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Erik van Straten

🚨 Identity fraud on Mastodon

Just a reminder that there is a lot of identity fraud happening on the internet, increasingly on Mastodon as well.

Often impersonators are easy to detect (like the ones below) - but sometimes existing accounts are taken over by criminals. Always keep in mind that someone on the internet interacting with you may (currently) not be who they claim to be.

This includes my account. If it does not sound like me, it may not be me. Having doubts and double checking are good habits. Reputation (good or bad) is a useful property for knowing who you're dealing with, and to help detect anomalies.

Accounts with a few or 0 followers, and hardly any or just plain pointless toots, may be bots or criminals coming after your money.

If someone appears to only follow random Mastodonts with lots of followers, either they're noobs or they're here with less friendly intentions. If they then start following possibly lonely people, they *may* be trying to gain their attention and trust - maybe for nefarious purposes.

🤔 Recently the following people started following the automated channel mastodon.world/@auschwitzmuseu:

Kendal Jenner [1]
Jennifer Aniston [2]
Stephen King [3]
Keanu Reeves [4]
Keanu Reeves [5]

They all abuse the pictures of the real persons they impersonate (they're not just following the Auschwitz Memorial BTW).

[1] mastodon.social/@kendall01/fol
[2] mastodon.social/@Jenniferanist
[3] mastodon.social/@Stevenkvng/fo
[4] mastodon.social/@keanureeves19
[5] mastodon.social/@reeves001/fol (screenshot below)

Screenshot from https://mastodon.social/@reeves001 Two different pictures of the well known actor Keanu Reeves can be seen. Visible text: Keanu Reeves @reeves001@mastodon.social American Canadian Actor###Director producer###Ceo Arch motorcycle companies###Entrepreneur and philanthropist### music and band. Joined: Apr 19, 2025 2 posts 40 following 2 followers
#IdentityFraud#Impersonation#Authentication
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