DEV.to team, please confirm this account is actually yours. As it's sending links for verification 'due to increased bot activity' in the comment sections. Kinda sus because it's a brand new account...
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its scam imho. yes. ban.
Definitely, if you can please report. Hopefully the mass report gets the account suspended till a mod shows up
done.
Thank you! I've been going to every single comment that bot has made and commented a warning. It's definitely phishy... Cuz they'd use Sloan, why invent a new account on a sunday when all the mods are offline?
idk
Here's the link: dev.to/dev_supports
@jess @ben @sloan Please advise on whether this is a real DEV official account, else, please look into it ASAP, because they're posting 'verify here' links.
@francistrdev Got any idea if this is real? Definitely need to look into it, cuz it's sending 'follow this link to verify your email' stuff in comments. If it's not a legit account, it needs to get blocked ASAP!
I reported it to security@ and am going through the comments they left and pasting: Do not follow any external links! DEV.to uses Sloan for automated messages, this is likely phishing. to prevent anyone falling victim till you can confirm please.
Sorry, dev.to/dev_supports here's the link to the account.