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By Smallbones. Keep an eye on your wallet. The Signpost has identified an extensive scam perpetrated by a company that calls itself " Elite Wiki Writers " or " Wiki Moderator ", among many other names. Some of the other names they are suspected of using include wikicuratorz.com, wikiscribes.com, wikimastery.com, and wikimediafoundetion.com .
The scam may work as follows: A paid editing ring might file for an article's deletion, decline a draft proposed at Articles for Creation (AfC), or wait until the draft has been declined by an actual AfC reviewer. A paid editor will then contact the author of the article and propose that they can recreate the article for a one-time fee and ...
Wikipedia:Phishing emails. As of July 2010, many people received emails that looked similar to the following: Someone from the IP address xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx has registered the account "xxxxxxxx" with this email address on the English Wikipedia. To confirm that this user account really does belong to you and to activate email features on Wikipedia ...
A scam letter is a document, distributed electronically or otherwise, to a recipient misrepresenting the truth with the aim of gaining an advantage in a fraudulent manner. Origin [ edit ] Currently it is unclear how far back the origin of scam letters date.
Scam warning. SCAM WARNING! If you have been contacted or solicited by anyone asking for payment to get a draft into article space, improve a draft, or restore a deleted article, such offers are not legitimate and you should contact paid-en-wpwikipedia.org immediately. Category: Talk header templates.
Clone phishing is a type of attack where a legitimate email with an attachment or link is copied and modified to contain malicious content. The modified email is then sent from a fake address made to look like it's from the original sender. The attack may appear to be a resend or update of the original email.
Scams and confidence tricks are difficult to classify, because they change often and often contain elements of more than one type. Throughout this list, the perpetrator of the confidence trick is called the "con artist" or simply "artist", and the intended victim is the "mark".
It is mostly done off-Wiki via email, so it looks unlikely. If you can identify part of the scam done on-Wiki, please let us know what to look for. Thanks. BTW, it looks like at least one account has been blocked that was related to this notice.