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Is the r/askMonero subreddit compromised?

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Jun 22, 2026 7:23 PM Last edited Jun 22, 2026 7:24 PM
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r/askMonero (https://www.reddit.com/r/AskMonero/) was created Jan 2026, mods have private profiles (1 is very low karma), and on some posts they're shilling a swap site I've never heard of before "https://swap.fujn.com/"

Might be schizo, but my theory is this is a more complex version of the creating a fake 'how to buy xmr' post, then editing to add a scam swap site. Any thoughts?

kycnot.me have it unlisted,
https://kycnot.me/service/fujn-swap#verification

recently added to Monerica with 0 reviews @monerica
https://monerica.com/site/fujn-swap

Screenshot shows likely botted upvotes on one of the mods comments.

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Jun 23, 2026 5:39 PM
#12

Cool. Someone found a bug to bypass the approval. I'm looking into it now :)

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Jun 23, 2026 7:39 PM Edited Jun 23, 2026 7:55 PM
#13

The admin from r/askMonero thinks I'm somehow a rep for trocador, and that he has found another "account" of mine... Then seems to threaten me, nice!

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edit: add some of my replies here. Will edit / reply further if any more useful info

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Jun 23, 2026 9:14 PM
#14

so they deleted their threat and other comments, made me a mod but refuse to change their behaviour because they are paid by Fjun.

My questions have been ignored for following topics: if they have made any donations to CCS etc, to provide some info about their history. Also, why it is OK to have "Promotional content or scam services will result in a permanent ban. " in their stickied post etc, when not disclose that they are paid by this random swap service.

This is dishonest at best.

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Jun 23, 2026 10:04 PM
#15

@quadriocellata lolol wtf
what you even gonna do as a mod over there tho? burn the whole thing to the ground or somethin? like idk lol
i mean, if the whole thing been a scam from the start...
:shrugs:

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Jun 23, 2026 10:39 PM Edited Jun 23, 2026 10:42 PM
#16

@SpinningCat I have quit it now, I don't have permissions to do that much, and they wouldn't let me anyway (eg stopping these shilled posts). I think this is to try and "save face" from their side.

They have an active filter on all comments that mention Trocador which is interesting.

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Jun 23, 2026 10:59 PM
#17

no idea about fjun but back in january when it was made they had a few questions, almost 100% answered with some FUD. Assumed it was created as a controlled FUD subreddit.

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