Sadly, this is an addition to my previous post https://steemit.com/steemit/@mammon/why-do-i-think-that-steemit-will-fail :-(

Plagiarism

1.
https://steemit.com/travel/@coolemperor/amazing-things-i-love-to-do-in-india-my-favourites
vs.
http://www.nomadicmatt.com/travel-blogs/13-favorite-things-india/

2. https://steemit.com/sharing/@viscount0071/what-is-lucid-dreaming-and-how-does-it-work
vs.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/van-winkles/what-is-lucid-dreaming-an_b_7663492.html

3. https://steemit.com/philosophy/@alexbeyman/the-dueling-cartographers
vs.
https://warosu.org/sci/thread/2052266

4. https://steemit.com/academic/@simranverma/seo-common-seo-mistakes-newbies-do
vs.
http://www.onlineustaad.com/common-seo-mistakes/

5. https://steemit.com/academia/@simranverma/how-to-hack-facebook
vs.
https://xspiyr.wordpress.com/category/hacking/

6. https://steemit.com/mostbrutalrapepunishment/@viscount0071/10-most-brutal-rape-punishments-around-the-world
vs.
https://www.wittyfeed.com/story/23050/10-most-brutal-rape-punishments-around-the-world

Plagiarism is theft.
Duplicate content can cause penalties from Google, especially if it happens extensively.
We don't want fraudsters to make money using content that was written and is owned by someone else, without crediting the original source.
It's just wrong thing to do.

Identity thefts

1.
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@aristova/hi-friends-my-name-is-sasha-and-i-new-here-i-m-model
vs.
https://new.vk.com/id47928808
Confirmed catfish by Hive account@sanbir: https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@sanbir/why-introduceyourself-can-be-a-horrible-idea

2. https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@panenka/hello-steemit-my-name-is-patricia-and-i-m-22-years-old-way-to-earn-money-on-steemit
vs.
http://howdoidate.com/dating/online-dating-advice/dating-profile-you-need-to-be-really-creative-to-get-noticed/
and
http://www.laweekly.com/news/the-10-people-you-meet-in-tinder-hell-5029600
3.
https://steemit.com/introduceyourself/@rosimeli/the-last-dance-and-my-first-time-and-story-on-steemit
vs.
http://kaleidoscopicwandering.com/2016/05/09/the-last-dance/
also spotted by Hive account@cheetah :-)
4.
https://steemit.com/steemit/@blockcore/what-exactly-is-steem-you-re-wondering
vs.
https://instagy.com/user/bindismalls/media
and
http://www.pictaram.com/media/1291830880439919697_1522776932
Tip of the iceberg ...
Total earnings: $1318,99
Why we need to do something about it?

The major problem here is people have valued introductions over real content for example: I have read yesterday the quick introduction of a girl having a blast in vegas showing a verified picture of her ( could really well be another photoshoped steem picture) In this picture she has a crack of boobs out and she ended earning 1500$ so far.

Source:
Hive account@kuriko at https://steemit.com/steemit/@kuriko/response-to-the-rise-of-identity-theft-on-steemit-here-s-my-solution-to-the-problem-anyx-ned-dan