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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

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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

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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

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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:
@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!

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