Good morning friends. As some of you might have seen, Discord released two new safety-related blog posts today! I'd highly recommend reading them both and sharing them with your communities. Wanted to give a little commentary on them as well, as someone familiar with these scams.
https://discord.com/blog/protecting-users-from-scams-on-discord
This is a blog acknowledging the recent surge in scams on Discord. Notably, it also mentions the FTC's report indicating an internet-wide surge in scams in 2021. It discusses general advice for both general users and for server admins and mods. It's a pretty good writeup, but it is missing some things.
"Why Would Someone Want Access to My Account?"