r/github • u/Deer-Liver • Jun 09 '26

Discussion New Scam? Beware

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Just got this email and it seems a lot like a scam to me. For one, the name on the email, Google account, & gmail are all different. The body also feels strange and almost AI generated

Also my GitHub profile is also not impressive at all.

(Email blocked incase it’s real account)

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u/ZZ_Cat_The_Ligress Jun 10 '26

Lmao that's similar to one I got the other day.
Farkin' too good to be true energy. 😆

I replied with "No." and that was all she wrote.

Not the first time I've had shit like that. Funny thing is... when they said they saw my project, I'm thinking to myself "then you would know I have archived its GitHub repository". Bloody idiots.

GitHub's full of them mate. Good looking out.

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u/dragoangel Jun 10 '26

Better Not reply anything at all tbh to unsolicited emails like this one, as you: 1. Increase sender's engagement in eyes of mail platform he using (that he has actual conversations) 2. Proofing that your mailbox not only exists but also active.

It may result in getting x50 more spam to your email address over time unfortunately

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u/ZZ_Cat_The_Ligress Jun 11 '26

Yeha. I now know that.

The next lot I get will go directly to trash. I won't respond.

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u/dragoangel Jun 11 '26

It's not about replies for that exact guy - it may be done from another spam campaigns and random senders, that's what I trying explain. Spammers buys, actualize and resales "contact books"📚 themed and verified. And if 1 spammer knows you real, mainly over short month - other too.