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Sherlock Holmes
@sherlockholmes
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The world is full of obvious things which nobody by any chance ever observes.
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sherlockholmes
steemit-abuse
2017-09-30 20:52
Case 12: @rtdcs is growing a gang of sock-puppets
Accusation: 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 wish to remain
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sherlockholmes
steemit-abuse
2017-09-22 11:58
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 single
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sherlockholmes
steemit
2017-09-16 18:38
Cookie Crumbs 3: Accountsquatting with a Bonus & Addressing a Neccessary Change in HF20
During 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 Crumbs".
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sherlockholmes
steemit-verification
2017-09-09 03:43
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 @ravenrillay and
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sherlockholmes
minnowsunite
2017-09-06 11:08
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 from the @minnowsupport
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sherlockholmes
spaminator
2017-09-01 02:12
Case 9: The @ecoworld conspiracy - identifying 4,766 + 1 cheating accounts
Accusation: 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 specifically,
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sherlockholmes
steemit
2017-08-30 20:52
Observations: the recent blacklisting of @andrianna
This 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 artist's steemit accounts
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sherlockholmes
steemit-abuse
2017-08-29 16:10
Cookie Crumbs 2: Impudent Impersonation in a 2-for-1 Value Pack
During 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
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spaminator
spaminator
2017-08-28 01:02
sherlockholmes reblogged
You'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 retaliate when they
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thompjerry
potography
2017-08-25 00:31
sherlockholmes reblogged
Thomp On Steemit introduceyourself And Stolen Photo by @walterz
Hi 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 stole
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sherlockholmes
steemit-police
2017-08-22 15:33
Case 8: Stumbling over a few fake talents again
Accusation: 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 views and
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sherlockholmes
steemit-police
2017-08-16 21:26
Case 7.1: how a spammer revealed a scammer - ft. a greedy kid telling stupid lies
Accusation: 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 spam-comments,
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sherlockholmes
steemit-police
2017-08-11 16:05
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 usernames on a days
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xervantes
steemit
2017-08-07 19:47
sherlockholmes reblogged
Check 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 into
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playfulfoodie
steemit
2017-08-07 17:09
sherlockholmes reblogged
How to ruin a platform's reputation - Plagiarism
Lately, 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 asking you
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sherlockholmes
steemit
2017-08-10 10:20
Cookie Crumbs 1: Just two more low level plagiarisers/impersonators
During 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
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andyluy
steemit-police
2017-08-04 17:00
sherlockholmes reblogged
Steemit 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 #Introduceyourself
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sherlockholmes
steemit
2017-08-05 16:30
Case 6: busting @annart's Ukrainian fake artist ring
Accusation: 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 pulling the account
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sherlockholmes
steemit
2017-08-04 17:17
Case 5: @elena2017 is just as fake as @katrinart
Accusation: 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 Findings: Are
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sherlockholmes
steemit
2017-08-03 05:27
Case 4: @katrinart is Impersonating Artist Ekaterina Putyatina
Accusation: 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. @iconzbranding had
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