Warning: Phishing links and scammers on Steemit platform and how to stay safe
Steemit is indeed the best social media blogging site due to ability to learn new things, meet great people and earn some money-however; its success has resulted to many scammers and people sending phishing links in order to steal members login details. The conundrum, however, is : what will happen after the upcoming HFork 20: when steemit inc will allow immediate sign up of new accounts? The simple answer is that the gates of hell will open and thus we all have to learn now and be smart enough to counter attack against scammers, spammers and phishing links agents-whose primary aim is to steal people´s hard earned money.
Note : Never give your password and double check on which website you really are! Moreover, resteem this posts in order to educate your contacts and join me in making a post against such behaviors and thus exposing scammers, spammers and accounts sending phishing links . Moreover we can report such accounts at: Steem abuse via steemit chat also arcange via steem chat , @steemcleaners , @spaminator - thanks to @patrice and team for doing a great job including @arcange who frequently exposes scammers and spammers.
According to updates via @arcange , some known scammer accounts: @russiann , @steemitrobot ,- @tripadvisor (dot) com , @harquick , @gtg.witnesses .
Some Known Phishing sites: sleemit(dot)com , steemitfollowup(dot)ml , steemitfollowup(dot)cf , , autosteemer(dot)com , autosteemer(dot)club , upperwhale , steamit(dot)ga , steenit(dot)cf , steemautobot(dot)ml , autosteem(dot)info , steemij(dot)tk , steemitservices(dot)ml , uppervotes(dot)ml , steemupgot(dot)ga
Below are some few rules
There are a few simple rules to follow in order to avoid having your account hacked:
Rule 1: NEVER, I repeat, NEVER use or give your owner key or password!
Rule 2: Use your posting key to login, post and vote on trusted websites like steemit.com or busy.org.
Rule 3: NEVER give your active key as this key allows to control your funds! Only use your active key for special operation like money transfer or account update on trusted websites like steemit.com.
Rule 4: Anywhere else, if you are requested to provide any of the above key: RUN AWAY!!!
4 simple rules. It's not much to remember. Follow them scrupulously, and you will only have to laugh at unsuccessful attempts from scammers.
Spread the words, resteem this post to your friends, and you will make the platform safer.
Why we should care: In order for steemit to be a success in the long run, we all have to be at alert and thus protect all members from being scammed . If scammers (via wallet, chat, emails , phishing links via posts/ comments) see steemit members as smarter than them by exposing their tactics, they will surely give up .
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Thanks my dear @Charles1 for this valuable Information hence why I sent a good upvote for this post in order for others to see it. It is very important if we expose criminals trying to spoil this platform for us because doing nothing will destroy steemit for all. These people just want to steal from our hard earned crypto´s and together we will work against them...thanks for sharing this -keep up the good work.
I am new here with you I hope to learn and develop myself in addition to earn some money to improve my situation Mazri
Thank you for these amazing tips and I am one of your new followers and I wish you success and welcome to my page
What do you like about the post..did you read it?
You are correct! Wish I had this wisdom before I did give my owner key to steemconnect. Probably one of the safer places to make this mistake.
Will have to figure out how I can change this.
It is also great to see that you are trying to reply on all genuine comments. Keep it going, cause interaction is what Steem needs!
Welcome and thanks for your comment...interaction is indeed the key here. Yes there are some safe sites...I think busy and steemconnect are safe however it is better to generate new keys after a while. Keep steeming to more success
I also recommend that you update your codes every two months.
Very good point, I agree
You are welcome.
nomatter what
there will always be scammers and phishers
we just need to know how to avoid them.
And you are helping people understand that :)
Point, I agree...thanks for your comment
WARNING! The comment below by @throwawayaccount leads to a known phishing site that could steal your account.
Do not open links from users you do not trust. Do not provide your private keys to any third party websites.
WARNING! The comment below by @throwawayaccount leads to a known phishing site that could steal your account.
Do not open links from users you do not trust. Do not provide your private keys to any third party websites.
Your bot doesn't have the ability to check the context of the phishing link. I warned people against visiting sleemit.com in my comment. I got downvoted for this. Jeez thanks.
Write it with (dot) instead of .
Otherwise you are going to get flagged every time.
Good point...it happened to me too however I contacted the bot owners and changed to dot as in this post
How did you contact the bot owner?
This bot is stupid, I'm gonna try contact the owner.
Does anybody know if SteemNow is safe? If anybody knows more scam sites, you should comment them so @charles1 can add it to the list! Thanks for the valuable info -definitely worth upvoting.
Yes steem now is safe..I sue it daily however make sure that it is https see https://steemnow.com
success and be safe
Already heard of someone who got their links highjacked. Be careful! Good post!
Good point, hence the purpose of this post
There are so many fishing sites and account. Don't we have any mechanism in steem platform to ban them or to disable them?
We will help all by exposing them and reorting them
awesome and informmative post, No doubt steeit is best social network now a days, i agreed with @charles1 there are some spoil eggs arround us who alway tries to harm us. Honestly speaking this post influence all those member who give their account password ti others even they are good friends,now a day we can not trust anyone.
Welcome and thanks for your comment...keep safe