@SergKoren@writing.exchange avatar SergKoren , to random

Today’s spam deluge includes …

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@SergKoren@writing.exchange avatar SergKoren , to random

I’m seriously dumping all email. It’s not like I get anything useful or important. Just tons of redundant spam no email client cares to deal with.

@faab64@freefree.ps avatar faab64 , to random

I think I'm giving up on upscrolled.

It's not worth wasting time there.
My reasons:

  • no way to filter posts
  • lack of contents
  • full of spam(porn, crypto, religion etc)
  • fake accounts & pretend accounts
  • reports don't work
  • videos can't be posted half the time

I understand the developers intention is good, but it's just unbearable spending half my time reporting and blocking crap.

I may go back later

Over and out.

@iftas@mastodon.iftas.org avatar iftas Bot , to random

⚠️ SW-ISAC Advisory

The domains below are open registration, and are hosting numerous spam accounts including a large number of the pro-Russian spam that we have been monitoring since late last year.

We are still waiting on responses from the relevant admins, and these domains are not being added to the AUD list at this time.

We recommend a mute, limit, or otherwise diminishing federation with these accounts in the meantime.

pol.social
social.roadfm.fr

@sparklesugarfairy@app.wafrn.net avatar sparklesugarfairy , to random

KARATT
Kharkahtt
COME HERE kar kat
come here car cat,,

@jik@federate.social avatar jik , to random

Yeah, I'm definitely going to connect with this guy. Excellent invitation to connect, no notes. /s

[EDIT: removed the IBM hashtag since it turns out he does not currently work for IBM, that's just LinkedIn lying.]

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@jackyan@mastodon.social avatar jackyan , to random

I am not an customer so beware of this .

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@heisec@social.heise.de avatar heisec , to random German

Microsoft sagt Spamschutzmaßnahme in Exchange Online ab

Microsoft hatte eine Spamschutzmaßnahme für Exchange Online angekündigt. Die Externe-Empfänger-Begrenzung kommt nun doch nicht.

https://www.heise.de/news/Microsoft-sagt-Spamschutzmassnahme-in-Exchange-Online-ab-11132276.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

@h4ckernews@mastodon.social avatar h4ckernews Bot , to random
@ben@hardill.me.uk avatar ben , to random

OK, that's a new one.

Just had a voice call to a new SIM card I got to test something (so not shared the number with anybody). I let the Google Call screening handle it.

Claimed to be from Royal Mail about a parcel that they had tried to deliver multiple times. Asked me to press 1 for English and 2 for Mandarin....

@tayfonay@beige.party avatar tayfonay , to random

Yesterday we made a side dish of rice with roasted pineapple and teriyaki SPAM, as was done at the first thanksgiving back in 16 whatever.

poisonpunk ,
@poisonpunk@mastodon.social avatar

@tayfonay nobody should eat . it's all the off bits, bones, eyeballs, bodytissue & organs that can't be used for any other food products pressed into sludge with all the E numbers & additives to make it never go off, look appetising to a child & make you addicted to buying more.
there's zero nutritional value in it and it's 100% toxic to your health.
it's fucking worse than a meat pie from

@tagesschau@ard.social avatar tagesschau , to random German

Warnung vor Spam-Mails in der Black Week

Vor dem Black Friday warnen die E-Mail-Anbieter Web.de und GMX vor einer hohen Anzahl betrügerischer Mails in deutschen Postfächern. Mit einem "Mini-Check" können Verbraucher aber Spam-Mails entlarven.

➡️ https://www.tagesschau.de/wirtschaft/verbraucher/spam-mails-black-friday-100.html?at_medium=mastodon&at_campaign=tagesschau.de

.de

@heiseonline@social.heise.de avatar heiseonline , to random German

IT-Sicherheit: BSI will Webmail-Anbieter stärker in die Pflicht nehmen

Die E-Mail-Sicherheit lastet größtenteils auf den Schultern der Anwender, moniert das BSI. Es sieht die Betreiber etwa bei der Anmeldung in der Verantwortung.

https://www.heise.de/news/IT-Sicherheit-BSI-will-Webmail-Anbieter-staerker-in-die-Pflicht-nehmen-11090143.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

@fonecokid@c.im avatar fonecokid , to random

why are so many claiming to be refugees on posts directed to extort money???

