Post #4214115

2026-07-29 21:40 UTC

⚠️ 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. #SocialDB #SocialDBXYZ

Replies (5)

@Shdwdrgn@tech.lgbt 2026-07-29 23:38

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services Cool, this might be a good time to seed the spam trap on my mail servers...

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@fbinin@mastodon.fbin.in 2026-07-30 03:30

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services Suggest update the tags to mention it is about spam and scam. To reference easily. Ohh and yeah I have been getting them too.

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@codeDude@floss.social 2026-07-30 20:50

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services Mira, al final si es fraude @autumn64@mast.lat

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@Zumbador@mefi.social 2026-07-31 05:24

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services I got my congratulatory spam email from SocialDB this morning. They claim they have me listed in their site as a "Mastodon Influencer" 😵‍💫 #scam #spam #SocialDB

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@paul@oldfriends.live 2026-08-02 21:05

@FediTips@social.growyourown.services What is bad is the way they present service opportunities... It makes it appear the user actually is behind it, in first person speech: #SocialDB #SocialDBXYZ 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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