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Ask HN: Is the Y Combinator GitHub bot real or scam?
6 points by a1o 4 months ago | hide | past | favorite | 6 comments
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.




Thank you!


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


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


My friends often get scam texts and forward them to me to ask me if they're a scam, even though they 1) aren't expecting whatever it is, and 2) it is obviously a scam.

I guess it's human nature to want to check, even when it's for sure obviously a scam.


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




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