New Scam Ahoy!

Today I received a wallet memo from @steemitsecurity.

The usual tosh. With only a slight twist. Instead of containing a phishing link within the memo, this one directs you to a mail address and advises you to mail them for further instructions.

Me being me, I mailed them hoping that we could have a bit of to and fro which would ultimately result in me telling them to

But they haven't got back to me in over an hour. Outrageous! In my day scammers were available and ready to work 24/7.

I had a look at the account and initially I was the only one that had received the memo.

I felt so special!

They joined only this month. That sounds nice and official doesn't it?

If I receive an email update I shall be sure to update this post.

In the meantime fellow steemians. Remember, if you receive such nonsense -

Stay safe!

If in doubt, reach out!

You can get help in steemit general chat if you are unsure of what to do.

Update!

They sent an official looking mail. The text of which is below. I presume the reason they are asking for the email address used when creating the account is because I mailed from a throwaway account :0)

Dear @meesterboom,

Thank you for contacting us.

We have concerns regarding the safety of your account. We have detected suspicious activity with your account (e.g logins from very different locations) and therefore have reason to believe that your account may have been compromised. To ensure that this account still belongs to its original owner, please abide to the following instructions:

- Please provide us with the e-mail that was used to create your steemit account. This is required for standard owner verification.

- Additionally to the e-mail used to create the account, we also require that you reply to this message with your private active key (starting with "5") to verify the ownership of this account. ( NOTE: this is not your owner key. You should never give out your owner key to anyone. Whoever is in possession of the owner key has full control over the account and its funds. )

- Make sure you do NOT change any of your keys until after we have verified you as the rightful owner to this account. If you do change any, we will not be able to verify you as the rightful owner of your account.

If you do not respond or can not provide us with the correct information, limitations to the account may be enforced depending on what information you aren't able to provide.

Regards,

The Steemit Team

Quite official looking too. Again, supply these people with nothing.

Ignore them!