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

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leakycap

4 months ago

1 reply

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

a1o

4 months ago

1 reply

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

leakycap

4 months ago

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.

Bender

4 months ago

1 reply

Scam, see [1]

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

a1o

3 months ago

Thank you!

knightbenax

4 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

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