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 > Please **read the source code** if you're unsure or want to verify that it behaves as described.  
 > Contributions, feedback, and scrutiny are welcome.
 
+---
+
+> ### 🚨 <ins>**BEWARE OF MALICIOUS FORKS**</ins>
+>
+> **This project is actively maintained.**
+>
+> There are forks (such as `jabiralam7/bclone-continued`) that were created **in advance** to falsely imply this project has been discontinued. **This is not true.** These forks are a known setup to inject malware at a later date.
+>
+> **Only download releases from this official repository.** Do not trust any fork claiming to be a "continuation" of bclone.
+
+---
+
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