It seems like every other day I'm getting a wallet notification and it's the same,
joanaltres has sent you 0.001 SBD and another fucking message offering to resteem my posts for a price.
This is this afternoons message from them:
SCAM ALERT!!!
The account @jones420 is trying to scam people with the promise of 200+ upvotes from his thousands of FAKE ACCOUNTS.
Steemit's Top Witness @pfunk has already confirmed in a comment that jones420 is a scammer with fake accounts. See the link and his comment here: https://steemit.com/news/@danyelk/your-daily-crypto-news-on-steemit-august-05-2017#@carlobelgado/re-danyelk-re-face2face-re-pfunk-201785t202445556z-20170805t152906039z IF YOU WANT A LEGITIMATE RESTEEM that gets you legitimate followers, comments, upvotes, and views, our resteem service costs only 2 SBD or STEEM. Simply send 2 SBD or STEEM to @carlobelgado and he will resteem your post to over 10,000 followers, plus you'll be upvoted and get some of your investment back. Don't fall for the jones420 scam. Use a legitimate resteeming service that gets results. See more info at Resteem.com or send 2 SBD or STEEM along with your post link to @carlobelgado. IF YOU DO NOT WANT TO RECEIVE MESSAGES BY ME ANYMORE, SIMPLY UNFOLLOW ME. THANKS!
If you wanna talk scam why is your resteem service either 2SBD or 2 steem?
2 steem is worth far more than 2 SBD so you offer the same service at different prices but you're not scamming those foolish enough to fall for this ?
As for legitimate service, well that's why we have an option to promote our posts so you can pay a legitimate paid service. To try and say you're better than any other charging resteem account is a joke as you can't even prove it works and there are thousands of accounts out there resteeming for free.
Now to the last part, I don't want to receive your messages and as I don't follow you what do you suggest ?
Yours,
Mr Piestoff Alienbutt.
I too was graced with the wallet bomb this morning. I chalked it up to a Nigerian chain email. Did not answer. Like the other Steemian stated, I welcome them to deposit trinkets anytime. Steem On brother!
The problem is many of the newer accounts are falling for this scam and handing over SBD and steem to pay for resteems and while they may get a few more votes they're not covering the costs.
I just completed my second month and I came to realize Steemit looks like a mess. I was encouraged to join because of the format and understood that original content was going to be rewarded. I have little knowledge of the crypto world other than what I read here.
The spamming, F4F, panhandling, downvote tirades, and general lack of a posted & enforced set of rules for the community, makes this a place where legitimate creators of quality content will either avoid or leave in haste. Short of copy/paste content from our main blogging site, there really is not much of a draw. Sad really, because I have discovered some fantastic content shared here from folks like yourself @alienbutt, @gringalicious, @timeshiftarts, @homeartpictures, @denmarkguy, @sirwin, @re-engineer, @winstonwolfe, @woman-onthe-wing, and of course @kaylinart.
I don't post a lot, but I am trying to find my niche. I have a few series started, but life as an engineering project manager in the software industry keeps me quite occupied and allocating sufficient resources to engage in this community is a bit of a struggle. I do make the time to respond to anyone that comments or replies, because that is simply polite.
If everyone is free, no one is equal. If everyone is equal, no one is free.
It is getting harder to get noticed and there needs to be a move against the mass bots owned by an account that abuse the steemit system. that is down to the powers that be to control in whatever way they can come up with so this stays a quality blogging site rather than a scam site.
I have about 250 followers, but maybe 10-15 that actually follow. In contrast, I follow less than 85. These folks I follow because they have content that is actually entertaining or I'm interested in. That list gets purged if users are Idol or just re-Steeming, even if they are "whales". BFD. Yes, a full upvote from a bigwig can put your kids through college (not really), but I refuse to pander for patronage from anyone.
I may just take my ball and go home.
OK, you talk sense... I like Titus and your cactus photographs are awesome.
I followed you (mainly because you didn't ask, you follow some awesome people already and you can engage with @alienbutt so that's always a win).
Thank you! I gave you a follow as well because engagement is the #1 priority in creating a successful community. I believe quality comments and/or feedback is far more important than posts when it comes to communicating with my fellow Steemians. Titus thinks so too. If I could just get him to sit still long enough, I would post more pictures.
I would like to invite anyone and everyone to spam my wallet with Steem!
(just kidding alienbutt) well, mostly.
OK, made a start on that for you lol
haha! You are a good sport! :)
It's a fair old tough one. I wish there was a way to block some addresses from the wallet!
This is timely @allienbutt,the proliferation of these spaming cum scamming technique is alarming, urgent and drastic attention is needed to curtail and stop this menace else the ideals and essence of the platform will be lost,followed upvoted resteem... See my articles @detycoon cheers
good
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