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 @mindtrap 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:
If you go down the website page, you will see 3 links that invite you to order for a “service”
If you carefully look at the underlying links, you will see that clicking on the “Order Now” buttons will bring you to another site:
The site is a fake SteemConnect login page
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
- Phishing site reported - steamit(dot)ga
- Phishing site reported - steenit(dot)cf
- Phishing site reported - steemautobot(dot)ml
- Phishing site reported - autosteem(dot)info
- Phishing site reported - steemij(dot)tk
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 steem.chat
Thanks you friend. This post give me great support.
Damn even i would be susceptible to a scam like this one thanks for the info @arcange and also just to clarify Steemconnect itself is safe to use right?
Yes, SteemConnect is a safe way to interact with third-party applications. Unfortunately, such phishing attempts are now ruining its strong reputation.
Thank you, @arcange for @SteemitBoard & for your work for the @Steemit community.
Thank you very much for your bot warning me on my post about this scammer's comment! Much appreciated! I'll vote for you as witness!
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Thank you for your support!
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Good friend
Thank you for information
hopefully no user is deceived by clicking on a link that is harmful to the user itself. thank you for giving this news.very useful information @arcange
Thanks for your regular update to ensure all steemians are safe from being scam
Thanks :)
Thank you for your big heart for us @arcange... thank you for your warning on my post... 😘😘😊❤️
You're welcome. Glad to help and protect.
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Thank you Friend.
Thank you for sharing and well noted. We've got to be much more careful.
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Im so worried about this phising site. Anyone could be there target. Thank you @arcange for sharing those informations. It really helps us to be cautious and aware of their baits.
Thank you for information @arcange
That's very informative, @arcange. Thank you very much for your concern, support and advices. Very well noted. God bless your good heart.
Thank you very much for the warning given and this is very helpful
Thank u so much for sharing and for updating us this kind of post huh, many have come to steem to scam users, hope they will put more secure alert in steemit to prevent such kind of scammers. Shame on them. Steem on :)