Strange message (Scam)

Revision en3, by HunterXD, 2022-01-22 03:59:45

Today i received a message from (relita9302) a unrated account who said that i could be a tester if i sent a key to another codeforces account (crowdforces), thing that i did, big mistake, i found out that when you sent that key you get some Near reward or something, i don't know about Crypto.

Clearly is a scam and probably more fake accounts will appear, so if you receive a similar message from a stranger, please be careful to NOT answer and report.

PD: English is not my primary language, sorry if i made some mistakes

UPD: It's quite concerning that a lot of you guys recevied similar messages, even people creating fake accounts to get cryptos.

I also noticed that the messages i received got deleted (not sure if that account got deleted or just the messages), but it was exactly the same as alpha_1001 received.

And i have a question for the people who know about Near: the account that the scammer got is actually linked with my account and will affect future contests? I have been in cf three years and i really don't want to lose this account, rather for an emotional attachment.

Special thanks to MikeMirzayanov for adding a highly noticeable warning, and all the users that make cf a better place.

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en3 English HunterXD 2022-01-22 03:59:45 773
en2 English HunterXD 2022-01-20 01:38:42 2 Tiny change: 'mething, i'm don't kno' -> 'mething, i don't kno'
en1 English HunterXD 2022-01-20 01:25:09 554 Initial revision (published)