Thread:Jr Mime/@comment-28245851-20201207110355

Hello. I'd like to bring to your attention a very likely scam. Here is my initial wallpost about the matter: https://community.fandom.com/wiki/Thread:2057130. My wariness has only grown given the lack of response from HeyTots, or frankly, any acknowledgement from FANDOM itself. Not on the wallpost, but no updates whatsoever from staff on Community or even in the server. I would assume this kind of generous gift wouldn't be kept a secret, given it can be seen as a scam. Also FANDOM's rules regarding compensation for volunteer work.

So I must assume for all intents and purposes this is a malice email, attempting to glean info from me, and apparently other users as another user commented on my wallpost as well. I must assume there is more who didn't see my wallpost or worse, have fallen for the scam as the email lists this as BCC.

This is very alarming as I've never posted my email publicly or privately on any FANDOM platform. I've only ever sent in help requests/vandal reports and such through Zendesk and direct emails before that.

This raises several concerning questions as the accessibility of such sensitive information, as not only is it my email address, it is my real name, as I use it for business and important matters. I'm not sure if there was a security breach, or a member of staff gone rogue, but I truly hope something will be done about this.

I'll transcribe the original email here, not post the email address in case this is a generous gift, but I can if you need it. It was titled "Happy Holidays from Fandom".

"Hello,

I'm Garrett aka HeyTots and I'm a community manager with Fandom/Gamepedia. We want to show our appreciation for all your great contributions to wiki communities in 2020! We'd like to send you a gift card as our way of saying thanks! All I need from you to make it happen is your name and country you reside in. Once I have that I'll put you in the system and you'll get a second email with how to redeem your card. I just wanted to reach out first so you knew this was a legit offer and not some kind of scam email.

Happy Holidays!" 