Never give your password on suspect or unknown websites!!

I already warned you about several scam attempts (see bottom of this post for a list of them). Here is a new one.

Scam Description

The scammer publish the following comment on user’s post

or the following text version of the comment

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The comment contains a non clickable link that, if you enter it manually in your browser (something you should not do), will lead you to a copy of the well known “autosteemer” phishing website.

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I already described this scam in full details in these posts:

Phishing site reported - autosteemer(dot)com
Phishing site reported - autosteemer(dot)club
Phishing site reported - autosteem(dot)info

Misinformation campaign

I have become a well-known phishing fighter and the crooks continue their misinformation campaign by including my name in the footer of their website:

This way of practicing is pathetic and it's really taking Steemit users for idiots. Do you think a thief is really stupid enough to leave his name wherever he has put traps to catch his victims?

Preventive action

I will add any account sending such phishing links to the blacklist 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 similar phishing attempts, 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 should trigger you attention.

Previous threat alerts

If you missed them, please find here the previous alerts I published:

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 or contact me on steem.chat

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Phishing site reported - steem.link premium