I still see people sending funds to @buildwhale (WITHOUT A), this account is not owned by @buildawhale (WITH A) and they just send the money to exchanges to sell immediately.
I have submitted a pull request to have the account added to the Bad Actors list, so at least on Steemit.com, it will warn you it is not a safe account. I believe it takes a while before these type of changes to be approved and it will only warn you when using Steemit.com.
Please be sure you are sending to @buildawhale with the proper spelling as no one can provide any assistance in recovering your funds and they will not return them.