Ok, I am just kidding, I am not a real scammer, I am a lawyer which isn’t far off!
Jokes aside, here is how the scam works: You get a comment like this one I received on my post yesterday
An unsuspecting Steemian clicks on the link which takes them outside of Steemit - sometimes the site may look like steemit and ask you to login. You login without realizing that you are on a scammer site and providing this confidential information to these crooks. Sometime they might just ask you to login or connect your steemit account - there are a lot of different ways that these crooks try to get their dirty paws on your account! Anyways, if you do give out your keys to these people, they will start powering you down immediately and start sending out the same type of phishing comments to other steemit users! The cycle repeats itself over and over and over again! Until we all become aware of it!
So I wanted to share a quick tip with my friends to reduce your risks during hacking attempts on your Steemit account.
HERE IT IS:
“Please immediately stop using your owner keys to log into Steemit”
You may ask how else will you be able to login and upvote my posts without your Owner Key?
You can do all that by using your Posting Key!
I cannot emphasise the importance of this one small simple step if your account is hacked.
Stop using your owner key to do these day to day mundane stuff on Steemit! It is not safe - If scammers get their hands on your Owner Key - YOU ARE SCREWED!
I know @arcange is working hard to protect us all and has sent over 20,000 warning in the last 30 days to protect our community, which is great but we also should take steps to protect ourselves. We should make our Steemit accounts as safe as possible so these small-time crooks will go elsewhere! Also, as @arcange is really serving our community, please consider giving your witness vote to @arcange
