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PSA: Phishing Scam Alert

Hello friends, There is a scamming ring (1k+ accounts) posting comments in my name promising 300 HIVE if you vote for me as a Hive witness. I NEVER EVER offered money for votes and never will.

The comments contain a phishing link, so DO NOT CLICK IT. It's common sense by now to never click any suspicious links, and to never believe posts/comments that promise a reward for anything. Please be vigilant and be safe.

A few examples of the phishing accounts: https://hive.blog/@optama/comments https://hive.blog/@thomaslknapp/comments https://hive.blog/@bob-dray/comments

And an example of the message:

Thanks to @guiltyparties, @networkallstar and @ganjafarmer for bringing this to my attention.

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@hivebuzz(74)· 1575d
Congratulations @drakos! You raised your level and are now a Dolphin!

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@hivebuzz(74)· 1576d

@drakos, sorry to see you have less Hive Power. Your level lowered and you are now a Minnow!

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@hivebuzz(74)· 1583d
Congratulations @drakos! You raised your level and are now a Dolphin!

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@hivebuzz(74)· 1583d

@drakos, sorry to see you have less Hive Power. Your level lowered and you are now a Minnow!

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@hivebuzz(74)· 1598d
Congratulations @drakos! You raised your level and are now a Dolphin!

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@bitcoinman(78)· 1599d
That's sucks that they using your name, hope people wise up a bit because the there is so many scams out there
@ganjafarmer(76)· 1602d
Absolutely no problem and I saw this and immediately thought what is going on because you'd never do this.

Looks like we have to educate all of the smaller accounts as quite a few of these small accounts keep getting hit with this scam.

We definitely need to figure out a way to deal with these individuals.

It's too bad we couldn't scam the scammers into coming and visiting me and having a long conversation about this in person.

Thank you very much for posting this up!
@ninahaskin(72)· 1602d
Also add @bob-dray to phishing scam list @drakos
@ninahaskin(72)· 1602d
@tipu curate
@urun(69)· 1603d
easy solution makes clicks unclickable after downvote ( for frontends).

Would be massive noob protection and use "proof of brain".

legit links could get hurt too, but for that, there could be a "do you trust that author" kind of massage.
@bluerobo(70)· 1603d
It used to be LeoFinance for witness as bait. Now it's you. I guess that is some kind of compliment...
@speedtuning(63)· 1603d
I received this mensage

	Feedback from the May 1st Hive Power Up Day
	Be ready for the 5th edition of the Hive Power Up Month!
	Hive Power Up Day - May 1st 2022

	Hive Power Up Month - Feedback from April day 6
	NFT for Peace - Feedback and new city
	Our Hive Power Delegations to the March PUM Winners

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