Scam Alert!
Anyone who has used one of the popular and honest up-vote services like @minnowbooster recently has probably received a message from @lovelygirl promising to triple their money.
This is a Scam!
This is the message from @lovelygirl:
Triple Your Money on Steemit. We will Up-Vote your posts for you. For $1 Steem Dollar our group will Up-Vote your post by $3.00 in return. So you triple your money. If you send us $2 SBD we will Up-Vote your posts by $6.00. Send $10 SBD and you get $30.00 in Up-Votes. Double Down! For $50 SBD and you get $300.00 in Up-Votes and for $100 SBD you get $750 in Up-Votes. We are a group of 250 loyal Steemians, we believe you should be paid more for your work on Steemit. Now you can get paid for your efforts. To receive our Up-Votes send $1 Steem Dollar to our leader @lovelygirl and enter a link to your post in the memo section. Your Satisfaction is Guaranteed. Thank You @lovelygirl
These messages have been sent to users of up-vote services for the last three weeks. @lovelygirl claims to be the leader of "a group of 250 loyal Steemians". She must have a pretty high reputation on Steemit then and lots of Steem Power to up-vote all these posts. Well, let's take a look at what her account looks like.
Hmm.. a reputation of 8. That doesn't look very good. But surely she has a lot of Steem Power... nope, almost none. In fact all she has is a lot of SBD that have been scammed from honest minnows trying to get ahead on Steemit.
Testimonials
But don't take my word for it. Let's hear from some of @lovelygirl's satisfied customers. These are actual quotes that can be found in @lovelygirl's wallet, because everything lasts forever on the blockchain.
I'm still waiting for the upvote. If you not upvoting the post, please send back the sbd!
I sent 5 SBD and you said I'll get $15 back and so far I have nothing! What's going on!
I sent you 2 SBD. Wheres the double money you promised?
STOP SPAMMING ME- AND STOP SCAMMING OTHERS!
This is an obvious fraud. I sent you 3 SBD and got nothing in return. You should refund everyones money and go hide somewhere in SHAME>
Where upvote that you promised? This is a deception??
These are just a sample of the many messages sent to @lovelygirl from her customers. In her message she claims:
Your Satisfaction is Guaranteed.
Each of the above messages came from someone who sent @lovelygirl money and received nothing in return except perhaps one up-vote worth less than 1 cent. I searched the list of transactions, there were no refunds issued to any dissatisfied customer.
In closing, I just want to say, legitimate up-vote services are a great way to get your posts noticed and help build a following. But check out the services you use first. If they look suspicious or make claims that seem too good to be true, they are probably a scam.
Update: @lovelygirl is continuing to send out these spam/scam messages. Don't send them money, they will take it and run!
Until next time...
It seems that as Steem has progressed into a successful social-economic platform, more and more scammers have naturally popped up. If there's a chance to exploit, it seems many will jump on the opportunity :(
I guess success will always attract those looking to make a quick and easy buck at the expense of others.
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Successful Send of 1001
Sending Account: gregory-f
Receiving Account: mark.feuerborn
New sending account balance: 998999
New receiving account balance: 1000
Fee: 1
Steem trxid: c8509b4d799dbb46888c31c159472b0d3b0a9fad
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Successful Send of 1001
Sending Account: gregory-f
Receiving Account: mark.feuerborn
New sending account balance: 998999
New receiving account balance: 1000
Fee: 1
Steem trxid: c8509b4d799dbb46888c31c159472b0d3b0a9fad
Thanks for using POCKET! I am a confirmer bot for fun
scammers suck, too bad there is not a way to ban accounts of scammers
I imagine there is a way they could ban accounts, but I don't think they want to try to be the police at this point.
Scam incidents are becoming more often lately. I have read quite a few posts the last week related to various scam alerts, like this one. I also had my own experience in steemit chat. Thanks for the alert @gregory-f
I have heard there have been scam attempts in steemit chat also. It seems we must be vigilant no matter where we are.
There is a user in the steemit.chat "mottler" that tries to confuse people with the real steemit user "mottler" that his 100% upvote worths around $300 usd. He asks a transfer of 10 Steem to his bittrex account for upvoting 100% two posts.
You have just saved my day. I was planning to try them out. Thanks man.
You just made my day! Thanks for sharing that. I'm glad I could help you.
I have seen some earlier posts of yours. Though Steemit seems to be a bit confusing, I find your posts very helpful. You seem to be an expert on this platform. Looking forward to learn more from you.
Thank you!
Very worked up and useful posy bro thank you, upvote and I'm waiting for you upload more content 👌❤
Thank you, I'm glad you found it useful. Gotta stop these scammers.
@gregory-f,
This platform gets few scammers in recent days! Thank you very much for sharing such useful news for us!
@samstonehill
@accounttransfers
Those are scams also!
Cheers~
Yes, too many scammers here now. some are worse than others, but they all want to steal your Steem (or SBD).
scam's one after another what is happening with steemit
Too many dishonest people want a quick buck instead of working like everyone else.
Some one should look upon the matter more seriously new users are being deceived by this sort of scam.Their interest in the platform might decrease as well.well thanks for the alert though
Resteemed hope it might help in need of someone :)
Thank you. I agree that a new user is probably more easily deceived since they don't know who or what to trust at first and once scammed are more likely to leave forever. They should start looking at ways to ban scammer accounts.
yes.
Thanks for this warning..I guess that s true.
Spread the word let everyone know of the scammers!
ya, i am hearing about @lovelygirl from several steemians, its cheat, fraud of @lovelygirl. thanks for sharing this notice.
Definitely a scum scammer.
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