Some scammers are impersonating me on discord. This happened a little while back on steemit.chat.
On steemit.chat a scammer or set of scammers made the rounds impersonating large account holders with slightly misspelled names. This was quickly averted by the admins of steemit.chat neutralizing those accounts on steemit.chat.
This has been rearing it's ugly head now on discord except on discord one does not need to use misspelled names but can impersonate with exactly the same name and if these are disabled the scammer simple creates another one.
It is quite possible that other largish accounts are being impersonated already or will be soon.
First clue is the poor English, but that may not be picked up by other English second language speakers.
I also do not operate on discord soliciting uninvited introductions via direct message. Neither do I delegate especially under these terms, even though the terms seem to make it look legit.
Bellow is another unsolicited conversation via direct message.
A request to move funds via blocktrades. If this was the real me I would simply use my actual account wallet... This should be an immediate red flag that you are potentially dealing with a scammer.
Here is another unsolicited approach.
I would suggest everybody stay sharp on the internet, look out for this scammer impersonating me and I'm sure other impersonations will follow so please everybody be careful.
This is CRYPTO everybody needs to stay wide awake and be wary of unsolicited approaches and offers.
Thank you for posting this alert @gavvet.
Appreciate it.
All the best.
Cheers.
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Can't really do anything about all the scammers out there... everyone just be careful!
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Oh My My!
Greetings to everyone . I actually had plans of relating to some notable personality on steemit through discord, but of a truth this post made it dawn on me why i need to be vigilant as regards matters of such.
Mr gavvet i really appreciate you and as many who shared their experiences as regards such kind of cyber abuse.
In some way i believe things can be done to enhance the security level, so as to make it kinda difficult for desperate minds to impersonate the personalities of others
@kainos-success
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We should really find this person, only God knows how many people have fallen into his/her trap.
Am glad you made this post, at least we can help sensitive others and catch this scammer
Resteemed so it can reach others
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As in the whole world there are always people trying to gain an advantage with the unwary, and steemit no disappointment for what we see here, we must be alert, especially those who have more experience, members like me who have very little experience we have seen scammed with fake boots or fake help offers from members with scores of followers who turn out to be ghosts. Thank you for making this catfish public, we will try to be more alert.
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it's not the first time something like this happens here. Carefull.
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I think its mostly due to the language barrier that people dont notice the incoming scam when its a cheap one as these guys are pulling.. The learning curve for non-english or basic english speakers is much steeper then for those with advanced english on Steemit. And im not talking only the technical side of things.
The guy in the screenshot is from Philippines. Id bet you that another Philippino wouldnt be able to scam him nearly as easily irl and in his native language.
That barrier is what causes trouble for many, _not that others arent scammed as well. _
So yeah... Its good to have warning posts like this on a regular basis.
Always careful, always alert. 😉
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For me, it's not real but spam, because of the message itself. It repeats, repeats and repeats. I never seen the alert message with nothing same than in this message, guy removed the "- Discord Team" signature to be more believed. tell your opinions here lol
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this is unfortunate.
they collect Steem Dollars with difficulty.
just because of the scammer, the disaster they get.
thank you for clarifying @gavvet
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I remember all of this crap on steemit.chat. I personally got 5 or so accounts banned. I am surprised this is the first I am hearing of this on discord. Hopefully the mods of the servers will remove these guys quickly so they do not contact too many people.
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Thanks for the PSA. I just want to state as well; if I ever offer anyone a delegation it will be via the Steem blockchain using this account, I would never make such an offer on Steem.chat, Discord or elsewhere.
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I am and some friends almost fooled, but we have friends in the community to telling the truth about that and so i am avoid praud.
thank you for the justification.
Regards
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These scammers never give up! It is really frustrating. They try to steal money from users with any way they can invent.
Thank you for the warning, it will be an eye opener for many users.
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I don't understand why Discord allows this?
And I hope one day I become such a famous Steemonian that people will scam my name. Then I write a post about it and it gets upvoted for at least $135 😳😳
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Thank you for the heads up on these scammers, will resteem to increase awareness. Lets all be on the look out and quick to call out all those who seek to reap where they didn't sow....
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thank you for spreading the word. It's important we get rid of theses spoofers and scammers as a community otherwise it could jeopardize the entire system here and hurt Steemit's community integrity.
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Yes, you are right.
I also almost fooled by it. thanks for sharing.
there are more than 3 images that i screenshot successful. but I just sent it 3 only. that's enough to represent that I'm almost cheated.
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Wow hope you didn't send it,
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That is messed up, thanks for the heads up. Yeah when there is any money involved there will be scammers about.
This is why as a community we need to be dilegent and report any suspicious activity and have these people banned/removed from the platform.
@steemcleaners Is a great project helping with keeping this platform legit
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Omg... Something a lot of scammers has appeared recently. We all need to be more carefully.
About scammers writes @bullionstackers
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A friend got scammed earlier, via steem chat
A couple of weeks ago, other friend almost got scammed, happened on discord
And yes, the scammers are using high sp usernames (impersonating known usernames) and aiming the noobs
Definitely with crappy English
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Thank you so much for raising this issue, @gavvet! Scammers are everywhere, hope that people/steemians will be more aware. This post is really helpful for us.
Allow, me to resteem this post to reach my friends' and followers' attention as well. Thanks!
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this disgusting. Scammers are everywhere, hope that peopl will be more aware. those people are really dengerous and harmful. i didn't know about this before. thanks a lot
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Thank you so much for taking the time to post this and raise awareness. I've only been around for 10 days, and I'm just learning the ropes- especially on chat and discord. This is something I could have easily thought was legit - and so must many other newbies. Appreciate you spreading the word. E x
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Thanks for the warning! One can't be attentive enough... They're everywhere.
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Thanks @gavvet for your attention
🙏🙏
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ooooh My God @gavvet thanks for raising this a friend of mine @el-nailul was hacked the same way this guy was hacked, oooh he wrote a post about it https://steemit.com/indonesia/@el-nailul/warning-for-big-healthy-whales . It saddens my heart to see people take others hard earned Sbds so easily ..I guess it is hard to trace the scammer .
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I have got same thing a while ago by mentioned fake @ngc, I believe that many whales account has been used for such scamming. Thank for letting us know @gavvet, very much appreciate.
And this is the last comment by @themarkymark on my post regarding scamming things;
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i really appreciate this really shows that you have the interest of minnows at heart, as for the scammers, i don't have anything to say for now, thanks for the information @gavvet
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Asshole scammers ... find another job.
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God, scammers like that piss me off. Good on you for pointing out these scumbags!
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something similar happened to me.
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This is really alarming and having the chance to know activities like this is really helpful when you are having conversations in random people in discord. Thank you for sharing this @gavvet.
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Well, first of all, congratulations. You know that you made it in life when people try to scam others by impersonating you.
You should feel proud and accomplished. Flattered as well.
That being said, I hope nobody falls for it.
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hola gracias por compartir estare muy pendiente cuando uno es nuevo cree todo lo que le dicen saludos un abrazo Dios te bendiga..
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