[phantomstars] Fake engagement detected on this repository

[tg12]

Fake Engagement Alert for luongnv89/claude-howto

phantomstars has detected a likely fake star/fork campaign targeting this repository.

Scan date: 2026-06-09

Summary

Metric	Value
Engagers scanned (24 h window)	292
Likely fake	8 (2.7%)
Suspicious	54
Previously seen likely fake	3 (1.0%)
Repeat offenders	0
Allowlisted accounts excluded	0
Campaigns detected	1
Analysis mode	recent
Discovery sources	github_trending
Event coverage	capped by the recent-events API limit (300 events)
Repo classification	clean

Campaigns

Campaign ID	Members
c-9183d0a1	62

Suspect accounts

Account	Created	Score	Classification	Campaign
fg4gy8yscf-ai	2026-06-08	0.845	likely_fake	c-9183d0a1
kaixinxiaobaike-wq	2026-06-07	0.845	likely_fake	c-9183d0a1
hanx-kk	2026-06-08	0.845	likely_fake	c-9183d0a1
tradinggains5018	2026-06-03	0.840	likely_fake	c-9183d0a1
Kgill0021	2026-06-08	0.815	likely_fake	c-9183d0a1
vc7ttv45yr-coder	2026-06-06	0.810	likely_fake	c-9183d0a1
tpc072286-netizen	2026-06-06	0.810	likely_fake	c-9183d0a1
ahaooo1324-dev	2026-05-11	0.768	likely_fake	c-9183d0a1
courtawaytaylor181-debug	2026-06-06	0.720	suspicious	c-9183d0a1
0788lance-lab	2026-05-16	0.718	suspicious	c-9183d0a1
Hackd-AI	2026-06-05	0.690	suspicious	c-9183d0a1
iamfrivolous-sketch	2026-05-26	0.688	suspicious	c-9183d0a1
g7738858	2026-04-06	0.675	suspicious	c-9183d0a1
fleshhprisonn	2026-05-23	0.657	suspicious	c-9183d0a1
scotthan-design	2026-04-18	0.645	suspicious	c-9183d0a1
brewtal71	2026-04-19	0.645	suspicious	c-9183d0a1
atheria-tech	2026-03-13	0.645	suspicious	c-9183d0a1
cozyfashionwear	2026-03-17	0.645	suspicious	c-9183d0a1
jordan-sectu	2026-05-08	0.645	suspicious	c-9183d0a1
HotGirlLo	2026-05-25	0.627	suspicious	c-9183d0a1
CuriousSarah	2026-05-13	0.627	suspicious	c-9183d0a1
dbell1439-afk	2026-06-08	0.620	suspicious	c-9183d0a1
cady1102	2024-01-13	0.605	suspicious	c-9183d0a1
darwinsg04-rgb	2026-03-31	0.595	suspicious	c-9183d0a1
cantuma	2026-04-16	0.590	suspicious	c-9183d0a1
taodao1983	2019-05-19	0.585	suspicious	c-9183d0a1
kcyh12138	2021-04-24	0.585	suspicious	c-9183d0a1
yeyuan148	2023-01-04	0.575	suspicious	c-9183d0a1
iRedShift	2025-03-04	0.575	suspicious	c-9183d0a1
Xjljk	2020-05-24	0.575	suspicious	c-9183d0a1

Showing top 30 of 62 suspects by composite score.

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All findings are probabilistic indicators, not accusations. False positives exist.
Individual accounts should be treated as suspicious signals, not confirmed fake actors.
Repo-level counts in this report exclude accounts present on the current false-positive allowlist.

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[luongnv89]

is this even a thing?

[tg12]

Yeah given the ratios though your repo is popular its bound to attract attention.

[luongnv89]

what is their (attacker) objective here?
(tbh, i have rejected a lots of DM on X about pump or crypto things which is not in my interest, not sure if it is something related)

[tg12]

Scan update: 2026-06-11

Metric	Value
Engagers scanned (24 h window)	293
Likely fake	10 (3.4%)
Suspicious	67
Previously seen likely fake	0 (0.0%)
Repeat offenders	0
Allowlisted accounts excluded	0
Campaigns	1
Discovery sources	github_trending
Event coverage	capped by the recent-events API limit (300 events)

Account	Created	Score	Classification	Campaign
Nikko615	2026-06-10	0.845	likely_fake	c-89cbca28
rickey910216	2026-06-04	0.840	likely_fake	c-89cbca28
B6055057-CaraPeng	2026-06-09	0.810	likely_fake	c-89cbca28
roibin4business	2026-06-07	0.810	likely_fake	c-89cbca28
SHEN08054	2026-05-16	0.798	likely_fake	c-89cbca28
KVreeland	2026-05-19	0.768	likely_fake	c-89cbca28
k0zinak643	2026-05-25	0.768	likely_fake	c-89cbca28
mugenkanoseii	2026-05-15	0.768	likely_fake	c-89cbca28
bizznezz1s-png	2026-05-21	0.768	likely_fake	c-89cbca28
kherlihy1	2026-05-12	0.768	likely_fake	c-89cbca28
Drake0610	2026-05-15	0.718	suspicious	c-89cbca28
mhyman135	2026-05-23	0.713	suspicious	c-89cbca28
pw029029-pixel	2026-04-22	0.645	suspicious	c-89cbca28
bhargav7sr2-ui	2026-05-09	0.645	suspicious	c-89cbca28
imjustm3	2026-05-05	0.645	suspicious	c-89cbca28
zoranbarbich-gif	2026-04-30	0.645	suspicious	c-89cbca28
liangdada97	2026-04-16	0.645	suspicious	c-89cbca28
suzusho-hub	2026-04-16	0.645	suspicious	c-89cbca28
sameeno101	2026-06-10	0.620	suspicious	c-89cbca28
pluc-lc	2026-06-10	0.620	suspicious	c-89cbca28
sethg2003	2025-05-21	0.605	suspicious	c-89cbca28
John2000-bin	2026-04-26	0.600	suspicious	c-89cbca28
tiscott-bai	2026-03-27	0.595	suspicious	c-89cbca28
matias1941	2020-04-27	0.585	suspicious	c-89cbca28
nightmareWu	2019-04-03	0.575	suspicious	c-89cbca28
sghomk	2014-11-17	0.575	suspicious	c-89cbca28
Mathieufie	2024-04-30	0.575	suspicious	c-89cbca28
kopisusudev	2020-03-05	0.575	suspicious	c-89cbca28
unclelao	2024-11-01	0.575	suspicious	c-89cbca28
euntaek-hong	2023-02-11	0.575	suspicious	c-89cbca28

Showing top 30 of 77 suspects by composite score.