Tell HN: Phishing campaign claiming to be GitHub Developer Fund

31•bobbiechen•4mo ago

Just spotted this phishing campaign using GitHub issues to send convincing emails.

Look at this issue and the others in this repo: https://github.com/gitcoinco-n/gitcoin/issues/1 (already reported via GitHub report abuse form)

Every messaging interface will be used for scams, unfortunately.

Comments

maxwellg•4mo ago

The innocuous https://grants.github.com/apply URL goes to a completely different site. Sneaky sneaky.

esafak•4mo ago

Reported. Let's see how long it takes to get nuked.

CM30•4mo ago

Seems like it's been taken down now, as have all URLs used for this scam. Hopefully it took less than 8 hours to do this, but hey, at least GitHub eventually did something.

sgerrand•4mo ago

The latest repository being used and advised for this attack is https://github.com/notification-on/gitcoin.com.

Master_Odin•4mo ago

And also https://github.com/notify-hub-co/gitcoin.com.

adamschwartz•4mo ago

And now https://github.com/notify-chains/gitcoin.com :(

zkitty•4mo ago

I received this email too. The page title was "Gitcoin | $15M Github Developer Fund 2025 (Issue #225)". The application link is https://gitcoin-developers.com. Obviously copied site from https://gitcoin.co Full email is here. https://jumpshare.com/s/p7Nk2sioWJDZpRjhFutY

freakynit•4mo ago

I have received 2 of these in 24 hours. The repos are gone by the next day.

Aldipower•4mo ago

I have a stale GitHub notification dot now, after they removed this dodgy repository. Damn GitHub is getting so slow and buggy noawdays.

elsecaller0x•4mo ago

so that what it was.

elsecaller0x•4mo ago

I received the email too. It seems that I am not the only one.

xciviixiii•4mo ago

scammy fishing bastard. i have received the same. DO not connect your wallett

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