Never give your password and double check on which website you really are!
I already warned you about several (potential) scam attempts (see bottom of this post for a list of them). Here is a new one. Thanks to @ace108 for catching my attention and notifying about this new scam.
Scam Description
The scammer publish the following comment on user’s post
If you click on the link in the comment, you will be redirected to the following site:
The site is a fake Steemit login page
If you scroll down the page, you will notice that the website is hosted on aba(dot)ae
Whatever button or link you click on this page, you will be redirected to the official Steemit website.
Anyway, the goal of the creator of this website is clearly to steal your credentials to hack your account!.
Preventive action activated
I will add any account sending phishing links to the black list of my Warning-Bot and it will issue warnings with a link to this post, notifying users of the malicious activity of those accounts.
If you find similiar pishing attemps, contact me on steem.chat
To protect yourself, you can:
- always double check before clicking on a link, especially if this links take you away from steemit.com.
- verify the reputation of people writing comments on your posts. A user with a low reputation shoud trigger you attention.
Previous threat alerts
If you missed them, please find here the previous alerts I published:
- Scam alert and white hat counter-strike
- Phishing exploit has been stopped - Scammers thwarted!
- Potential scammer reported- @jones420
- Fake Steemit website try to steal your password!
- Phishing attack to steal your active key
- Potential scammer reported - @minnowpond
- Scammer reported - @russiann
- Scammer reported - @steemitrobot
- Scammer reported - @tripadvisor.com
- Scammer reported - @harquick
- Scammer reported - @gtg.witnesses
- Phishing site reported - sleemit(dot)com
- Phishing site reported - www.steemitfollowup(dot)ml
- Phishing site reported - www.steemitfollowup(dot)cf
- Phishing site reported - www.autosteemer(dot)com
- Phishing site reported - www.autosteemer(dot)club
- Phishing site reported - upperwhale
reminder
A bit of paranoia is the basis of security.
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.
Thanks for reading!
If you notice any new suspect activity like the one described above, drop a comment on this post, contact me on steemit.chat or via Telegram (@The_Arcange)
Thank you @arcange for doing a wonderful job in eliminating scammers. I have a new one at my post “Benches”. It goes by the account name @dcaroa and is having hidden links that pull on the phishing site.
Thanks for reporting. I added this new scammer to my blacklist!
You are always welcome.
This user @deepcrypto8 still continues to cheat check his wallet has many recent transfers, the same as retiromi money
good post ..Thank for information
okay this is very useful information, my younger brother @yusuf93 he just a week in hack steemit, because in requested clicking ling like that, not long then he can not loging again. but that hurt us heckker this he spread the words of hatred, he wrote in my friends post my younger brother dirty words my younger brother friends think this is him. very less heckker's ethics education!
Thank you very much @arcange
Thank you very useful information for protecting steemians.
Thanks for the information, and I will always remember your message.
and maybe this is an example of one of these do you mean by SCAM
Hey @arcange , thanks for sharing it . It's a very important information for all steemit users😃
very useful steemit information.good job.thanks for share .............
Security is so much important when your account has value on it!
We do appreciate your good work ✅
thank you so much for sending the alert @arcange. The more I read about these warnings, the more I am now attentive. Thanks a lot. I'll be checking the url everytime I open a link.
Way to go!
thank you for t-his informations @arcange