Important Note!!!
Recently, within these steemit down-time errors, several steemians created steemit interfaces (condenser), which appears exactly like steemit. I have seen a couple of them e.g yehey.org but today on the steemgigs discord, someone brought this link:
steemit.press/Update-December-2017
Upon first look, you may think it is one of those full steemit condenser interfaces but this one is quite different, thus, i almost am certain that it is a phishing site.
Yes, the url is "https" but it looks really crafty and tallied; fully-placed to coincide with all the recent events with steemit, upcoming steemfest and especially, the new steemit condenser interfaces, that have been created by several steemians recently.
There is a stark difference between the link above and yehey.org for instance. Yehey.org is a complete replica of steemit, in how it looks.
steemit.press/Update-December-2017/ however, looks like this:
On PC, unlike yehey.org which displayed a steemit-like interface with all the interface, like a full steemit condenser, the link above was different. Only the log-in aspect to the page works, with all other clickables linking back to steemit.com.
I did change my password after trying the site as i was logged in to steemit and steemit requested that i log out!
I tried it on a fone next to be sure of matters and upon using wrong credentials, it doesn't reject it like steemit does with "username doesn't exist"; it just leads next to an html type page, that looks like steemit but that stays on "loading......" endlessly.
I wonder what the solution to this can be but perhaps steemit INC can purchase all likely domains containing the word "steemit" or constantly publish all domain names directly associated with them.
Parts were deleted as it as a duplicate post but this part of it is important.
Be wary of using your steemit keys or password on:
steemit.press/Update-December-2017/
I haven't seen this yet, but I make it sure I'm always at the right site! The heck is wrong with this people messing around with our account! It's like virus replicating the entry as long as you are using it, it will stay that way like a loop, like forever, not knowing our account has been compromised and ending up hacked! Tsk!
Hahaha, that is how they set it up.
Double post buddy
The same thing happened to me yesterday. You click post and it shows broadcast error and then you click again and wham! Double post through no fault of your own!
I thought it was a double post but it was just a double title update. the contents are different, indeed a few days ago alu also experienced the same thing. error occurs in almost all Indonesian steemian. hopefully the future is better buddy
same thing happened to me also, so i created a post why this happens.
Yes...agree with you...same result for me...
Hahaha, i almost did it a third time. I just decide to check and see and this one was already voted on, so i couldnt delete either. So just left the important part there
Yes Indeed, I ended up doing the same with my double post. We'll get here as things are improving!
Yes. Some got hacked. On the discord, person came as @steemit for using name and was posting the link as a steemit press update lol. The site is down now though. Hoping steemit gets stable, so this reduces
Well Steemit is flying at the sky. So there are many other birds, who do not want this to fly that high ;)
Presently i have two of the title and I cannot delete any of the two because there are some upvotes on it. So I couldn't delete either. It is well o (lol)
Yeah its happening with many others too. To avoid double post or comments I am suing steemd. Every thing shows there from the beginning till now..
Always check after error display to avoid duplicating posts.
Yep couldnt delete cos it was voted on. So i just kept the important part
terry now you sleep and rest
ok buddy. I understand it's okay
Thank you brother for the warning. Or else, we will get victimized. I have a friend who was victimized and I am not sure if that's the website he used, and all his funds ran out.
Several people fell victim lately
Lets do our best to educate more people on the this.
Yes. Actually, that person warned me not to login in such to not get robbed. Feel bad for him though.
The site is down now
That's good news! Thanks brother.
So sorry
You are absolutely right, in recent times there have been very frequent manifestations of phishing and all kinds of threats in Steemit. As practice shows, these kinds of sites are always disguised for good purposes, but in the end everything ends badly. Thank you @surpassinggoogle
It is better to use only the ones with steemconnect v2 integration only. Plus powering up. Then steemit.com and busy. Powering up is also there as a protection in cases like this, so the person can't instantly move funds and one can recover password
@surpassinggoogle. I experience the same thing as well. Infact there's one of my post that is showing on y page but because it has been voted I cannot delete it. I have to leave. I was even scared that this cheetah will not come after me.
But I noticed a lot steemians are also experiencing right now. There is also the issue of missing posts. For example , you finish writing a post and in the process if posting it you don't see it again. That can be so painful especially when you are writing directly, it means you have to start again.(Very painful). It happened to me twice.
I hope this will not continue as it will really affect a lot of people. I hope a lasting solution can be proffer to it.
@surpassinggoogle , thank you for this information Sir.
True. Alternatively you can use busy.org, you also get voted on by busy on your post
Ok Sir.
