Replying to Avatar π•Ύπ–Šπ–— π•Ύπ–‘π–Šπ–Šπ–•π–ž

someone ping Derek there’s a Carla impersonator using nostr plebs NIP-05 to try to scam plebs nostr:note1yn0xlxrmf9kkmq8e7kpn84za3ry6rlnutmfqmde6urcfhkhhdzxqx7esgc
Avatar
Rene 1y ago

I also got the dm. But this profile is not nip5 verified, it shows a disclaimer in the cover image telling to check nip5, therefore shows that the profile is a malicious impersonation. Some plebs may fall for that, unfortunately

Reply to this note

Please Login to reply.

Discussion

Avatar
π•Ύπ–Šπ–— π•Ύπ–‘π–Šπ–Šπ–•π–ž 1y ago

What client are you using ? I didn’t get a disclaimer

Avatar
Rene 1y ago

I'm using amethyst. It shows that, but the profile is not really nip5 verified were it should appear.

Avatar
π•Ύπ–Šπ–— π•Ύπ–‘π–Šπ–Šπ–•π–ž 1y ago

Oh that’s the banner image

would be nice if the pages that used nip-05s in their usernames that belong to another owner should have a disclaimer saying it’s a β€œscam” or β€œspam”

Avatar
Rene 1y ago

Yes, it's the banner image. But do you see the nostrplebs verified checkmark on the fake profile?

Avatar
π•Ύπ–Šπ–— π•Ύπ–‘π–Šπ–Šπ–•π–ž 1y ago

nope, but new users don’t know about verified checkmarks on owned NIP-05’s

Avatar
semisol 1y ago

there’s none

they set their username field to the NIP-05 so it appears confusingly similar to an actual NIP-05 on some clients

Avatar
HoloKat 1y ago

Nip5 is not verification

Avatar
π•Ύπ–Šπ–— π•Ύπ–‘π–Šπ–Šπ–•π–ž 1y ago

who’s gonna tell client devs 🀣