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Ask HN: Is the Y Combinator GitHub bot real or scam?

Got this weird message from a GitHub bot

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Next step: To confirm your preliminary registration and secure eligibility, please verify your wallet through Y Combinator. This step ensures fairness, safeguards against Sybil attacks, and does not require personal information. The process takes less than a minute: simply connect your wallet and sign a verification message.

Important: A refundable deposit is required for authorization. The full amount will be returned once verification is complete.

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Is this a real thing or a scam? I have never got a ycombinator message on GitHub and have been on GitHub for more than ten years.

Edit: Ok, I rechecked and it looks too scammy. Going to block this with the “this is a scam” assumption.

( 6 comments | 2 points | on HN )
Re:Ask HN: Is the Y Combinator GitHub bot real or scam? by knightbenax on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @07:27PM (#45354182)
A big scam. You can see it in the url. An l replaces the i in y-combinator and it's not an official url

https://y-comblnator.com/apply

Re:Ask HN: Is the Y Combinator GitHub bot real or scam? by leakycap on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @06:29PM (#45353627)
That one is a scam. The real GitHub bot will ask for Google Play giftcards.
Re:Ask HN: Is the Y Combinator GitHub bot real or scam? by a1o on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @06:35PM (#45353676)
I mean it looks totally a scam but I was nevertheless curious about it.
Re:Ask HN: Is the Y Combinator GitHub bot real or scam? by leakycap on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @06:47PM (#45353802)
My friends often get scam texts and forward them to me to ask me if they're a scam, even though they 1) aren't expecting whatever it is, and 2) it is obviously a scam.

I guess it's human nature to want to check, even when it's for sure obviously a scam.

Re:Ask HN: Is the Y Combinator GitHub bot real or scam? by Bender on Tuesday September 23, 2025 @06:41PM (#45353736)
Re:Ask HN: Is the Y Combinator GitHub bot real or scam? by a1o on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @09:23AM (#45359970)
Thank you!