[Community Alert] Discord Nitro Impersonation

[Misaki]

This just happened to me and the user impersonating me was able to scam Swicy

This is a method that came to my attention on a different forum and I guess it hasn't been posted here.

Since the introduction of the ability to change your discord tag using Nitro, somebody has figured out a way to use the Fortnite method on discord. If you are unfamiliar with this method, it involves using a cyrillic that looks like an English letter in order to make your name look OG when it really isn't.

The example I saw of this was somebody with the discord "ay#0001" being impersonated by somebody with "аy#0001." These might appear the same, however, the "a" in the second discord is a cyrillic.

The legitimacy of a Discord can be verified by copy and pasting the discord into google. One search brings up the word "ay," while the other brings up various results from another language.

First: https://www.google.com/search?clien....1.64.psy-ab..0.2.186...35i39k1.0.fm91g50JwHA

Second: https://www.google.com/search?q=аy&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox-b-1-ab

I appreciate your time, and hope that this doesn't happen to anybody else.

Thanks,

Misaki

 

[AdamEdits]

tf how did they do that

 

[Misaki]

Credits to 34010

 

[rekt]

Please make a more detailed tutorial on how to do this[DOUBLEPOST=1524099123][/DOUBLEPOST]

 

[Azmi]

this is why I don't do deals on discord.

 

[Choo]

User shouldve pm'd you on MCM before dealing

but this is very informative and almost scary, I'll make sure to take extra precautions if Im doing a deal on discord

 

[Ivain]

How to collect data to report impersonators: https://support.discordapp.com/hc/en-us/articles/360000291932-How-to-Properly-Report-Issues-to-Trust-Safety
I currently have a discord impersonator as well.