Jun 4, 2026, 11:45 PMHeads up: the bot farmers are scraping #mastodon and pretending to be the owners of small artist accounts.
I have confirmed with the owner of the mastodon account that it was not them who applied.
- Jun 4, 2026, 11:45 PM
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- Jun 4, 2026, 11:53 PM
These accounts usually have suspect usernames, and always provide an email address from a domain wired to a common MX, run on european vps.
The tactics in the description change frequently. This is the first time I've seen a band used as a cover.
They sure didn't bother with whitespace.