The popularity and success of steemit has , unfortunately, given rise to scammers who want to take control of members wallet and steal all the money there-especially accounts that did not power up their steem. In fact, there are many types of scams going on here however I will focus on the scams we receive mainly via our wallets:

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Upvote Scam:

@lovelygirl , for example, is sending too good to be true messages via our wallets which smells and sounds like a scam…another one is from @optimisticguy

Examples:

Triple Your Money on Steemit. We will Up-Vote your posts for you. For $1 Steem Dollar our group will Up-Vote your post by $3.00 in return. So you triple your money. If you send us $2 SBD we will Up-Vote your posts by $6.00. Send $10 SBD and you get $30.00 in Up-Votes. Double Down! For $50 SBD and you get $300.00 in Up-Votes and for $100 SBD you get $750 in Up-Votes. We are a group of 250 loyal Steemians, we believe you should be paid more for your work on Steemit. Now you can get paid for your efforts. To receive our Up-Votes send $1 Steem Dollar to our leader @lovelygirl and enter a link to your post in the memo section. Your Satisfaction is Guaranteed. Thank You @lovelygirl

And

Now You Can Triple Your Money on Steemit. We will Up-Vote your posts for you. So you can get Paid right away for your hard work and valuable contributions here on Steemit. Send $1 SBD or STEEM and our 300 group members will Up-Vote your post by at least $3.00 as a Bonus to you. So you will Triple Your Money Right Now. If you can send us $2 SBD or STEEM we will Up-Vote your posts another $6.00. When you can Send $5 SBD that will get you $15.00 in Up-Votes. Send $10 SBD and you will get $30.00 in Up-Votes. Or Double Down! Send $50 SBD and you get $300.00 in Up-Votes and for only $100 SBD your post will then be Up-Voted to $750.00 We are a group of 300 loyal Steemians. We believe you deserve to be paid more for your valuable contributions here on Steemit. Now you can finally get paid for your efforts. To receive our Up-Votes send Steem Dollars or STEEM to our Team Leader @optimisticguy. Please Make sure to enter the link for your post in the memo section. We will distribute your link to our 300 members then we will start Up-Voting your post. Get ready to get paid! Yes you will receive Triple your money back in Steem Dollars. Your Satisfaction is Guaranteed. Thank You @optimisticguy

If you, however, analyse their posts payouts, you will notice that they are not practicing what they preach and focused on resteeming in order to avoid their posts being flagged.

Resteem Scam:

Many scammers are spamming member’s wallet with resteem offers-purporting to resteem to thousands of their followers. Think about it, if they resteem 500 accounts daily, do you think that it will add value to your account? Better save your steem dollars and grow your followers organically through relationship building and shared interest –which will certainly lead to increase in post view and financial rewards.
Phishing Scam: Do not click any unknown link you see on your email , steemit chat and wallet because most are phishing link trying to steal your account information in order to steal all your hard earned money. @accounttransfers , for example as indicated by my dear friend @karenmckersie in her post is sending such messages to members.
See scam message sent to members wallets :

Ie via @accounttransfers

NOTICE!!!

We have detected unusual or unauthorized activity in your account. Your account may have been hacked or otherwise compromised. As a precautionary measure we have secured your funds. We have frozen all funds in your account for your protection. There has been a breach of Steemit Security and several accounts have been blocked. No further transactions will be permitted in this account pending further investigation. Your funds are safe and secure and will be held in our trust account for 30 days pending return of these funds to you. In the event of any loss your account balances are guaranteed and secured by Steemit. We will notify you when we have completed our investigation. Please provide us with your email address and contact us regarding verification of your account. You will be required to provide certified copies of Government Identification Documents for account verification when claiming the return of your funds. Our email address is: [email protected]. Thank you for your patience. Please contact Account Security at: Note I removed link for your safety.

As a community, we will stand strong and unite against spams, scams and bad behavior in order for our steemit platform to succeed in the long run. In my former post : Will monetary reward destroy genuine interactions in steemit –I indicated how monetary reward has given way to many greedy people trying to take advantage of all-pls see it . Importantly, many of the scammers, unfortunately, will certainly create a new account and come back with new tricks. However we will be ready to chase them out again as one smart , united and strong community (please resteem to warn your followers).

Do you agree with the points raised here? send in your comments and please would you up vote my post in order to send in your support, click follow in order to see future posts from me on your feed and resteem in order to share this post with your followers.

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