Warning!!! Be careful of Scams in Steemit : Wallet Scams

in #scam7 years ago (edited)

The popularity and success of steemit has , unfortunately, given rise to scammers who want to take control of members wallet and steal all the money there-especially accounts that did not power up their steem.  In fact, there are many types of scams going on here however I will focus on the scams we receive mainly via our wallets:

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  • Upvote Scam:  @lovelygirl  , for example, is sending too good to be true messages via our wallets which smells and sounds like a scam…another one is from @optimisticguy  

Examples:  

Triple Your Money on Steemit. We will Up-Vote your posts for you. For $1 Steem Dollar our group will Up-Vote your post by $3.00 in return. So you triple your money. If you send us $2 SBD we will Up-Vote your posts by $6.00. Send $10 SBD and you get $30.00 in Up-Votes. Double Down! For $50 SBD and you get $300.00 in Up-Votes and for $100 SBD you get $750 in Up-Votes. We are a group of 250 loyal Steemians, we believe you should be paid more for your work on Steemit. Now you can get paid for your efforts. To receive our Up-Votes send $1 Steem Dollar to our leader @lovelygirl and enter a link to your post in the memo section. Your Satisfaction is Guaranteed. Thank You @lovelygirl  

And   

Now You Can Triple Your Money on Steemit. We will Up-Vote your posts for you. So you can get Paid right away for your hard work and valuable contributions here on Steemit. Send $1 SBD or STEEM and our 300 group members will Up-Vote your post by at least $3.00 as a Bonus to you. So you will Triple Your Money Right Now. If you can send us $2 SBD or STEEM we will Up-Vote your posts another $6.00. When you can Send $5 SBD that will get you $15.00 in Up-Votes. Send $10 SBD and you will get $30.00 in Up-Votes. Or Double Down! Send $50 SBD and you get $300.00 in Up-Votes and for only $100 SBD your post will then be Up-Voted to $750.00 We are a group of 300 loyal Steemians. We believe you deserve to be paid more for your valuable contributions here on Steemit. Now you can finally get paid for your efforts. To receive our Up-Votes send Steem Dollars or STEEM to our Team Leader @optimisticguy. Please Make sure to enter the link for your post in the memo section. We will distribute your link to our 300 members then we will start Up-Voting your post. Get ready to get paid! Yes you will receive Triple your money back in Steem Dollars. Your Satisfaction is Guaranteed. Thank You @optimisticguy

If you, however, analyse their posts payouts, you will notice that they are  not practicing what they preach and focused on  resteeming in order to avoid their posts being flagged. 

  • Resteem Scam: Many scammers are spamming member’s wallet with resteem offers-purporting to resteem to thousands of their followers. Think about it, if they resteem 500 accounts daily, do you think that it will add value to your account? Better save your steem dollars and  grow your followers organically through relationship building and shared interest –which will certainly lead to increase in post view and financial rewards.
  • Phishing Scam: Do not click any unknown link you see on your email , steemit chat and wallet because most are phishing link trying to steal your account information in order to steal all your hard earned money. @accounttransfers , for example as indicated by my dear friend @karenmckersie  in her post   is sending such messages to members. 

See scam message sent to members wallets : 

Ie  via @accounttransfers 

NOTICE! We have detected unusual or unauthorized activity in your account. Your account may have been hacked or otherwise compromised. As a precautionary measure we have secured your funds. We have frozen all funds in your account for your protection. There has been a breach of Steemit Security and several accounts have been blocked. No further transactions will be permitted in this account pending further investigation. Your funds are safe and secure and will be held in our trust account for 30 days pending return of these funds to you. In the event of any loss your account balances are guaranteed and secured by Steemit. We will notify you when we have completed our investigation. Please provide us with your email address and contact us regarding verification of your account. You will be required to provide certified copies of Government Identification Documents for account verification when claiming the return of your funds. Our email address is: secureteam616@gmail.com. Thank you for your patience. Please contact Account Security at:         Note I removed link for your safety. 


As a community, we will stand strong and unite against spams, scams and bad behavior in order for our steemit platform to succeed in the long run. In my former post : Will monetary reward destroy genuine interactions in steemit –I indicated how monetary reward has given way to many greedy people trying to take advantage of all-pls see it .  Importantly, many of the scammers, unfortunately, will certainly create a new account and come back with new tricks. However we will be ready to chase them out again as one smart , united and strong community (please resteem to warn your followers). 

Do you agree with the points raised here? send in your comments and please would you up vote my post in order to send in your support, click follow in order to see future posts from me on your feed and resteem in order to share this post with your followers. 

See my former post:  Will monetary reward destroy genuine interactions in steemit

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good, have you being a victim of any of the scams?

I reesteem friends and posts that bring Value to Steemit

I know but still, did you read the post? have you had experience with any of the scams? and if yes, which one?

Just like every Steemian I receive stupid messages for "free lunch".Nothing else.
I just believe in real work to achieve our goals on Steemit and I ignore commercial propaganda here like in my real life.
Hope the community keep an eye on scammers, spammers, and other con men.

