Phishing site reported - autosteem(dot)info
7 years ago in #steemit by arcange (73)
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I am the victim of AutoSteem(dot)info. After connect its auto comment at many posting and people downvote me. Now my reputation is lower and my post cannot display. They also stole my SBD in my wallet. @arcange said :WARNING - The message you received from @abbyrich is a CONFIRMED SCAM! Pity me. I don't know how to make my reputation back to normal from -1 to 25. I'm a newbie in steemit. Please help me.
Hey @abbyrich
Sorry to hear about your account.
I have been hacked two weeks ago, and I managed to get my account and reputation back. It can be done, but it will require some effort.
First: I’ve written a guide on which steps to take to get your reputation back.
You can find it here:
Got Hacked? Here's How To Get Your Account And Reputation Score Back! (legit link - I promise)
Basically, you’ll need to edit every single phishing comment that has been sent out from your account to make it harmless. (Important: do NOT delete any of the flagged comments. Once deleted, the flag can’t be taken away anymore!)
No worries, in the guide is said you need to do this manually, but meanwhile a script/website has been released which will make the process faster and easier.
I haven’t tried it myself (since it didn't exist when I was hacked), but it should beat editing them one by one, especially if there are a lot of them.
You can find more info about the mass comment editor here:
New Project: Steemit Massive Comment Replace
Once all comments have been replaced by an innocent message, you need to get the flags removed. The Steemcleaners Discord channel should be your first stop (explained in the guide), then you’ll have to explain the situation to everyone who has flagged one of your comments, let them know you’ve edited it and ask them to take the flag away.
Since the phishing scam has been going on for more than two weeks, I assume most people know about it by now. I don’t see why people would refuse to take the flag away when they see the comments is harmless.
I told you, it would take some work. But I’m the living proof that if you take the correct steps, you can get your reputation you’ve worked so hard for back.
Good luck.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Also, people over at the Steemcleaners Discord channel (https://discord.gg/aVJ5cGy) will be there if you need more help.
@simplymike
This is amazing info, I can't believe it doesn't have more upvotes. Very helpful. I haven't been hacked but I'll definitely use this info if I ever do. I almost fell for the one the original post mentions but it just felt fishy. Now I'm interested in busy.org but am worried that it was Steem info so I'm trying to get opinions on it. And does anyone know why I can't resteem this article?
You can’t resteem posts that are past-payout (7 days old)
What you can do (I did it inthe past), is write a new post with a short introduction and then add a link to this post to it.
Awesome thanks Simplymike. This is an amazing service that Arcange provides to the community and, as for me, is greatly appreciated. As well as your kind help with resteem I g and reposting. Thanks much
Hey @abbyrich
I see you’ve got (some of) your reputation score back.
Could you let me know if you used the mass comment replacement script and if it worked?
Yes, I used replacement script and it worked. Thanks for your suggestion.
WARNING! The comment below by @haccolong 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.
I am learning new things @arcange. Thank you for letting us know. This is very helpful to us.
thank you @arcange for warning us about this scam people who devour our fellow steemians hard earn money.. your blogs helps us a lot God bless
WARNING - The message you received from @haccolong is a CONFIRMED SCAM!
DO NOT FOLLOW any instruction and DO NOT CLICK on any link in the comment!
For more information, read this post:
https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-autosteemer-dot-com
https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-autosteemer-dot-club
https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-autosteem-dot-info
Please consider to upvote this warning if you find my work to protect you and the platform valuable. Your support is welcome!
Thanks for reminding
I did not know about that!
It shouldn't be hard to detect when a user is posting the exact same message over and over again on hundreds of posts, and you should be able to flag USERS not just posts, that way they can have their accounts analyzed by the community. Everyone should be able to take a moderator role and be rewarded for the time they spend sifting through posts and flagging spam, because as it currently stands, we receive no rewards for the time we spend moderating steemit.
All human psychology is based on risk and reward. Human beings will not waste their time moderating steemit if they do not perceive some sort of value as a result of their hard work, and I'm sorry but "making steemit better" isn't going to motivate everyone.
Simply reward users for flagging spam.
How? By waiting until a post or a user has been flagged over 100 times then rewarding every user who contributed to that flag and deleting the post and flagging the user as a potential spammer. After 3 account flags, your account enters group moderation and anyone who wants to spend the time investigating the account can do so and put forth a vote on whether or not the user should be banned on the platform. After 100 votes to ban a user, they are banned.
How do we prevent this banning system from being abused? After all people could just flag things they don't like?
If you flag something to be banned and after 3 months it has not received enough votes to result in a ban, it is escalated to high priority and users are rewarded even more for voting on it. If after 1 more month the user does not receive enough votes to end in a ban, all users who flagged them receive a flag on their account as potential abusers. After 3 flags, THEY enter the moderation system and the process continues.
What do you guys think of these ideas? Obviously we don't have to set the number at 100 votes, that was an arbitrary number. Please upvote if you think this would be useful to the developers, as I cannot code these ideas myself.
i tried to follow those instruction but before that i have read your post and then i ignore that post. so thanks very much for the sincere and supportive info. follow and upovte my profile @mirror001
Thank you so much @arcange this very helpful.
Thank you so much @arcange for this warning, good thing we learn this from you, so we will be very carefull in the future if we encounter same scenario we will make sure to follow your instructions and guidance...you're such a blessing, thanks again!
@arcange thanks for the inform, thou have been thinking of you viewing the site from another phone, but feeling skeptical about it.. Not until i stumbled upon your message in my acoount. Thank you so much for your help...
You're welcome!