@flmel.near [Posted on DevHub](/devgovgigs.near/widget/Post?id=2649) ## Idea: Community Guard - Public Good ** The problem:** Scams - bigger than we know! It's hard to measure since relatively small amount ot token holders are actively participating in the public channels/ come forward to report they have been scammed and it's also safe to assume that such reports would likely come from people who are not new either to the space or Near. Accounts still interact with ***(WARNING SCAM TOKEN) *** [kusama-airdrop.near](https://nearblocks.io/address/kusama-airdrop.near). Yesterday another person lost over 1000N due do invite link in Discord. We see constant messages "is this legit?" for tokens they have been airdropped to their account. Once again, I want to emphasize that these messages are from people who are pro-actively reaching out in the public channels. **The relief:** While not a solution but a relief a browser extension in public good might mitigate scams and provide awareness to the general user **MVP:** - Users can submit a url for flagging (to be reviewed) - A first level (`Soft Block`) notification is displayed that this might be a scam (in review hasn't yet landed in `Strict Block`) - `Stirct block` the extension blocks connections to *known to be scam* (confirmed) websites via filter list - Static Info page (built in) for general guidance how to spot/avoid scams **Extending:** - Users might review urls that are pending - Gamifying Disputes or/or possibility for incentivising reporters (via donations) or tokens, badges, merchandise - Plant forms of bots in known scam groups/channels to self report current invite links - Warn/Prevent interactions with voted/known scam contracts **Possible integrations: ** Public channels (Discord, Telegram) - Bots can be utilised in two ways - Moderators, use them to automatically add urls to the filter list (based on reports) - Users can report urls to be reviewed and added to the filter list **Possible collaborations:** * Wallet Providers * They can be both benefiting and contributing to the tool - Brave, uBlock and/or other extensions with similar aim * We can support and create a filter list to be used with uBlock today but that would require recommending users to install ad blockers and businesses would probably not be happy **Considerations: ** * Invite links for Discords * Invite links for Telegram channels * Manifest V3 **Promoting: ** Apart of messages on public channels wallet providers can recommend the extension upon account creation/interaction **`100% Strict Block` *some links curated from past and current (ongoing) scams *not including youtube videos and a ton of invite links ***!!! WARNING! SCAMS DO NOT INTERACT !!!*** ``` !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!! SCAM URLS DO NOT INTERACT !!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! https://integratechainfix.pages.dev/ https://mevbotuni.substack.com/p/easy-to-use-arbitrage-mev-bot-for https://openseabox7-cb343.web.app/ https://shrtm.nu/SuPPORTTICKET https://openseapro-nfts.web.app/ https://shrtm.nu/HElpDESk https://near-raffle.com https://lotterynear.com https://lottery-near.org https:/accountsvalidator.com/ https://shrtm.nu/TicketDESk https://near-ex.com/ https://nearlottery.org https://near-community.one/protocol https://near-learn.org/youtu.be https://nearpool.org/near/index.html https://near-community.one/gram https://nearlottery.com https://near-community.one/$near https://wallet.thenear.net/ http://3xevent-near.org/ https://near-community.one/join https://www.i-connectdapps.com/i/ http://3xprotocol-near.org/ https://traspade-near.com https://w.metasploits.online/ https://www.nearevent.org/ https://app.synchconnects.net/m1/ https://foxcryptox.com/ https://musk4u.com https://bit.ly/nearofficial -> https://t.me/+Awwf-8KYSZc1NDdh https://w.optimal-protocol.buzz/ https://linktr.ee/meta_pool https://web.mainnetschain.live/v1/ https://discord.gg/aX6D3DAn https://www.walletconnect.com/near http://bit.ly/WalletsConnect -> ?? (bitly has blocked it) https://stonks.fun/KBWJXY https://kusamaswap.com https://mainchain-6so.pages.dev https://webnodevalid.pages.dev/ https://w.elliptic-powerpad.buzz/ ``` If you made it this far (and since we are close to holidays) I want to share with you the extend from last year in my insta dm-s! https://twitter.com/li_dev/status/1622903748065476608