I am still getting posts in my timeline about people being unsure whether the mastodon "verification" scam is a genuine message.
I have just used the announcement function on my server to notify my user in addition to a post to hopefully reach and warn more users about these fakes.
#MastoAdmin
GunChleoc
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2025-08-31 08:01:00 UTC
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2025-08-31 08:01:00 UTCEvent JSON
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