Warning: BE CAUTIOUS WHILE USING BOTS | Is this a SCAM ? 3SBD for 2SBD randowhale votes.
So we have the benevolent whale @randowhale that everyone knows and adores.
There's the friendly @minnowbooster powered by @thecryptodrive & @reggaemuffin boosting steemians across steemiverse.
We have @aggroed's @lovejuice spreading love and cheer!
Basically, a lot of new bots are popping up to help Steemians help themselves and get that extra push.
Scam:
But then I noticed something fishy today.
I saw a comment from a supposedly new bot @getvotes that was promoting itself on another post. And the bot itself got a vote from @randowhale.
The Fishy Part:
So I checked the bot out and the basic rule states that:
amount greater than 0.5 Steem or 0.5 SBD will get you a 100% upvote from @getvotes
amount greater than 3 Steem or 3 SBD will get you a vote from a big fish
1. It will vote with what ?
The account itself is new and look at the delegated SP:
2. A user sends 3 SBD
2SBD goes to @randowhale.
What about the magically disappearing 1 SBD?
Let me know your thoughts on this.
And if this is indeed legit, can the real person behind the bot present himself and explain (Unlikely).
Would these fine folks care to answer instead?
Parting Thoughts: Please be careful with your hard-earned steem and think/investigate properly before sending SBDs.
They all are just playing games with minnows
yes, such scams should be identified and stopped as soon as possible.
Good post, I'm done with randowhale, tried it a few times, but everytime it gets lower and lower, not complaining but after the HF19 we are talking like 10 dollar update, other day sent 2 SBD got .75.... no thanks!
RESTEEMED, thanks for the info!
@jznsamuel its good to see a brother wake another up to be alert for these fugazi ponzi's
My post from earlier today shows how Randowhale is receiving $1000USD per day from it's users who should have received that money themselves, just due to the timing of the votes and the way that Steemit pays out curation rewards: https://steemit.com/steemit/@ura-soul/alert-steemians-are-losing-usd1000usd-per-week-to-randowhale-when-the-vote-isn-t-completed-fast-enough
thanks mate - i better be careful of these scams --they are so tempting-i am a new follower and upvoter for you
thanks u for sharing, very helpful me...
what bot can trust ?
the ones i have mentioned in the beginning are safe and verified ones.
this information will save many people
yes, hopefully people think two times before sending their hard-earned money
Thank you for sharing this scam :)
glad it helps!
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Thanks for the heads-up ☺
thanks andy :)