BlogHide Resteemssherlockholmes (60)in steemit-abuse • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Case 12: @rtdcs is growing a gang of sock-puppetsAccusation: About three weeks ago I received the following message: check who upvote for him this guy can make ~100 accounts in 2 weeks... idk man I just want to give you that pointer... i…sherlockholmes (60)in steemit-abuse • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Case 11: Aliexpress and some voting-bots, making rewards without an effort!Accusation: A few days ago, an anonymous tipster sent me this link and a simple question: "Is this ok or should I flag this?" So let us take a look, a low effort spam-post featuring a…sherlockholmes (60)in steemit • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Cookie Crumbs 3: Accountsquatting with a Bonus & Addressing a Neccessary Change in HF20During my investigations, I often come across some less relevant cases, stories from the past or inconclusive leads. Some I may find worth mentioning, I will present them to you as "Cookie…sherlockholmes (60)in steemit-verification • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Observations: Why drawing a steemit logo isn't proof of authenticity.This one is going to be a bit funny, in a sad way. The Situation: It's now a little over a week ago that I had posted about a rather ridiculous case of impersonation . The accounts of…sherlockholmes (60)in minnowsunite • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Case 10: Your wife loves to upvote your spam!ATTENTION: The culprits have responded to this case and are willing to make amends. Please see the footer and the comment section for the latest updates! Accusation: @swelker101…sherlockholmes (60)in spaminator • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Case 9: The @ecoworld conspiracy - identifying 4,766 + 1 cheating accountsAccusation: It is not really an accusation this time, it is more of a known fact that @ecoworld has abused the reward pool. Many users have approached me about this, well, not this incident…sherlockholmes (60)in steemit • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Observations: the recent blacklisting of @andriannaThis is not a concluded case with undeniable evidence. The following observations are merely some facts I could find concerning current events. The Situation: Just recently a few…sherlockholmes (60)in steemit-abuse • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Cookie Crumbs 2: Impudent Impersonation in a 2-for-1 Value PackDuring my investigations on bigger cases, I will usually come across some small fish, too. Obvious cases, barely worth mentioning, but to keep you entertained, i will present some of them to you as…resteemedspaminator (68)in spaminator • 7 years agoYou're Invited to our First Official Flag Party!It's time to hold our first official flag party! Let's not flag comments that are not spam please! pixabay Warning: @dragos0897 has 13,000 SP leased from @minnowbooster with which to…resteemedthompjerry (48)in potography • 7 years agoThomp On Steemit introduceyourself And Stolen Photo by @walterzHi introduce me, my name is thomp, i come from TANGERANG - INDONESIA, this is my official steemit account. Why am I creating an account in steemit, so I can easily access steemit about its many who…sherlockholmes (60)in steemit-police • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Case 8: Stumbling over a few fake talents againAccusation: I was recently asked to look into the background of a flag-war being carried out on steemit. The flagging was, as so often, sadly, only being carried out on the basis of personal…sherlockholmes (60)in steemit-police • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Case 7.1: how a spammer revealed a scammer - ft. a greedy kid telling stupid liesAccusation: During my investigations for Case 7 , I stumbled upon, what initially looked like a promising clue. While inspecting the "farm-grounds", old posts that were used to post…sherlockholmes (60)in steemit-police • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Case 7: raping the reward pool with 1700+ accounts - things are getting serious!Accusation: Randomly scanning the blockchain for suspicious activities, a chain of votes on a seemingly innocent spam comment caught my eye. 19 votes from accounts with random-syllable…resteemedxervantes (60)in steemit • 7 years agoCheck Before You Upvote!Reading through Steemit posts has become one of my favorite pass times. I especially like the introduceyourself section because it is like a gateway where new Steemians enter and we can welcome them…resteemedplayfulfoodie (68)in steemit • 7 years agoHow to ruin a platform's reputation - PlagiarismLately, I keep on running into two things: Plagiarism and copy/paste comments. I'm spending more time flagging than upvoting lately. That's not really how I want to spend my time here, so I'm…sherlockholmes (60)in steemit • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Cookie Crumbs 1: Just two more low level plagiarisers/impersonatorsDuring my investigations on bigger cases, I will usually come across some small fish, too. Obvious cases, barely worth mentioning, but to keep you entertained, i will present some of them to you as…resteemedandyluy (69)in steemit-police • 7 years agoSteemit Police!Hello again Dear steemians, Today I saw another steem-crime and It makes me think about how can we defend ourselves and each, and our steem brothers and sisters in here. If you go to the…sherlockholmes (60)in steemit • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Case 6: busting @annart's Ukrainian fake artist ringAccusation: While digging up information about @elena2017's case I was in close contact and had tremendous support from the real Ekaterina She had the initial hunch and was essential to…sherlockholmes (60)in steemit • 7 years agosteemCreated with Sketch.Case 5: @elena2017 is just as fake as @katrinartAccusation: The real Ekaterina (the artist being impersonated by @katrinart) notified a fellow artist on vk.com about her steemit case. The account @elena2017 is running the same scam! The…sherlockholmes (60)in steemit • 7 years agoCase 4: @katrinart is Impersonating Artist Ekaterina PutyatinaAccusation: None! The account @katrinart caught my eye all by itself. The Findings: You might remember my 1st case . This is in essence the same story with a slightly better disguise.…
