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I received messages about an account that wasn't mine, to an email address that wasn't even the one I used back when I still had Discord.

It seems to be them, their address is correct, and is properly signed as far as I can tell.

What is even going on here. Come on, Discord.

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[–] [email protected] 64 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I would assume this is a phishing scam

[–] [email protected] 24 points 10 months ago (1 children)

it's genuine, was sent by Discord.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 10 months ago

Does that even have to mean anything nowadays?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Probably. The links in those messages are Discords domain plus alphabet soup, so who knows, they're terrible with user data.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Never click a link in a email!

(Maybe those click to verify links sent as 2factor when you click the button, but never a unsolicited email)

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

No no, I didn't click, just hovered over them to see what they were