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I just received a DM from a user claiming to have "Falsely reported" my blog because they were "scammed" by a different user they thought was me. They asked for help in resolving the issue, and they were very apologetic in their tone. This disarmed me at first, but I'm not the type to immediately trust unsolicited inquiries like this, so I asked if the profile that "tricked" them was still up. They said no (red flag number one).

This user then provided (fake) screenshots of an email they supposedly received from Tumblr support after they "realized" the reporting of my blog was fraudulent, detailing how my blog was supposedly going to be deactivated unless the issue was resolved. The user then went on to try to get me to contact Tumblr support on Discord (red flag #2), to resolve the false report issue, trying to scare me into clicking the link by saying they don't want my blog to be deactivated over a mistaken report.

I then promptly went to Reddit and sure enough, this is a known scam that has been going around Tumblr recently. Users will fall for this scam by clicking the link and contacting some random person on Discord claiming to be Tumblr support, who will have the victim change their emails and passwords and then they will promptly be locked out of their account by the scammer.

Tumblr Support does not have a Discord. You will only ever contact them through Tumblr itself. If a random blog DMs you with a story following this general script, block and report them. The blog that contacted me didn't appear at first glance to be a bot. It had posts, a real profile picture and description, and had been following me for a year. I think it was probably a real blog that had been hacked via the same scam. Do not fall for this and stay safe out there, everyone!

Propaganda under cut

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