Risks of Social Engineering
After Medium, Scammers Target Substack, But They Cannot Succeed Thanks to Their Securer Platform.
Beware of accounts asking for your WhatsApp number or Telegram address in Substack Notes private chats.
Over the last 12 months, my account on Medium was cloned countless times, causing me stress, upsetting my readers, and even causing financial loss to some of them. I wrote several stories about it and will link them at the end as a reference.
In this short and important post, I want to warn writers and readers about scammers targeting Substack. These scammers use Substack’s social media tool, Notes. I am glad they cannot clone Substack writers or readers, as Substack has a much better security system than Medium, although it is as open and diverse as Medium. I have been using Substack since 2019 and have never had a cloning issue.
However, over the last few months, I have reduced my time on Medium and spent more time on Substack, as I explained in a story titled Why My Wise Mentors Advised Me 80% Substack, 15% NewsBreak, 5% Medium for My Writing Effort. Some cybersecurity problems have started popping up on Substack, too, so I want to create awareness.
