I'm afraid.

They can't just tap into your wallet like that

Scratch Wiki accounts aren't paid, so you should be fine.

eisjo wrote:

I'm afraid.

Send screenshot

MudkipKappa wrote:

Scratch Wiki accounts aren't paid, so you should be fine.

It said:

Hello eisjo,

Someone (probably you?) has requested an account for $2. To confirm the email, please open the following link in your browser:

https://de.scratch-wiki.info/wiki/Special:RequestAccount/ConfirmEmail/1d95e9d73dbb4cfc7aa9d250d35a736f

This link expires at 15:08, Apr 15, 2025. Please note that you will be asked to enter your username and password during the process.
Confirming your email address will allow you to reset your password via email. If you did not request the account for the German Scratch Wiki, please ignore this email.

snoopythe3 wrote:

eisjo wrote:

I'm afraid.

Send screenshot

How?

eisjo wrote:

MudkipKappa wrote:

Scratch Wiki accounts aren't paid, so you should be fine.

It said:

Hello eisjo,

Someone (probably you?) has requested an account for $2. To confirm the email, please open the following link in your browser:

https://de.scratch-wiki.info/wiki/Special:RequestAccount/ConfirmEmail/1d95e9d73dbb4cfc7aa9d250d35a736f

This link expires at 15:08, Apr 15, 2025. Please note that you will be asked to enter your username and password during the process.
Confirming your email address will allow you to reset your password via email. If you did not request the account for the German Scratch Wiki, please ignore this email.

You asked for an account named “$2” didn't you

I'm not certain, but that looks a little like their code for inserting the correct username into the template messed up to me - placeholders in templates very often use dollar signs. I don't think you have to pay; if you click the link you should be fine.

ajskateboarder wrote:

eisjo wrote:

MudkipKappa wrote:

Scratch Wiki accounts aren't paid, so you should be fine.

It said:

Hello eisjo,

Someone (probably you?) has requested an account for $2. To confirm the email, please open the following link in your browser:

https://de.scratch-wiki.info/wiki/Special:RequestAccount/ConfirmEmail/1d95e9d73dbb4cfc7aa9d250d35a736f

This link expires at 15:08, Apr 15, 2025. Please note that you will be asked to enter your username and password during the process.
Confirming your email address will allow you to reset your password via email. If you did not request the account for the German Scratch Wiki, please ignore this email.

You asked for an account named “$2” didn't you

No, i didn't.

eisjo wrote:

No, i didn't.

Try requesting an account on the English server, might be a bug with German server (replace the “de” before .scratch-wiki with en). Other than that I'm not too sure.

mybearworld wrote:

I'm not certain, but that looks a little like their code for inserting the correct username into the template messed up to me - placeholders in templates very often use dollar signs. I don't think you have to pay; if you click the link you should be fine.

This actually seems like the most likely thing to me, rather than them requesting $2.00 from you to make an account.

Steve0Greatness wrote:

mybearworld wrote:

I'm not certain, but that looks a little like their code for inserting the correct username into the template messed up to me - placeholders in templates very often use dollar signs. I don't think you have to pay; if you click the link you should be fine.

This actually seems like the most likely thing to me, rather than them requesting $2.00 from you to make an account.

Yeah, I agree- it's more likely that someone simply broke a placeholder, probably for the Scratch account that it was requested for.

It also seems strange that the German wiki would be selling things for United States Dollars.

This turned out to just be a translation error, and has now been fixed.

Glad you found an answer! Since this is resolved, I'll close it to help highlight the answer and prevent future responses. If you need it re-opened, though, you can report this and ask.