FAKE AIRDROP - SCAM ALERT - @contestbuddy

@juanmolina 70

over 5 years ago

Project HOPE

Greetings, dear community partners.
Please pay close attention to this information:

Currently, a scam model is being developed on Steemit and Hive where a fake AIRDROP of 400 STEEMS is promoted.

You will receive an invitation to claim that airdrop and inviting you to access:

https://justhive.blogspot.com/

Once on that page you will find a "CLAIM NOW" button:

By pressing that button, the link will take you to a fake "STEEMCONNECT". Look at the address bar of your browser:

NEVER PROVIDE YOUR MASTER KEY, ANYWHERE ... TO ANYONE.

Many of you will say:
"you have to be very foolish to be stogged with that ..."

But, believe it or not, many people have already done it.
Perhaps pressured by a stressful financial situation, perhaps tempted by greed, or simply believed that the promotion was true.

Structure of the scam

Once the unwary provide their master key, all their keys are immediately updated. The thieves change all the keys and thus the original owner loses control over his account.
Next step, a 100% powerdown is activated.

Where do the funds go?

All funds from unclaimed rewards and powerdown are transferred to accounts:

https://steemd.com/@contestbuddy

https://hiveblocks.com/@contestbuddy

...and from there they go to Probit:

Goodbye to funds.

Final Reflection

Brothers and Sisters, we must take care of our keys. They are a gold mine for us.

We must be alert to this type of scams, communication is key in this regard. Before taking a step, consult your friends, and remember:

No one is ever going to give you money for nothing, money is obtained with work and sacrifice.

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44 comments

@franyeligonzalez 70

over 5 years ago

Hello friend, thanks for the information, I had heard about this and the truth seems to me a cruelty on the part of those people, I heard what happened to your brother and I am very sorry. Now more than ever we must take care of our work and our capital, it seems unbelievable but it does happen and it is a reality. Thank you for the warning. Greetings!

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@juanmolina 70

over 5 years ago

Thanks for your kind reply, take care.
If you know if there is any way to recover an account, please, share with us your knowledge.
I know several friends who are living sad moments due to that.

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@lanzjoseg 78

over 5 years ago

That user has sent me several messages in different publications, from the beginning I found it very suspicious. I decided to block it and for the first time I used my negative votes. I hope that this information reaches many so that they know the risk they are if they decide to enter those links.

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@tipu 68

over 5 years ago

Upvoted 👌 (Mana: 70/112) Liquid rewards.

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@juanmolina 70

over 5 years ago

Thanks for your kind reply, take care.
If you know if there is any way to recover an account, please, share with us your knowledge.
I know several friends who are living sad moments due to that.

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@hivewatchers 73

over 5 years ago

Hi,
"contestbuddy" / "stcemit is an old scammer from Steemit.

Other accounts owned by this scammer are:
buzzfeed.com
coinpayments.net
contestbuddy
foodtube
funaddaa
funnyordie
gordonramsay
gregoryoo24
hdporn
larrymax
richardman
steempowerup
vevosongs
warrentto

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@juanmolina 70

over 5 years ago

Thanks for your attentive reply.
Is there any way to recover an account? Please, share with us your knowledge.
I know several friends who are living sad moments due to that.

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@hivewatcher 67

over 5 years ago

They can recover their account keys by using the Owner key to change all other keys.
If they lost their owner keys or it has been intercepted by the hacker (for example, they used it to log in to a phishing website), then the accounts can not be recovered.

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@juanmolina 70

over 5 years ago

Thanks a lot, dear friend.

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@awah 69

over 5 years ago

hi @juanmolina - thanks for the good advice. Unfortunately in life, wherever there is a good thing happening there will be scammers about. Thanks for sharing and please have a glass of !wine on me

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over 5 years ago

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@juanmolina 70

over 5 years ago

Thanks for your kind reply, take care.
If you know if there is any way to recover an account, please, share with us your knowledge.
I know several friends who are living sad moments due to that.

ps: thanks for the wine.

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@awah 69

over 5 years ago

Unfortunately, they are probably out of luck and will have learnt a difficult lesson. Protecting keys is so important but can be difficult for people to judge when presented with a site that looks authentic. That is why I prefer external apps like Hive Keychain that provides a degree of abstraction from the website during the authentication process. We also need to do research before jumping into something new. I hope your friends are not deterred and managed to rebuild their profiles.

