Keep sending 0.001 SBD.
No, I do not read those memos that promise me ReSteem miracles.
If it looks to good to be true.
Had to check my email for a message from the Changelly helpdesk. Again one of my exchanges seemed to have gotten stuck. Made it at a profit timing, but now it is way into a loss. Being active in my emailbox I decided to clean up the SPAM folder. Now it seems Steem is not the only beloved platform for spamming scammers.
Seems I have gotten a lot of huge payments in some online wallets lately. Great, did not even knew I had those, do they not know I do not like and own Ethereum? Ah, they wrote the webaddress wrong of the online wallet. One could easily make a mistake there.
Bitcoin doubler, yeah right...
Again this spamming scammer uses a well known brand to sell a get-rich-quick scheme. Put one BTC in get two out? Maybe another Bitcoin blockchain clone on its way, this time with 1 Giga Byte blocks, 1024X SegWit. Doubt it though, it just seems like another scam to me. Bitcoin doubler, like magic, it must be an illusion.
Send me Steem and SBD.
No, that is it, just send me and I'll get rich quick. You know the sad thing about those send SBD and get ReSteemed and lots of Upvotes. is that those who really could use some extra income fall for it. Extremely long memos come with them talking about mountains of gold. And when the loot is in, the scammers leave the building.
Think first and check.
Often in the emails that try to scam you there are little give aways. Words spelled wrong, the webaddress is strange, or just plain rubbish. Also you might ask yourself why you could be getting some Bitcoin for free. Or get something for nothing, from somewhere you are not even a member of.
Or some website about an ICO that you did not ask info about. There was this advertisement about that one, maybe, but did you subscribe to it? And then there are these emails that just put coin addresses in them. But do not use exchanges of course. All written in Google translated Engwisj.
Scams are of all times.
As long as money excists and riches are to be gotten, there will be scammers. No difference there in the Cryptos realm. Thanks to the public ledger we can however trace these Crypto scammers. Steem is even more open than any other blockchain out there. It gives insight in how members behave.
First there is of course the Reputation. Then there is the date of membership. We can see what a member posted, replied and how they vote or flag. And we can all see each inside each others wallet. Including the public memo to see, except on mobiles, unfortunately. Lots of opportunities to check before you buy on Steem...
SPAM for what?
If a Steem member sends 1000 others 0.001 SBD, it just adds up to 1 SBD. If you see this in somebody their wallet, with a memo to ask for sending Steem or SBD, your alert should go off. No matter what is promised. Look at when the account got created. Look at the reputation. Below 25 should mean precaution.
Yes, I know the ReSteem promise to thousands of followers. Look the account has over 5000 followers. Size matters right, well then look at the amount that member has followed itself. 17000 followed and a third followed in return. Member for a few months and Spamming for payed ReSteeming... That stinks.
A ReSteem can be done as a nice guesture, or something you want others of your followers to know. If you have to pay for it and got aware of that through a memo in your wallet, it is probably a scam. When I get those I just think to myself: "Hey cool, some scammer just gave me 0.001 SBD for free!"
To good to be true.
Most things that seem to good to be true are indeed to good to be true. Genuine Steem upvote services will not SPAM your wallet with a book long memo. That will promise a lot, if you pay more, but deliver nothing.
Yes, some do the first few times, so they give the impression they are bonifide. But Steem has all the checkpoints there for you to find out. My rule would be at least not to trust any account that SPAMS your wallet with just 0.001 SBD. Begging for a lot from you in return.
When something looks to be to good to be true, it is most of the times.
Have a great one!
Everwhere there is money involved.
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