Hi, I'm founder. I have 20 domains and a dozen Supabase accounts and earned zero (dontbuildthat.com)

Just got two this morning from random e-mail addresses claiming to be "Lauren, Recruitment Marketing Manager at Y Combinator" both with different phone numbers to contact. Looks very scammy.

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tomhow · 11h ago

We just received an email from someone enquiring about this. In case this needs to be clarified, it's spam, not sent by Y Combinator. There's only one Lauren at YC, not in recruiting or marketing, and nobody has the title “Recruitment Marketing Manager”.

Phenom007 · 5h ago

Thank you.

PaulHoule · 10h ago

My impression is that in the last month there's been a Cambrian Explosion in scam text of all sorts, also I see a lot of what I think are affiliation scams on Bluesky and Mastodon targeting, not least, open source developers, chronically ill people, transgender people, and anime fans. I just got a scam text last night that said I owed NY State a lot in freeway tolls.

I wouldn't be surprised if Scam, Inc [1] was branching out.

[1] https://podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/scam-inc-from-the-econ...

bshookfarm · 10h ago

I got a text offering me a remote job with this company.

aquanettebeacham10... › iMessage Today 10:17 AM Hello! My name is Lauren from Y Combinator. We were really impressed with your profile and would like to provide you the chance to take on a flexible remote role. In this position, you would assist merchants by updating their data, improving their visibility, and managing bookings effectivelv. + iMessage

badmuddafadda · 4h ago

That's the one that I received. "You can work from anywhere for 60 to 90 minutes a day and earn anywhere from $200 to $500 each day, with a guaranteed $800 base every four days. There is a paid five-day trial period, and monthly earnings could exceed $5000 with bonuses included." So, everyone can look forward to having scammers like this checking in with you from time to time as you age. Checking your cognition, seeing if you have a trusting nature--these types will be checking up on us forever, trying to determine if our mental capacity has been ravaged by time, or if we are just ignorant of scams. It's worse than the temporarily financially embarrassed Nigerian prince, because it came through a text rather than an email. So, passively, you are going to see it. The security breaches are non-stop and it's beyond irritating to be targeted by such low life scammers. Anyone have an opinion of companies like Incogni --that are supposed to get your data removed from data brokers?

hhesto · 9h ago

Yeah I got that same exact text 30 mins ago

Phenom007 · 5h ago

Thanks for the heads up. I too received a text from Lauren at Y Combinator. Your warnings are enough to get me to pause. ~Stephen

Phenom007 · 5h ago

I also received a text from Lauren at Y Combinator. Thank you for the heads up.

badmuddafadda · 5h ago

Lauren is pretty busy today. I got a text from "Lauren from Y Combinator." The job title was no longer in the text. Maybe it's adapting, like a disgusting virus.

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