# Scam on discord server **URL:** \ **Category:** Feedback\ **Created:** [May 29, 2024, 5:39am UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/scam-on-discord-server/7478 "2024-05-29T05:39:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![mowoe](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/forum.numer.ai/mowoe/32/2860_2.png) [@mowoe](https://forum.numer.ai/u/mowoe)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 5:39am UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/scam-on-discord-server/7478/1 "2024-05-29T05:39:04Z")
This morning a suspicious message appeared in the “announcements” discord channel: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/uploads/numerai/original/2X/c/ccab23f4f43014b4f7461d7343a86970c1a72f08.png) It was posted by @surajp so i assume that the account was taken over by someone else. I tried to write a question in the general channel about this, but as soon as the scammer saw that i was writing, i immediately got a timeout for 7 days fot the whole server: ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/uploads/numerai/original/2X/8/80a686a3c0c54b7ce716abc6cb876c1e1965542a.png) I assume this is because the associated account has elevated permissions on the whole server so they can ban and timeout whoever they like. While the scam is relatively obvious, its still a bit concerning how this one user took over the whole discord server and seemingly nothing is done about it and there is now no way for anyone to alert the rest of the users via the server itself. ---
**Author:** ![edubergeek](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/forum.numer.ai/edubergeek/32/2884_2.png) [@edubergeek](https://forum.numer.ai/u/edubergeek)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 6:15am UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/scam-on-discord-server/7478/2 "2024-05-29T06:15:17Z")
Reported for phishing and blocked. ---
**Author:** ![psyrex](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/forum.numer.ai/psyrex/32/3331_2.png) [@psyrex](https://forum.numer.ai/u/psyrex)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 6:28am UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/scam-on-discord-server/7478/3 "2024-05-29T06:28:35Z")
got timed out myself - can we do something about the server? to warn others? ---
**Author:** ![jelford](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/51bf81/32.png) [@jelford](https://forum.numer.ai/u/jelford)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 8:11am UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/scam-on-discord-server/7478/4 "2024-05-29T08:11:15Z")
Hi all, thanks for reporting this. We’ve now cleaned up the offending account and everything should be back to normal. Sorry for the inconvenience! ---
**Author:** ![surajp](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/forum.numer.ai/surajp/32/2961_2.png) [@surajp](https://forum.numer.ai/u/surajp)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 10:23am UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/scam-on-discord-server/7478/5 "2024-05-29T10:23:15Z")
Hi, I am so sorry for all the trouble. I feel really bad for this. It was very irresponsible from my side. I am looking into what happened overnight and have taken security measures on Discord. I am looking into what happened. Again, so sorry everyone, surajp ---
**Author:** ![mowoe](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex009/user_avatar/forum.numer.ai/mowoe/32/2860_2.png) [@mowoe](https://forum.numer.ai/u/mowoe)\ **Post date:** [May 29, 2024, 12:13pm UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/scam-on-discord-server/7478/6 "2024-05-29T12:13:56Z")
Don’t worry @surajp, i didnt create the post to blame you, but mainly to warn others and maybe also question the server role setup. Accounts getting taken over for scams is probably something we have to expect by now, especially in the crypto-affiliated world. I would also advise the numerai team to at least try to claw all domains that somehow look like numer.ai Nobody will fall for [numerai.ru](http://numerai.ru) but e.g. numerai.info, like it has been in this case, is a bit more dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![shatteredx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ee59a6/32.png) [@shatteredx](https://forum.numer.ai/u/shatteredx)\ **Post date:** [June 1, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://forum.numer.ai/t/scam-on-discord-server/7478/7 "2024-06-01T01:38:34Z")
don’t sweat it @surajp, it happens to the best of us. I got scammed last year, thankfully was just my steam account 😂