<![CDATA[#FediBlock @JohnBennen@mastodon.social for 🎣]]> @JohnBennen@mastodon.social for 🎣

You gotta love attempts targeting a self-hosted account that start with "Dear Mastodon user..." 😂 (it was addressed to my @aseachange.com account)

Dear Fedi friends stay safe and beware of messages like this one...

Edit / update: the account has already been suspended 🥳

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]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/topic/80f54af0-25a6-4247-b269-0fce1a235987/fediblock-@johnbennen@mastodon.social-forRSS for NodeThu, 30 Apr 2026 05:01:40 GMTMon, 27 Apr 2026 12:35:53 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to #FediBlock @JohnBennen@mastodon.social for 🎣 on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:53:25 GMT]]>@nixCraft @_elena I, too, just don't answer unknown calls or click any links sent to me. Make some businesses mad lol.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/gabrielmarkley/statuses/116477002098276296https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://techhub.social/users/gabrielmarkley/statuses/116477002098276296Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:53:25 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #FediBlock @JohnBennen@mastodon.social for 🎣 on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:46:08 GMT]]>@_elena you just don't trust anyone and click any links or pick up call from unknown numbers. that is how i do it.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nixCraft/statuses/116476973447016365https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/nixCraft/statuses/116476973447016365Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:46:08 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #FediBlock @JohnBennen@mastodon.social for 🎣 on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:29:16 GMT]]>@imalcolm yay for quick action on trust and safety 🥳

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116476907139930382https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116476907139930382Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:29:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #FediBlock @JohnBennen@mastodon.social for 🎣 on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:17:52 GMT]]>@_elena

Yeah I got that one a bit earlier and was literally in the process of reporting it but when I hit "submit" got repeated 404 errors. Refreshed and checked again and the account was already suspended, so someone was quick off the mark.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/imalcolm/statuses/116476862331777192https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/imalcolm/statuses/116476862331777192Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:17:52 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #FediBlock @JohnBennen@mastodon.social for 🎣 on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:03:50 GMT]]>@_elena

👍

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.aquilenet.fr/users/tanavit/statuses/116476807130725767https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.aquilenet.fr/users/tanavit/statuses/116476807130725767Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:03:50 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #FediBlock @JohnBennen@mastodon.social for 🎣 on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:00:24 GMT]]>@eons 🥳

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116476793600442081https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116476793600442081Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:00:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #FediBlock @JohnBennen@mastodon.social for 🎣 on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:00:14 GMT]]>@tanavit I couldn't signal the spam to my instance / admin because it's a solo instance and I AM the admin. Thus my message over here 😂

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116476792974521966https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://mastodon.social/users/_elena/statuses/116476792974521966Mon, 27 Apr 2026 13:00:14 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #FediBlock @JohnBennen@mastodon.social for 🎣 on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:47:16 GMT]]>@_elena

Of course, do not click.
Then signal the spam to your instance and the sending instance to protect other people.
And block the spammer so it will know it has been unmasked.

]]>https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.aquilenet.fr/users/tanavit/statuses/116476741953148986https://board.circlewithadot.net/post/https://toot.aquilenet.fr/users/tanavit/statuses/116476741953148986Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:47:16 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to #FediBlock @JohnBennen@mastodon.social for 🎣 on Mon, 27 Apr 2026 12:45:01 GMT]]>@_elena RIP

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