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[ycombinattoor/-co] Y-Combinator W2026 | $15M Y-Combinator & GitHub (Issue #438)
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- mulka 1y agoIt is def a scam.
- maroon_unperson 1y agoLooks related to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45354413 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45354413
- gnabgib 1y ago> The best email address for anything like this is security@ycombinator.com https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45353095 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45353095 "Discussion" (17 points, 4 hours ago, 17 comments) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45352610 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45352610
- uberman 1y agoImportant: A refundable deposit is required for authorization. The full amount will be returned once verification is complete. I'm surprised you would see this as anything but a scam.
- k310 1y agoGross misspellings are either a really dumb human (nah) or a chatbot. Same for mass emailings. I missed the earlier post on this. Hard to keep up.
- jemiluv8 1y agoI'm even more interested in how it looked as though it came from github. The email was seemingly sent by "github"
- mmomtchev 1y ago[dead]