sherlockholmes

Case 12: @rtdcs is growing a gang of sock-puppets

Accusation: About three weeks ago I received the following message: > https://steemit.com/@rtdcs > check who upvote for him > this guy can make ~100 accounts in...

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 eff...

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 pr...

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 imperson...

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! Accusa...

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 ...

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: J...

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, ...

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 @minno...

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 eas...

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 carrie...

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 th...

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 accou...

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 S...

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 wan...

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, ...

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...

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 h...

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 i...

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 sli...