Scam Alert!

Anyone who has used one of the popular and honest up-vote services like Hive account@minnowbooster recently has probably received a message from Hive account@lovelygirl promising to triple their money.

This is a Scam!

This is the message from Hive account@lovelygirl:

Triple Your Money on Steemit. We will Up-Vote your posts for you. For $1 Steem Dollar our group will Up-Vote your post by $3.00 in return. So you triple your money. If you send us $2 SBD we will Up-Vote your posts by $6.00. Send $10 SBD and you get $30.00 in Up-Votes. Double Down! For $50 SBD and you get $300.00 in Up-Votes and for $100 SBD you get $750 in Up-Votes. We are a group of 250 loyal Steemians, we believe you should be paid more for your work on Steemit. Now you can get paid for your efforts. To receive our Up-Votes send $1 Steem Dollar to our leader Hive account@lovelygirl and enter a link to your post in the memo section. Your Satisfaction is Guaranteed. Thank You Hive account@lovelygirl

These messages have been sent to users of up-vote services for the last three weeks. Hive account@lovelygirl claims to be the leader of "a group of 250 loyal Steemians". She must have a pretty high reputation on Steemit then and lots of Steem Power to up-vote all these posts. Well, let's take a look at what her account looks like.

Hmm.. a reputation of 8. That doesn't look very good. But surely she has a lot of Steem Power... nope, almost none. In fact all she has is a lot of SBD that have been scammed from honest minnows trying to get ahead on Steemit.

Testimonials

But don't take my word for it. Let's hear from some of Hive account@lovelygirl's satisfied customers. These are actual quotes that can be found in Hive account@lovelygirl's wallet, because everything lasts forever on the blockchain.

I'm still waiting for the upvote. If you not upvoting the post, please send back the sbd!

I sent 5 SBD and you said I'll get $15 back and so far I have nothing! What's going on!

I sent you 2 SBD. Wheres the double money you promised?

STOP SPAMMING ME- AND STOP SCAMMING OTHERS!

This is an obvious fraud. I sent you 3 SBD and got nothing in return. You should refund everyones money and go hide somewhere in SHAME>

Where upvote that you promised? This is a deception??

These are just a sample of the many messages sent to Hive account@lovelygirl from her customers. In her message she claims:

Your Satisfaction is Guaranteed.

Each of the above messages came from someone who sent Hive account@lovelygirl money and received nothing in return except perhaps one up-vote worth less than 1 cent. I searched the list of transactions, there were no refunds issued to any dissatisfied customer.

In closing, I just want to say, legitimate up-vote services are a great way to get your posts noticed and help build a following. But check out the services you use first. If they look suspicious or make claims that seem too good to be true, they are probably a scam.

Update: Hive account@lovelygirl is continuing to send out these spam/scam messages. Don't send them money, they will take it and run!

Until next time...