├── _config.yml ├── img └── deleted.png └── README.md /_config.yml: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | title: Followership Scammers on GitHub (repository) 2 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /img/deleted.png: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/xamidi/github-followership-scammers/HEAD/img/deleted.png -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | ## Followership Scammers on GitHub ([repository](https://github.com/xamidi/github-followership-scammers)) 2 | 3 | I like to follow people back when they have decent looking profiles. 4 | But there are people on GitHub trying to look "important" by following many users, only to **unfollow** them **after being followed back**. 5 | So they often end up with hundreds of followers while only following a few accounts, and can use their profiles to further scam third parties, such as employers or maintainers. 6 | 7 | In order to not let such selfish people profit from my kindness, I 8 | - use [whosnotfollowing.github.io](https://whosnotfollowing.github.io/) ([repository](https://github.com/whosnotfollowing/whosnotfollowing.github.io)) to detect them, 9 | - unfollow them and unstar all their repositories (if any), and 10 | - expose them via the list below. 11 | 12 | **I will *not* add people to this list whose actions I have not witnessed myself.** 13 | But I encourage you to create your own lists based on your experiences. Feel free to fork or partially copy this repository. 14 | 15 | ###### List of Scammers 16 | 17 | | | User | Name(s)^✻ | 18 | | -------------- | --------------- | ----------------- | 19 | | [

](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/170834894) | ~~[osiristape](https://github.com/osiristape)~~ ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20241106222014/https://github.com/osiristape))
~~[8ORUZ7](https://github.com/8ORUZ7)~~ ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20250606100347/https://github.com/8ORUZ7))
[ezr0th](https://github.com/ezr0th) | **混沌, オシリス, #f0f3e3**
**?, 10000111**, **Rukiara Yamashita**, **Alexandra Acedo**
| 26 | | [

](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/141827156) | ~~[meliksahyorulmazlar](https://github.com/meliksahyorulmazlar)~~ ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20250916002436/https://github.com/meliksahyorulmazlar))
[kamilmeliksahyorulmazlar](https://github.com/kamilmeliksahyorulmazlar) | **Meliksah Yorulmazlar**
**Meliksah** | 30 | | [

](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/96153374) | [laluxx](https://github.com/laluxx) | | 32 | | [

](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/117844250) | ~~[codeWithDavide](https://github.com/codeWithDavide)~~
~~[you-lost-me](https://github.com/you-lost-me)~~ ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20240803022346/https://github.com/you-lost-me))
~~[JyaburaniTech](https://github.com/JyaburaniTech)~~ ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20240921110511/https://github.com/JyaburaniTech))
[NailTechLtd](https://github.com/NailTechLtd) | **Mr. David**
**You lost**
**Jyaburani Tech**
**Nail Tech Ltd** | 34 | | [

](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/162185250) | [next2golang](https://github.com/next2golang) | **Sam** | 35 | | [

](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/184830396) | ~~[mowhn](https://github.com/mowhn)~~ ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20250929102037/https://github.com/mowhn))
[OcDo-Lab](https://github.com/OcDo-Lab) | **mr_mowhn**
**OcDo Lab** | 36 | | [

](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/64363113) | [qpeckin](https://github.com/qpeckin) | | 39 | | [

](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/45526899) | ~~[MisterRust](https://github.com/MisterRust)~~ ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20240704125825/https://github.com/MisterRust))
[Rust-Sol-Dev](https://github.com/Rust-Sol-Dev) | **Mr Rust**
**M̳̿͟͞r̳̿͟͞R̳̿͟͞u̳̿͟͞s̳̿͟͞t̳̿͟͞, Rust sol dev** | 42 | | ![](img/deleted.png) | ~~[RyanD177](https://github.com/RyanD177)~~ ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20240416155429/https://github.com/RyanD177))
~~[birdistheword7](https://github.com/birdistheword7)~~ | **Ryan Dixon** | 43 | | [

](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/27551874) | ~~[libraiger](https://github.com/libraiger)~~ ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20240910034857/https://github.com/libraiger))
~~[degencap777](https://github.com/degencap777)~~ ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20241106222445/https://github.com/degencap777))
~~[jwest951227](https://github.com/jwest951227)~~ ([archive](https://web.archive.org/web/20250908015900/https://github.com/jwest951227))
[soulcrancerdev](https://github.com/soulcrancerdev) | **libraiger**
**Degen Capricorn**
**Capricorn, RustCapricorn**
**SoulCr@ncr \| Rust Engineer**, **Soul Cr@ncr** | 47 | | [

](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5387930) | [XiaomingX](https://github.com/XiaomingX) | **Y11** | 53 | | [

](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/124587241) | [yogesh45789](https://github.com/yogesh45789) | **Yugandhar Dasari_DEV** | 54 | 55 | ^✻_{possibly obsolete} 56 | 57 | I will keep all entries, except for those who manage to go down to zero scammed followers and request removal in [discussions](https://github.com/xamidi/github-followership-scammers/discussions). 58 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------