Warning!!! Scammers on Steemit are getting smarter: Phishing links, Steem clones et al
The ability to earn daily on steemit is a good thing, however this has led to many scammers signing up fake accounts in order to send out massive wallet/post phishing links including scams via our wallet, chat and posts.
Most worryingly, few weeks ago there were steemit clone sites ie Steewit (dot) com or Steelit (dot) com aimed at stealing members login keys and the worrying thing is that they scammed some people before community members found out and reported such activities. The question is, how do we protect fellow members from these issues? Here are some points:
Chat scams: Be careful of people contacting you on steem chat requesting SBD/ Steem for upvote or resteem . If you notice, most do come with names like @good-kama ( notice that it is different to the real @good-karma ie no r) or @kingcrrown (double r) trying to scam me - see my older post : How I Knocked Out Kingscrrown :The Steemit Chat Thief / Scammer.
Wallet scams: do not send sbd for a resteem scam that never work. Reason is that the same account resteems hundreds of posts daily and thus their followers will not pay attention to their resteem.
Post scams: Avoid links sent to you on your posts because some people are sending phishing links. Some even claim that you cheated on your post ie you copied your original post from a certain link (this is to lure you to click the link) . This is one example of their tricky ways –so avoid such links –rather you should flag and report such account to steem abuse.
Conclusion: As a community we should stand together against these scammers by exposing them via our posts, flagging them and reporting them to steem abuse and steemcleaners-. These actions will deter them from growing rapidly and thus destroy this platform with their ruthlessness and greed.
Do you agree? Send in your comments and or experiences about this issue. Resteem in order to reach more people and upvote to send in your support.
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Thanks for this warning. It is time we as community unite against these scammers by exposing their tricks and names on our posts as you just did. They will always come with a new trick however we will not give up . It will be a tough one because they are ruthless---so all should be careful
Yes they ra eindeed ruthless hence why we must be careful
Totally agree . We should stand uniter s d keep reporting spammy activities so we frustrate them out of steemit. Nice update. Upped
I agree, we have to expose them
Yeah, you are right we should be very careful login or joining untrusted website is a risk and we should also keep our private key save from intruders, let be careful login to strangers computer, the scammer full every where.
Very good point, thanks for your comment
I almost get scam yesterday, thanks to the @steemitabuse and @steemitcleaners and many more for their hard work to figure out those scammers
Yes we have great community that helps here ....success to you
WARNING! The comment below by @katekor11 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.
Please read the post asap and act accordingly ...it is a post about spam...remove your flag and do a good job with your bot, you and @mack-bot...this post is to warn the community about scam
Please read point #1 here: https://steemit.com/steemcleaners/@anyx/introducing-guard-a-proactive-measure-to-limit-phishing-on-steemit
It's important to avoid accidents by avoiding using the phishing link itself!
The flags are removed, but please understand it's impossible to determine if you're warning or trying to phish, if you're using the link itself.
Thanks!
Thanks for the clarification....
What?! This guy @charles1 has been around this platform for quite a long time now and never posted anything wrong. I think Guard @guard needs to be calibrated. @anyx
Good point....thanks for your comment
@guard and the others also dowbvoted my post where I reported spam yesterday. I think the problem is instead of using .com, edit the site to (dot) com
More so, some bots will even collect ur money and will not upvote saying it's scam. Quite funny.
Funny it is. But the quite annoying kind of funny. Have you raised this issue?
@bikerkiddo
I did and was refunded. You can check it out in my blog.
Issue is you can't filter out high rated members as hacked accounts posting links will become a very serious threat as time moves along. Think about how facebook spam gets sent around once an account is hacked. If a "trusted" account isn't flagged from directing towards a knows spam link then a hacked account increases in value.
I guess the main problem here is not the hacking of accounts, but anti-spam and anti-phishing bots don't exempt links, words and accounts even if they are totally safe. Anything that goes under their radar, whether the content is safe or not, as long as it contains 'words' or content that they deem pose a threat, they mark it as spam.
But...is it still the same thing now? I hope @guard and other bots have been calibrated. Been away from the Steemit world for over a week.
I fixed the flags. The bot works as it was designed. In a previous out break we had reports of at least 2 accounts stolen when someone accidentally opened a clickable link in a post warning others. Some browsers, particularly mobile browsers, and browser extensions make domain names without the "http://" clickable links.
In my opinion, right now it is more important to stop the spread even if a few users get accidentally flagged. These phishers have been changing tactics frequently to avoid being flagged. Buying domains costs them money. Adding sub-domains like abc.badlink.com doesn't and I won't be surprised if that is the next step. Specifying
https://www.badlink.comorhttps://badlink.comwould make the bot ineffective.Thanks for your explanation and understanding...I wish you success my dear @patrice the spam/scam slayer ...more success to you
Good explanation. I hope you do the needful on my own posts too. @patrice
Mine was also flagged yesterday
There is a scam i posted about, earnings are off please help stop these guys. @patrice @charles1 its not phishing but its criminal.
how ironic :( given the title of this post
You are correct...that is the issue we have here...they should read post 1st before commenting or flagging
he didn't read your post obviously. Appreciate it instead make a stupid accusations. He's trying to help all of us :)
Good point, they just flag without reading posts
Yeah seems ...special
This kind of thing is quite common in the network. We must be alert at all times. Thanks for the additional details.
You are correct, I agree...
ah people, what to say... Greedy fucks, aren't capable to earn money with their work, but instead it's easier to take someones hard earned sbd, would beat the shitt out of them
That is the issue we have with greedy people
scammers are faggots
Point
These scammers are modern day avtar of old thugs and bandits. The difference is only in their education and tricks. Modern day thugs are technology expert and have global presence due to which they are difficult to trace. It is good to be alert and be wise. Thank you for providing this valuable information.
You are correct ...weall should be careful. Thanks
Its getting really really tough out here, thanks for the information, I will watch out for these kind of scammers.
Welcome