Good point, I agree with you.

We all have to raise awareness of scams where ever they may appear is be it in steemit or generally over the web. In a decentralized world we are all responsible for our own on line safety and as a result scams will only get worst as there are still many ways to make mistakes and fall foul of these scammers no matter what precautions we take to ensure we are safe. Decentralisation unfortunately comes with a price!

I agree with you. Have you being a victim to resteem or upvote scams? feel free to inform your followers about the scam too. Wish you success

No, have not been a victim of these scams or any scam yet, but just to hear about them is enough to make you paranoid!

You are right...am surprise that you have not seen any request on your wallet from resteem or upvote...they sent almost to all wallets ...great that you are careful

I paid for one of those "I will resteem you" offers when I first got here in June or July - I can't remember the actual numbers, but I got less than 50% of what I paid back in votes. I will not be doing it again. I have 1500 following me already and I get little action from any of them - so why would someone else's resteem help me?

I'm not in chats and don't plan to go. I constantly hear of troubles coming out of them - not just this type of problem, but also people begging for votes and men being horndogs over there. I used steemit chat for promo for about two weeks and got spam out of it so I gave up. Discord? Can't make head nor tails of it anyway so I got out of it after a few brief moment of looking.

I'm just trying to work steemit and keep the blinders on and staying away from scams as best I can. The scams are part of a long list of why I have yet to invite any of my contacts to join this crazy place even though - in general - I feel positive about being here myself.

Good point @fitinfun however no need to worry because Steemit is the best out there and far better than Facebook due to the value you will get here so feel free to invite your contacts to join this amazing platform.
Men being Horndogs ? only a crazy man will disturb a lady like you....send in the names so that we flag them to hell fire!!!!
I am following you know to stay in touch and wish you a blessed week,

Thank you! I will remember to report trouble if I go back into the chats.

I promote on my other social media outlets by sharing cool posts I upvote as well as my own. I came here because good steemit results started showing up in my searches and for the alexa ranking for my content. Hopefully my connections will get that same result and want to be here. Direct steemit discussion and promo does not work well so far as I have tried it. I'll re-visit, but I have enough trouble creating and publishing my own posts to feel very confident about getting others to come in based on my not-that-great example.

Thanks for the good wishes. So far - this is a good week and I hope for you too :)

Good point, I wish you more success.

@blueorgy as a great witness, what are you doing about this issue? am sure that you are an action man

Hi @charles1, I see you have mentioned me.
This is automatic response so that I may respond to your mention later.

Good post @charles1 i think to be scammed means when one shows desperation and lack of will to work hard looking for cheaper corners... Let's keep exposing scammers... Thanks for bringing this out in the light...upped

welcome and thanks for your comment

welcome , hope you did not click on the scam link

Sure...will never click on such links as am here to grow my original followers and earn through hard work and steeming hot

Good point ...hope you didnt send to resteem gangs

Ab initoo resteem doesn't work as folks doesn't usually check resteemed posts...so why will i... Resteem not m style...🙅

Good point....

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Rule #1: Keep all your steem in SP.

This prevents anyone from taking more than 1/13th your money (presuming you log in regularly). Also, it helps the entire system to leave Steem in SP.

Rule #2: Never forget Rule #1.

Thanks for the 411 on these scams @charles1....it is crucial we get the word out about them.

Good point @taskmaster4450 , I agree with you...

I have a small amount of my steem in STEEM. I need it there to pay for delegated sp when I lease it. Are you saying this is less safe than keeping it in sp? I was thinking I would keep about 30 STEEM at all times - not a lot, I know, but I'm a minnow!

I wouldnt worry too much about 30 Steem since you are talking about $30 or so.

The point is to protect your account by using your posting pass code and not the main password.

Keeping Steem in SP makes it harder is someone does get into your account. Of course, if they only get a hold of your posting key, they cannot move any money anyway. That is why it is important to protect the account.

Hey no worries...us minnows have to look out for each other.

lol - It's a minefield! I do not see myself giving out my key to anyone, but never say never...

I didnt mean to imply giving it out as in freely giving.

What I meant is there are a lot of scammers who set up sites that can nail people by making it look like Steem.....it is a scary world out there and we all need to protect ourselves and each other.

Oh! I did not get that part! That is bad. Anyone can fall for that without thinking a thing of it if the screen looks right. I check url's usually and I will be extra diligent now.

Thanks for sharing this post. Spreading awareness is vital for the secure environment on this platform.

welcome and more success to you

Here fishy fishy fishy.....there will always be people scamming. Stay prudent people and perform your due diligence.

Yu are absolutely correct @scaredycatguide I agree...guess you have seen such messages too isnt it?

This is a good post for us newbies... discretion is important on all social media sites, but this one especially as it has the cryptocurrency component!

Good point @brian.rrr thanks for your comment


Where are the scammers?

hahahah guess you fell for the resteem gang isnt it? hahah