(updated) - was: WARNING! AO3 PHISHING SITE PSA (Fannish Fifty #38)

Thu, 04 Sep 2025 01:59:29 GMT

ETA #2: I reported this to AO3 Technical Support because I thought they should know. They eventually replied back to me that THIS IS a legitimate AO3 site that points to the actual AO3; it exists for those in whose countries the actual ao3.org domain is blocked. It won't steal your AO3 credentials because it is AO3. Whew! I am so happy to be wrong about everything below!

~~Just saw this warning about a fake AO3 phishing site coming up in searches - the original PSA about this was posted on Tumblr (reblogged from Tumblr OP doubly_magic by mekare):~~

~~The domain is "https://I🖤ao3.ws" and they even use the AO3 logo. DO NOT CLICK ON THIS SITE. DO NOT BE FOOLED.~~

~~As the original post says, that fake site exists solely to steal your AO3 login credentials.~~

In some browsers, as in the Duckduckgo browser the OP shows in the original post, phishing links can be blocked by right-clicking (RIGHT click! don't just click on it!) on the site itself and selecting "Block this site from results". You can also choose to report it (which I did).

~~I'm going to report this to AO3, too. I know they can't stop another site from existing - but they can warn AO3 users (and maybe take legal action? IDK).~~

( click here if you're paranoid like me and find the timing suspicious )

~~Please signal boost this, if you can!~~

ETA: So far, it's only coming up as a result in Duckduckgo searches, not Google and not Brave browser's own search. Those may have more anti-phishing code built in to their search engines. But just... be careful.

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(updated) - was: WARNING! AO3 PHISHING SITE PSA (Fannish Fifty #38)