This is a phishing warning. The levels of malicious links in comments have reached extreme proportions. Nearly 500 accounts have been infected to date.

DO NOT CLICK ON LINKS IN COMMENTS

Example Phishing Scams

Free votes
10% off votes
Promotion bot
Steemian Day
Your post was stolen
You stole a post
Anything else that gives you a link

Other Scams

Bots that trawl for passwords that were accidentally posted
Bots that trick you into delegating all your SP

There are no short cuts. These hackers and scammers are trying to trick you because they know you're trying to write a good blog and are getting no votes. They know you may not speak English too well or that you're using a mobile phone. They know that 90% of comments out there are bots. They're playing you. Don't let them.

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What They Want

Your password
Your money
Your SP delegated to them
Your account to spread comments with

What You Can Do

Only use your private posting key (go to your wallet, then permissions tab to get it)
Monitor your wallet transactions
Recover your account if you can't log in (go to https://steemit.com/recover_account_step_1) and make sure you use the email address you signed up with
Change your password if they have your private posting key (https://steemit.com/change_password)
Go to steem.chat and ask for help in the #help or #steemitabuse channels

Report

See something suspicious? Report here https://steemcleaners.org/abuse-report/
Report in steem.chat #steemitabuse or in Discord https://discord.gg/xzZvzV3

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If You Got Hacked

Tell us and keep us up to date on how your recovery is going
Don't delete the flagged comments, just edit them to remove the phishing links the hackers posted
Make sure you change your password immediately if the hackers didn't change it
Start the recovery process immediately
If something went horribly wrong we will sponsor you a new STEEM account

Notes

The money the hackers stole can't be returned to you
If you lose some or all of your reputation in the process of being disinfected don't worry about it, it will come back over time
If you get a odd error while changing your password, wait a bit -- a password can only be changed once an hour
No, a hacker can't delete your account

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FAQ

Read this first:
https://steemit.com/phishing/@guiltyparties/phishing-messages-faq

How do I check if I'm delegating my SP to a hacker?
http://www.steemreports.com/delegation-info/

How do I undelegate the SP?
Undelegating is just re-delegating but with zero 'vests' (SP). You can undelegate with Steem Connect by changing parts of this URL: https://v2.steemconnect.com/sign/delegateVestingShares?delegator=youraccountnamehere&delegatee=thehackeraccountnamehere&vesting_shares=000000.000000%20VESTS

Who can I ask for help?
Myself (@guiltyparties), other @steemcleaners members (@patrice, @pjau, @anyx, @pfunk, @logic), @arcange, @bullionstackers, or most project leaders who are familiar with how STEEM works or how to reach us. Remember, you need to contact us to get taken off the infected list!