Hi @surpassinggoogle perhaps first of all let me thank you for bringing this issue on board about this phishing site created by some fellow Steemians with an intention to ruin the integrity of Steemit as a blockchain network like yehey.org since if it wasn't for you i wouldn't have known of this scam that is going on this beautiful site of ours,lastly indeed we should not use https://steemit.press/Upvote-December-2017/ because we are going to experience problems of which we will not be able to solve by ourselfs but i do think that Steemit Inc should do something about this interface condenser causing scam as a phishing site,lastly thank you once again mr Terry for this post and continue posting such informative post on Steemit because you are a blessing to the entire community at large perhaps we should be wary of this phishing site,Stay safe @surpassinggoogle and much blessings from @davidkaruah.
Yehey.org is different from this other one. Though i for one wouldnt use it but i have seen it and it looks like a steemit condenser, which is different the phishing one. People use it too. Incases where you have reservations, use your posting key. Powering up is also a safety measure. For third party sites lookout for steemconnectv2 intergration, then that is useable
Perhaps thank you @surpassinggoogle for all this information since it is usefully and informative,lastly its a pleasure to hear from you sir stay safe with blessings indeed.
Yo Terry! :) How u? Thanks for the heads up. yeah, I say this same link posted on the discord chat. It's a dirty trick and I hope noone fell for it..q
Yes on discord yes. Some fell. I have seen two already from Ph or three but they will recover their accounts i hope
thank you for the reminders @surpassinggoogle. I never tried logging in to a site with the same interfere, unless steemit itself suggested.
All good. Steemit works now and i think it will get better. For another interface like steemit. https://steemitstage.com as that is endorse by steemit and steemit devs. But for safety, posting key is good enough, instead of password
Wow, this information of yours @surpassinggoogle is very helpful to all of us to prevent our acc from phishing. That site is really fishy.
One of my friend also almost victimized by this phishing scheme and this is so unfair to us who are exerting effort.
For me, i just bookmark the site in my pc or make a shorcut icon in my cp and avoid any logins in the suspicious sites.
Yes, the site is down now though. One filipina came in that chats, she got hacked and her funds transfered. We have worked on her account recovery. Overall, power up is a safety measure. There is no reason not to powerup basically. At most there is just a one week delay to power down. Use familiar sites, steemit, busy.org and any third party site should have steemconnect V2 integration. And your posting key, if you are not sure of things
I'm sorry to hear that somebody already lost their money because of this. Thank you for letting us know about it.
There are two now, i have seen from the Filippines i mean. The most recent is dante01 but i am pretty sure they will recover their accounts
I am sure @dante01 recovered his. We had exchages in my recent post. He's beating himself up though for making the mistake. The link apparently was given in a chat group. Just glad he was able to recover his account.
We should resteem this and spread the news for other fellow steemians to be aware of this phishing site. Thanks again Terry
You are welcome
Always use your posting and active key even to login at main Steemit site. Save these passwords on multiple places because no matter how much money your have made at Steemit, if the password is lost, you lose everything. Great post @surpassinggoogle. Thank You!
Steem On!
Update: Also, never click on links that people send you in wallet. This is easiest way for hackers/spammers to hack your account and several users have already been fallen prey to it. Steemit is the easiest way to earn money online and it's getting better withe every passing day but in online world, nobody can protect our accounts if we are not careful.
By the way, @surpassinggoogle, I'm using 2FA for my other accounts at Bittrex, Poloniex and some other coins as well. Can we do the same for Steemit?
Thanks for the warning @ugetfunded ! :)
Agreed ! this site is like a bank once you pass code of atm is stolen your all money is at risk ! not only money but the reputation is also at biggest risk !
I wonder when will these kinda idiotic hacking stop ? ! just kill those assholes !
Btw for me the best alternative is busy.org i would recommend everyone to use that secure site !
Btw why would a person would use alternative when steemit is working fine just dublicate or multiple posts problems out there and i hope it will also be fine like steemit loading problem !
I suggest you all to be patient and developers are always working hard to make this amazing site stable ! so please let them work :)
Sorry if my comment hurted anybody :) and for long comment lol ! :P
No killing. Overall, they fell for it cos it looks like a steemit new update type of thing. but steemit never those that. They updates on their blog here @steemitblog
but sir i am asking that there must be some punishment for hackers !
Thanks for the timely warning, it's a pity some people just have to be unscrupulous
You are welcome
Thank you so much sir for this timely warning. It is well appreciated
Hahaha timely is the word. The link is posed to be timely even
You still make out time to reply posts despite your overly tight schedule. You are living for posterity and you can never be disappointed in the end. I pray that God will decorate you with long life and super health. And more strength to continue with your good words.
Yes, in Jesus name amen.
Thanks for the warning on steemit.press. I'll be definitely more careful when using alternative steemit condenser.
