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Ask HN: Is the Y Combinator GitHub bot real or scam?

6 points| a1o | 5 months ago

Got this weird message from a GitHub bot

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Next step: To confirm your preliminary registration and secure eligibility, please verify your wallet through Y Combinator. This step ensures fairness, safeguards against Sybil attacks, and does not require personal information. The process takes less than a minute: simply connect your wallet and sign a verification message.

Important: A refundable deposit is required for authorization. The full amount will be returned once verification is complete.

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Is this a real thing or a scam? I have never got a ycombinator message on GitHub and have been on GitHub for more than ten years.

Edit: Ok, I rechecked and it looks too scammy. Going to block this with the “this is a scam” assumption.

6 comments

Bender|5 months ago

Scam, see [1]

[1] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45352610

a1o|5 months ago

Thank you!

leakycap|5 months ago

That one is a scam. The real GitHub bot will ask for Google Play giftcards.

a1o|5 months ago

I mean it looks totally a scam but I was nevertheless curious about it.

knightbenax|5 months ago

A big scam. You can see it in the url. An l replaces the i in y-combinator and it's not an official url

https://y-comblnator.com/apply