Be careful when sending money to exchanges

Sometimes we just hurry and allow simple errors to add some letter in the name of the exchanges and that can cost us a lot.

The finding

The article is inspired by Hive account@onceuponatime I saw his comment here

The Case

Another "user" try to make quick cash and created an account with name Hive account@blocktradess with two "s".

The right account is Hive account@blocktrades, with one "s", please pay attention and don rush when you send money.

Unfortunately for Hive account@marginal he mistakes the name and pays expensive.

7 days ago Receive 3799.981 STEEM from @marginal 56981555-8d8a-410f-bc76-e3c094b41a0e

The Scammer

As Hive account@sherlockholmes always says

"just follow the money".

Two transfers are made it one to Hive account@blocktrades ( original one of course ) and one to Hive account@mandrea

6 days ago Transfer 2800.000 STEEM to @mandrea
6 days ago Transfer 999.000 STEEM to @blocktrades a9913f34-0611-4847-92ab-d675dbe0b685

Let's check up this guy Hive account@mandrea

No doubts he owns the account Hive account@blocktradess and use it to upvote itself several times until the moment when receive this 28000 STEEM, now Hive account@mandrea decide to power up

and delegate to Hive account@minnowbooster, so he stops upvoting himself with the fake "exchange" account and tries to be smart.

@mandrea delegate 1,005.197 SP to @minnowbooster
@mandrea delegate 2,229.802 SP to @minnowbooster

and a few days later delegate some vests to Hive account@boomerang, what a nice guy.

@mandrea delegate 534.545 SP to @boomerang 2 days ago

This "investments" got him some daily profits

@minnowbooster transfer 1.299 SBD to @mandrea Your MinnowBooster payout is 1.299 SBD
@minnowbooster transfer 1.376 SBD to @mandrea Your MinnowBooster payout is 1.376 SBD

Attempt to connect

I decided to contact Hive account@mandrea and talk before I accuse him because I believe everyone has the right to first explain their actions.
The memo is sent and now I wait to contact me.

The problem

Obviously, anyone can register names close to exchanges and other celebrities and try to earn quick money, so be very careful when sending money.

The solution

I suggest if he does not justify his actions, his posts to be flagged and banned from Hive account@minnowbooster project and Hive account@boomerang

What do you think, how to counteract such people?

The case remains open until I get the explanation from Hive account@mandrea

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