Good luck with steemgigs.
Try to confirm for reputable steemian before using any site.
So far, ive only used busy, steemitstage and yehey. If its not using steemconnect then I'm definitely out.
Yes or at least it having a steem connect v2 or reputatable steemian, like real rep
Thank you for the information sir it's very important for letting us know about this site.
You are welcome
Thank you Angel Terry @surpassinggoogle for the timely warning. #mypasswordismine.
Aw man, those sneaky thieves ugh >.<
Thanks Terry for the head's up. I have been gone for quite a while and it's a good thing I visited your profile first.
I'll note this info, and be sure to bookmark the legit ones/sites and only use those :)
Yes bookmark them. For third party sites if they have steemconnect v2 integration then its find. You will see that when you are redirected to sign up and you see it in the url
Well till now these things doesn't happened to me but through Thank you @surpassinggoogle for sharing these type of bugs with us.I'll take care of that.
Thank you for posting this. I've been using the other sites (yehey.org and busy.org) as well and glad that are legit sites. This is quite disturbing that some people are doing this to taint Steemit's name . Hope this would be solved soon.
I resteemed your post.
Busy.org and https://steemitstage.org are what i would recommend
oh dear for someone like me who can barely know the difference, it will be hard for me. I did have some problems but it got ok in a while. I'm sticking to the original #steemit hope they can get rid of the fakers!
Not bad at all to stick to steemit. Busy is okay too. But till you get more familiar steemit. Powering up is also a protection as if one is the creator of the account and signed up using steemit and finds of the hack, can recover account within 30 days
Scary. Thank you for the heads up @surpassinggoogle :)
Thanks alot for the warning. We need to be carefull with links like these.
Let's all be careful because as the platform is driving its way towards the moon like a speed of the light, there are people who will take advantage of it, in a manner of destroying/taking somebody's account.
what purpose do they want to make such a thing?
Thank you Very much!
well i think such phising attempts to hack are continuously building up and we all have to work with open eyes and we should never use our master password and mostly try to login to account with posting key in this way we would be more secured, thank you very much my friend for letting us know about this website ya it also looks phising to me, now i will stay away from it, Stay awesome and thanks for sharing
upvoted @surpassinggoogle thanks for reminding us, and this is for our security of our respective account..
To steemit users: please be advice to log with two different ways.
1st log in on your posting key..when you only make an article..
2nd, when you have sbd/steem transfer that's the only way you will log in on your password key..
and please always save your password guys.. in to txt file and sent it on your personal email and cloud drives
I also faced the problem of double post. Why can't steemit give the priviledge of delete post to its users ? Can't a user delete post if they want to remove that content from the blog ?
At least delete button should be there.
Please make that steemit.press link unclickable by enclosing it in `
thanks for information! steemit.press new feature! good luck
wonderful post, thanks for sharing following & up voted
wow thanks for the info bro so many wicked people out there
When they see the star shinning they either try to imitate by causing havoc or they want to bring it down, #enemies everywhere.
Lol
The don't like good
Always trying to add bad to good
not everyone has the same talent, but they learn to be like them
thanks for information! Resteemed
thanks for the warning. good thing steemit is working well now
Nice post with valuble uptade by @surpassinggoogle
Cheers~~~
Resteemed with my 750+ followers...bcz...I think this is useful post for my followers...
Nice o
Its very useful
the best thing to do is to bookmark and use only those links.
Great information. Some bad guys tryna rob people of their hard earned fortunes.
Now someone will come and tell me steemit is fake!
No one takes time to venture into something that is not productive.That been said guys we really need to be careful.
Extreme carefulness is a key here henceforth o
Thank you for that info:)
verry good post @surpassinggoogle ..thanks for information!
Great information..Thank you for the information sir..i like your every post...
Thanks for sharing this informative post.very useful information.
thanks to @surpassinggoogle who has provided very good info.
Thanks for sharing it.. you just might have saved a lot of agony!
May God help us all and safe us from the hands of this hackers. Each day they go about introducing new ways to hack steemains account ,so be careful.
It was this high rate of insubordination and fury that compel me to write a post on all this scammers and hackers yesterday. Just on a single day @stellabelle post an article notifying every one of the new approach use by scammer in getting their victim down. They go as far as pretending to be blocktrades asking their people to send SBD to them to get an upvote in return from blocktrades. I mean be wise and careful. You can read the full details when you visit my blog
Wow
How can @blocktrades ask for SBD to vote
These guys are something else.
Yes this are various ways they use to get their victim down
oh.. really I am not aware about it and luckily not tried any one of this fake sites. thanks @surpassinggoogle for letting us know this
Cheers!
wow that's good news man!!