Good afternoon, Steemians!
This is a PSA (public service announcement) to everyone on Steemit. I got a .001 steem payment and message from @jones420
I didn't do my due diligence and after sending 2 SBD, I realized this guy has a reputation level of 0....
Here's what the message said:
Now, I've only made about 35 cents for the 2 SBD I sent him, so his scheme worked for him. I just wanted to put this out there for all of you who might've gotten the same message. I figured I would give it a shot, but trust me, it's not worth it. On his profile page, he says he will resteem and that 200+ will upvote your post... Well, I found out that these are basically "dead accounts" with much less than a penny per voter.
I take full responsibility for being duped, but again I want to warn people so they don't do what I did. I only lost about $1.50, but it just pisses me off that this guy is probably going to dupe a lot of others to make a quick buck. He has been downvoted into oblivion, but many people probably won't check his rep score like I should've done.
Thanks for the heads up. 420 means "Fraud" or "Trickster" in Indian culture.
In our FACE! @ironshield
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Thanks for the warning..I'm sorry you got jacked like that. That pisses me off too!!
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Thanks. It's ok, learned my lesson!
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Thanks man I also got the message (TWICE!) but I saw his low rep. level and didn't use him
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good to know .. thanks and maybe check out @sherlockholmes he needs to know about this case
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Wow Thanks for the heads up. I don't use those services or any of the upvote service but I was Following that account. So I unfollowed it.
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You're welcome. :)
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A lot of people are complaining about him. You might want to stick with free boosting like #minnowsfaucet!
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Good idea :) do you just use the #minnowsfaucet tag?
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If you click on the tag you should see the posts. Check out @nicnicy for followers! Good luck!
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This post received a 3.1% upvote from @randowhale thanks to @vegansilverstack! For more information, click here!
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Nice post and I like post @vegansilverstack
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Thanks for sharing this information.
Don't these bums ever take a break?
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I just checked my wallet. There's a message in it from the same bum. Promised me 5000 upvotes.
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I have stories at @joe.nobel.
No obligation to check them out. No fee for reading. Not asking for upvotes, follows, or re-steem.
Not that I'd turn any of them away.
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Very useful advice as \i got several of these messages. Wasn't tempted as \i didn't have the $2! Now I'm more settled into Steemit I can afford it but will not indulge! We're not in it for the "fast buck" but long term community so there Mr Jones. Thanks vegansilverstack JV
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