... It makes it appear the user actually is behind it, in first person speech:
Sponsored post
One disclosed post (toot) with your link and message.→
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Sponsored thread
A multi-post explainer or story — the fediverse rewards dept…→
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Product seeding / honest review
Send me your product — I post a disclosed, honest take.
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Pinned sponsored post
A disclosed post pinned to the top of my profile for the mon…→
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Profile link (bio field)
Your link in one of my profile metadata fields for the month…→
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Boost package
I boost (repost) your account's toots through the month — di…🏛️
Instance / community sponsorship
Sponsor the server I run — a sponsor line in the
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Mutual boost collab
We boost each other across instances — a value swap between …
Swap
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@FediTips What is bad is the way they present service opportunities... It makes it appear the user actually is behind it, in first person speech:
Sponsored post
One disclosed post (toot) with your link and message.→
🧵
Sponsored thread
A multi-post explainer or story — the fediverse rewards dept…→
📦
Product seeding / honest review
Send me your product — I post a disclosed, honest take.
→
📌
Pinned sponsored post
A disclosed post pinned to the top of my profile for the mon…→
🔗
Profile link (bio field)
Your link in one of my profile metadata fields for the month…→
🔁
Boost package
I boost (repost) your account's toots through the month — di…🏛️
Instance / community sponsorship
Sponsor the server I run — a sponsor line in the
→
🤝
Mutual boost collab
We boost each other across instances — a value swap between …
Swap
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Anyone heard of #SocialDB ? Apparently they have #brands that want to sponsor me. They say that they are a Creator Database and already have over 1.8million #influencers.
Is this my chance to become massively, rich, famous and influential? Or do I smell a rat?
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Anyone heard of #SocialDB ? Apparently they have #brands that want to sponsor me. They say that they are a Creator Database and already have over 1.8million #influencers.
Is this my chance to become massively, rich, famous and influential? Or do I smell a rat?
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RE: https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/117005433278062155
I did NOT get any email from them.
Imagine accepting mail from any .xyz domain… LOL. NO!
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RE: https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/117010839905800104
I recognize that #SocialDB is an absurd fraud, but I am tempted to “claim” my profile and set my rate to $10e6/post.
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RE: https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/117005433278062155
FYI, the scammers at #SocialDB also use a bot/crawler targeting "/about" or "/contact" pages on websites, probably to find email addresses to send their message.
Here's the UserAgent:(compatible; SocialDBBot/1.0; +https://socialdb.xyz/about)
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RE: https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/117005433278062155
FYI, the scammers at #SocialDB also use a bot/crawler targeting "/about" or "/contact" pages on websites, probably to find email addresses to send their message.
Here's the UserAgent:(compatible; SocialDBBot/1.0; +https://socialdb.xyz/about)
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RE: https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/117005433278062155
Seems like a lot of people have gotten these emails but what's worse is the public profiles they're building, making it look as if everyone was available for "influencer" bullshit such as being paid for sponsored posts, etc. (and without consent, what else). 🤬
I sent them a sternly worded email to "[email protected]" stating that they are misrepresenting me on their site. Asked for immediate removal. It worked.
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RE: https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/117005433278062155
Seems like a lot of people have gotten these emails but what's worse is the public profiles they're building, making it look as if everyone was available for "influencer" bullshit such as being paid for sponsored posts, etc. (and without consent, what else). 🤬
I sent them a sternly worded email to "[email protected]" stating that they are misrepresenting me on their site. Asked for immediate removal. It worked.
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⚠️ Spammers from a site called SocialDB.xyz seem to be flooding Mastodon members with emails claiming to offer sponsorship opportunities (which is dubious to say the least).
It's probably best to just ignore these emails, report them as spam and do not click on any of their links.
They seem to be getting email addresses from websites mentioned in Mastodon profiles, if the site has a public email address. The spam assumes the linked site belongs to the account owner.
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⚠️ Spammers from a site called SocialDB.xyz seem to be flooding Mastodon members with emails claiming to offer sponsorship opportunities (which is dubious to say the least).
It's probably best to just ignore these emails, report them as spam and do not click on any of their links.
They seem to be getting email addresses from websites mentioned in Mastodon profiles, if the site has a public email address. The spam assumes the linked site belongs to the account owner.
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Woke up to rather personalized
#spam in my mailbox.So #socialdb is looking for influencers.
> X-PM-Tag: outreach-influencer
And yes that is sender SPF authorized and passed DKIM.
> dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=socialdb.xyz
It's also riddled with tracking.
Be influenced: Block[ed] this shit.
How? I guess it webfingered my blog, which is tied to my indieweb profile referenced here. It didn't pick up on the AP profile of the blog but used it's mail address.
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Woke up to rather personalized
#spam in my mailbox.So #socialdb is looking for influencers.
> X-PM-Tag: outreach-influencer
And yes that is sender SPF authorized and passed DKIM.
> dkim=pass (1024-bit key; unprotected) header.d=socialdb.xyz
It's also riddled with tracking.
Be influenced: Block[ed] this shit.
How? I guess it webfingered my blog, which is tied to my indieweb profile referenced here. It didn't pick up on the AP profile of the blog but used it's mail address.
