It's not only the haters man LOL I had a really good friend of mine earn some Steem last week and had to walk him through the same process.
His wife was telling him it was all a scam and he would never get paid....
A few days later, he had some cash in his bank account LOL
Love this place!
That never gets old lol. If anything goes against the grain of "normal society" then it's a scam. If you don't have to clock into a j.o.b. and trade your time for dollars, then it's a scam. Glad to hear your friend got the proof in the bank though. :)