PSA: Warning On gtg-witnesses Account Offering Rewards
I noticed an account today sending out memos claiming reward share for voting for witness @gtg
The account that was sending links in memos is @gtg.witnesses
https://steemit.com/@gtg.witnesses/transfers
Here was the first page i saw which was suspicious due to the high amount offered immediately
Here was the link posing as steemconnect and asking to use notifications role and not specifying any key to input.
notice it isn't the steemconnect site
| REAL | FAKE |
|---|---|
  |   |
| REAL | FAKE |
|---|---|
| https://steemconnect.com/ | http://steem-rewards.com/c.php?u=isacoin&app=rewards&txt |
still i used my posting key to see what would happen and instantly redirected back to http://steem-rewards.com instead of the steemconnect confirmation and redirect page.
Finally the contact details all link back to the site with no contact details or mention for @gtg
I hovered over the twitter link and it shows a preview for the link back to site.
Well spotted. Obviously a scam. Resteemed and notified the real @gtg. He shall be very angry! Behold the wrath of his staff.
think more than a staff is needed for this one
gandalf has an arsenal stashed, he'll pick the right weapon.
Haaa, thanks for the feeling of utmost confidence. Great visual @drakos!
Thanks man good catch!
Just for info, steemconnect can redirect too but a quick glance at those urls none of them is a real steemconnect link
It is very important for users to take in consideration when using SC enabled services, the page showing the steem connect login should have steemconnect in the address
Thanks for looking out. Until people take personally responsibility to not fall or stuff like this, it will always continue. As long as even a small percentage of people get fooled, the scammers will make enough money to keep doing it. We all have to work together to raise awareness and educate people in order to protect ourselves and starve these people out. Ideally they'll learn providing value is more profitable and enjoyable than harming others.
no probs, im just glad was caught early even though looks like someone's funds got taken by it already
looks like @shaikatkm put his key and it transferred his SBD and Steem over,
your right the more people who are educated on how scams operate will make it difficult,time consuming and costly to try with most being deterred into legitimate enterprises there will still be a few who will try the numbers game regardless,
whenever there is money involved especially the vast amounts crypto holds , which will only grow magnitudes into the future expect an explosion of everyday shysters enticed by fortunes and probably encouraged by high profile scams that get away with millions devoid of consequence.
i dont think there will be a time when everybody is aware of the interstices of scams these days which will only evolve as time goes on mush the same as with cyber wars as white hats and black hats battle with ever evolving programming techniques and technologies crypto communities must do the same.
Thank you for the heads up. And as a reminder to the community. never use your master pasword on any website unless you are 100% sure it is legit. Guys there are alot of people that are trying to scam you of your steem and your account be extremely careful. Once again thank you for sharing. -Cheers
Thanks for sharing. A lot of people might have become victims by now. Great work!!
Did you change your posting key after doing this?
yes
i immediately changed master key which changed all others
Good thing you are paying attention!
Thanks for caring & sharing.
Nice catch, I passed this on so my followers can see it also.
I will translate this post to burmese language. Hello Luke will you encourage me.
Wow thanks for showing up this!! I'm resteming so more people can get to know this :O