There are users who are reporting that coins have been stolen from their wallets because they gave someone access to their SERVER and REMOTE access to the WALLET. The problem here starts where the person can easily withdraw your coins through the server or wallet.
How do you prevent this? It is simple. NEVER ALLOW anyone access to your server or masternode wallet.
Author Magvie wrote: "Learnings from being scammed for 70,000 USD"
https://steemit.com/zcoin/@magvie/learnings-from-being-scammed-for-70-000-usdIf you are seeking help to get your masternode up and running, you do not need to give the person any access.
Check out a helpful services like
www.setupmasternodes.com Thread:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=3213738No access is needed for this service, and you get full one-on-one support for a small one-time fee. Alternatively, people can use the telegram, discord, forum chats on the altcoins they want to run masternodes for usually without a cost. You have two options.
We just want to put this announcement out before things get worse and more scams happen.