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@juanmolina 70

over 5 years ago

Thanks for your smart answer.
I agree with you, totally. We are the only watchers of our account's security.

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@kerrislravenhill 74

over 5 years ago

Thanks for the alert.

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@juanmolina 70

over 5 years ago

Thanks for your kind reply, take care.
If you know if there is any way to recover an account, please, share with us your knowledge.
I know several friends who are living sad moments due to that.

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@project.hope 57

over 5 years ago

Resteemed @juanmolina

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@juanmolina 70

over 5 years ago

Big Thanks.

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@menoski 70

over 5 years ago

Thanks a lot for this scam alert article. It's weird for people to still fall under these tricks but as you said, greed and financial stress could make someone believe something he/she would never believe in a normal day.

Very true, no one will give money for nothing, you must sacrifice and pay the price. No goes for nothing.

Thanks for creating this scam alert content for us @juanmolina

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@juanmolina 70

over 5 years ago

Thanks for your kind reply, take care.
If you know if there is any way to recover an account, please, share with us your knowledge.
I know several friends who are living sad moments due to that.

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@tonygreene113 64

over 5 years ago

I blame COVID for putting folks in such dire need. Falling for those drip scams are so 2016.
Wake up people do your DD!!

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@poshbot 59

over 5 years ago

https://twitter.com/ape_hive/status/1367987497557442560

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@deeanndmathews 79

over 5 years ago

Thank you for the information -- reblogging!

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@juanmolina 70

over 5 years ago

Thanks for your kind reply, take care.
If you know if there is any way to recover an account, please, share with us your knowledge.
I know several friends who are living sad moments due to that.

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@deeanndmathews 79

over 5 years ago

I don't know a way ... generally, when keys are lost there is nothing anyone can do. It is a tragedy.

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@juanmolina 70

over 5 years ago

Thanks a lot for your time. You're so kind.

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@chesatochi 73

over 5 years ago

Thank you for sharing this important information.

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@juanmolina 70

over 5 years ago

Thanks for your kind reply, take care.
If you know if there is any way to recover an account, please, share with us your knowledge.
I know several friends who are living sad moments due to that.

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@chesatochi 73

over 5 years ago

You have the recovered account option but never used it.

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@juanmolina 70

over 5 years ago

Thanks, friend.

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@lupafilotaxia 76

over 5 years ago

Greetings friend @juanmolina

These situations tarnish the credibility of the crypto world, mainly the trust on platforms like ours, in my case I have always ignored these types of invitations. Thanks for socializing this type of content. Best regards, you are well.

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@juanmolina 70

over 5 years ago

I don't think it affects the image of the crypto world so much, what actually happens is that it reveals the bad intentions of certain people.
It is a shame.

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@belemo 79

over 5 years ago

If only exchanges offered some protection against this sort of thing.

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@juanmolina 70

over 5 years ago

Hello, dear friend.
Nobody can take care of our accounts, just us.

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@carlir 69

over 5 years ago

Greetings @juanmolina, thanks for alerting about this scam that is in process, as you indicate there are times that out of desperation we fall is this kind of traps.

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@juanmolina 70

over 5 years ago

Thanks for reading and commenting, please, if you can, re-steem.
Take care.

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@janettyanez 72

over 5 years ago

Hi @juanmolina
Thank you very much for bringing this situation to our attention.
Have a great day!
Best regards.

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@juanmolina 70

over 5 years ago

Hello @ janettyanez

Be very careful with this okay? Do not be careless, it's a serious thing.

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over 5 years ago

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@cryptospa 78

over 5 years ago

Good article! Thank you for the breakdown of the useful information!

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@juanmolina 70

over 5 years ago

Hello, dear friend @cryptospa.

These hackers are a veritable virus that really affects the health of the blockchain and crypto space.
Thanks for your valuable feedback.

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@qsyal 63

over 5 years ago

Hi @juanmolina
Thank you for the warning.
It's very important to share this kind of awareness content, especially for newcomers.
Rehived.

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@juanmolina 70

over 5 years ago

Hi @qsyal.
It's a very serious thing.
Thanks a lot for your rehive, dear friend.

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over 5 years ago

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