@fractilegames@mastodon.gamedev.place avatar fractilegames , to random

I've been wondering why I'm getting lots of key requests and spam mail about my decade old game that isn't even on Steam but then I remembered there was another game with the same name and apparently it was just released on Steam.

@aral@mastodon.ar.al avatar aral , to random

Oh great, new issue spam attack on @Codeberg . People really have too much time on their hands. This time posting random images from 4chan, etc., as well as AI-generated bogus issues.

Sorry you guys have to deal with such crap.

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davidak ,
@davidak@chaos.social avatar
Erpel , to random

Codeberg Issue spam once again ​:blobrollingeyes:​
Why do people do thi?

kkarhan ,
@kkarhan@infosec.space avatar

@Codeberg my problem ain't - otherwise I'd my stuff in my own home LAN - but rather flooding and with garbage.

  • Cuz I do expect to scrape which I permissively licensed...

The problem I dread is once people start abusing their "" and aka. "" for no good reason.

  • Kinda like @bagder had to deal with "AI" slop that didn't even try to show or actually evidence their claims in a scientifically reproduceable fashion but merely wasted lifetime of maintainers!

And @Erpel 's original issue is just that: in the ...

@ncrav@mas.to avatar ncrav , to random

Spam/scam calls in Portugal have been getting more and more annoying (at least on my circles).

It has reached the point where I have to silence my phone during the night to avoid waking up too early to random stuff with a robotic voice or test calls that just hang up.

There's been news about this, and amazingly they're mostly from national numbers, that usually require some form of id to get, yet nothing happens.

@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt avatar Natasha_Jay , to random

'Since 15 Sept IFTAS has tracked a network of over 300 Mastodon accounts engaged in a high-volume propaganda campaign, promoting pro-Russian narratives ...'

"Accounts are hosted across numerous Mastodon instances and bridged into Bluesky, creating the appearance of independent sources. Activity on Bluesky helped reveal aggregate patterns, identical usernames, posting schedules, and content themes ..."

https://about.iftas.org/2025/10/05/coordinated-pro-russian-propaganda-network-targeting-activitypub-and-atproto-services/

@distinctdipole@tech.lgbt avatar distinctdipole , to random

We have , filters, and but where's the blockers?

@mgorny@pol.social avatar mgorny , to random Polish

Czy to nie interesujące, że alias pocztowy zespołu Treecleaner otrzymuje od czterech różnych "administratorów poczty" z rzędu?

@heisec@social.heise.de avatar heisec , to random German

WhatsApp kämpft gegen Spam: Nachrichtenlimit bei ausbleibender Reaktion

WhatsApp plant eine Begrenzung von Nachrichten, wenn diese ohne Reaktion bleiben. Das soll unerwünschte Werbenachrichten eindämmen.

https://www.heise.de/news/WhatsApp-kaempft-gegen-Spam-Nachrichtenlimit-bei-ausbleibender-Reaktion-10792924.html?wt_mc=sm.red.ho.mastodon.mastodon.md_beitraege.md_beitraege&utm_source=mastodon

@feorlen@appdot.net avatar feorlen , to random

7 years ago I made a small donation to Party Majority PAC for Occupy Lafayette Park.

As of right now I have 2,729 emails to the unique address I used only once. Currently about ten per day.

Just added a new mailbox rule to mark everything to that address as spam. And while I was doing that, I got another one.

@aral@mastodon.ar.al avatar aral , (edited ) to random

🚨New coordinated Mastodon attack targeting Palestinians from Gaza

Folks, please look out for newly-created accounts on mastodon.social targeting Palestinians from Gaza with what appear to be automated/similar messages aimed at either scamming them or otherwise causing them harm in some way.

Accounts I’ve already reported to @staff :

To the families: if someone reaches out with similar posts, please do not engage and come to me instead. I will handle it.

@nixCraft@mastodon.social avatar nixCraft , to random

Heads up! Gmail will no longer support checking emails from third-party accounts via POP. https://support.google.com/mail/answer/16604719?hl=en

grumpybozo ,
@grumpybozo@toad.social avatar

@nixCraft This is very bad.
For some years, the standard advice to people who want to get all of their email consolidated into one Gmail account was to use POP because forwarding is problematic for control. TL;DR: If you forward spam to Gmail, they’ll block you.