Have you had people or "services" send you 0.001 STEEM or SBD and offering to resteem your post or upvote you lately? I know I sure as hell have.. Sadly not all is what it seems with the latest potential scammy money grab going on within our STEEM network!
While it's yet to be proven if these services are legitimate or not ( personally leaning towards not ) it's to be said that scammers may use the irreversible nature of blockchain technology to pull a fast one on unknowing or uneducated users. These services may not be as they claim! It is always a great idea to either ask around or do your own research into ANY service that is sending unsolicited advertisements to your wallet.
Some pictures or examples of potentially fake or scammy services below:
It's to be mentioned that I'm not 100% sure that either the users/services above are scams but my gut instinct is telling me that they likely are. It's not my intention to sh!t upon or slander legitimate businesses on our blockchain and if they do in fact turn out to be honest I'll gladly remove the examples above as to not damage their reputation further... However given the fact that no one seems to know who the operators of these services are... I'd be careful.
"Caveat Emptor"
The phrase above is Latin and roughly translates to "Buyer beware" or "use your educated judgement" and has been around long before modern society. While the STEEM witnesses, users and developers try their best to keep users out of harms way it is up to you at the end of the day to protect yourself from being swindled by doing diligent research and verifying any service being sold to you via memo in your wallet is in fact legitimate.
If you aren't sure check out the #steemitabuse room on steemit.chat... Most of the time one of the knowledgeable helpers will be able to give you a second opinion if you're unable to form a fake or real decision on your own! Take care and don't get your hard earned SBD/STEEM scammed!
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