I was Hacked
How I was scammed and robbed on steemit two days ago by a predator. In short I was tricked into giving my password to a fake steemit login window. I was suspicious at the onset but let my guard down because I was over anxious to find out who had just plagiarized my post. The baited reply said [ I notice that your post has been copied without your permission.]
After giving my password I felt something was wrong. I immediately called my son Paul @apolymask and told him what happened. He said "oh no you've been scammed"! It didn't take Paul long to know what to do," he said quickly go to your wallet and transfer your sbd to me". The $275 sbd was sitting there so I initiated the transfer as fast as I could but apparently it was too late because I received a broadcast error message and couldn't complete the transaction. They had already changed my password locking me out of my account. I went back to my wallet and noticed the $275 sbd was gone and had been transferred to @clementin . This all happened in about 3 minutes time.
It was very frustrating for me to see my stolen funds sitting protected in a criminals steemit account and being unable to do anything to stop a crime in progress. At the time I wondered where are the steemit police but unfortunately it looks like there aren't any. These crimes can become rampant when the authority is unable to prevent or stop it. Or having the resources to catch and lock these criminals in cages where they belong. The only avoidance of this I see at the moment is self protection through education. Learning what to do and what not to do.
After robbing me the thief used my blog to broadcast and bait others in an ongoing string of attacks. Paul spent the rest of the day counteracting and warning potential new victims every time the scumbags generated a new threat from my stolen account. This happened more than 40 times. Thank goodness steemcleaners were notified right away and immediately took action to shut down my account making it almost nonfunctional. After all this I guess these parasites didn't like being stopped by my son so they tried to trash my reputation by malicious flagging of other peoples blogs posing as @irvinesimages . However as a result a quick response my account has been recovered in less than 24 hours putting an end to the abuse. Here are a couple links that could be helpful.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@arcange/phishing-site-reported-steemiz
Most of the mess has been cleaned up and we are back to normal, I wanted to let those who are interested know about what happened.
So wanting to change the energy from negative to positive I chose a very special image for today. One that will express peace and unity on the steemit platform, to promote good people working together for the common good of all.
Thanks to everyone who has helped out and I apologize to anyone who may have been harmed by my mistake.
This image is called Peaceful Essence.
Greetings to all!
Oh yes the security is something that has to be improved still,wishing the best to you,hold on
mighty nice to hear from you ' thanks!
I'm pleased that you control your account and come back. I think steemit community take more steps to stop the phishing and scam.
Thanks for caring, I think your right and that its easier and more effective to work on the problem with the community as a whole. If everybody was aware of the trap and nobody fell for it then the problem would mostly disappear.
Ditto. Forgot to mention that.
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Hopefully folks can help build back your coffers... 100% upvote folks, it costs you nothing to help.
such a beautiful post and one that brought tears to my eyes. this is really what its all about. people like you and your son remaining good in the face of dark. thank you both for remaining yourselves: the men i admire so much on this platform. its an honor knowing you and my pleasure to hold a fundraiser in your name. im moving today but gave you a 100 u/v and resteem. my post re your situation will be coming within the next couple of days.
blessings,
eagle
You are so kind and thoughtful, your words and efforts are very much heart felt. I want to give you a big thanks for everything you are doing and have done for me. THANKS Michael
@irvinesimages you are very welcome!! hugs, eagle spirit
Glad you have control of your account back @irvinesimages!!! You’ll make that sbd back in no time with your amazing images!!
Thanks a lot Jason for your support and such an encouraging compliment. I think you might be right.
Sorry to hear about that hack, and I agree with what @jasonrussell said!
Thanks for the consolation and words of encouragement, much appreciated.
yes..all the best from me too..you will recover your lost sbd in no time..
Dear @irvinesimages,
Sorry to read your account got hacked and your funds stolen. I will resteem your post to show people how quick these scammers operate and how careful we all have to be.
I'm glad you also mention the amazing work done by the @steemcleaners team to block the scammer and hekp you to recover your account.
I also do my best to inform and educate people with my posts and warnings about phishing attempts. It's a non stop fight and unfortunately those crooks are always a few minutes ahead of us.
May your story be helpful to others.
Take care and Steem on!
Thanks for your attention, and response. The resteem may help inform others. Education seems like the best form of prevention right now. I was wondering if its possible to do some kind of platform wide scam-alert? Like for example putting a message bar on every blog header.
Things are working out fine for me so I want to thank you for your tremendous efforts as well as steemcleaners who did a marvelous job and to any and all other soldiers of good will.
Thank you arcange for helping us all out..
thats my arcange, i heart him!
I am so glad that you have your account back..
let me just upvote and follow you so that i can contribute as little as i can..
Keep posting...
I wouldn't let something like this stop me. Thanks for caring!
Your welcome...
May you be very successful on this platform...
@irvinesimages it's great that your account was recovered but did you get you SBD back?
Yes it's a big relief to have the account back but the sbd is gone. Thanks.
@irvinesimages we know the steemit account also i guess we can find the wallet address, having all this information also we cant get it back
Please try steemchat once
That' exactly right. Kind of sad isn't it.
yeah !! Really bad @irvinesimages
I am Sorry for your loss
It is terrible this happened to you. I hope that others will see your post and are aware of the phishing dangers. I’m glad you have control of your account again but sympathize at having lost the sbd. No one should have to go through that experience.
Sometimes learning can be expensive. It was a good lesson learned. I am moving forward with a great attitude and energy. I appreciate your fine input so thanks.
You are spreading your peaceful essence on here @irvinesimages. I'm glad the incident didn't deter you from the platform.
What a nice thing to say! Thank you for that. I like to finish what I start and I don't quit easy. This was a bump in the road and I see just smooth pavement ahead.
I am happy for you sir, you have your account back. there should really be a steemit police for future problems that we may encounter here on steemit.
Thanks for your support and concerns. It seems like there must be some kind of creative solution on a mass scale.