If you have been contacted by @buildawhale on Steemit.chat asking for 7 SBD for an upvote, it is a scam. In fact, if anyone contacts you on Steemit.chat asking for money for an upvote, 99.99999999% chance it's a scam.
This is an ongoing problem with steemit.chat as anyone can create accounts under any name that is not used. Another popular scam is to offer to increase your rep in exchange for your active key.
Be safe, be smart, and Steem on!
Hii just read this full conversation with this fake guy and thanks to make a post on this so that other users also get know about this fake one. https://steemit.com/steemit/@thecrytotrader/don-t-trust-these-fake-accounts-on-steemit-chat-they-just-want-your-money-2017119t12725608z
Thanks, this info save lot of Steemians from loosing their money
everyone be safe because " Avarice is the root of all evils "
Hello @buildawhale I sent 3 sbd and your bot vote my post for 2.5sbd for real?
https://steemit.com/steemit/@docmastery/using-my-sbd-in-a-meaningful-way 3sbd turned into 2sbd for real?
That can happen if there are really busy windows. It doesn't happen often but it does during busy times. I recommend using the Bid Tracker to find out if it is a busy window or not.
So what now, I lost my SBD just like that? It's not even $2.9.
There are risks of that happening, it doesn't happen often and depends on what other people bid in the same window.
Thanks for your advice and warning...cheaters are everywhere.
Thank you for the warning! They just spoke to me
Whew! Thanks! I was just asked for $10.00!! But now I need to find out more about the REAL buildawhale!
Thanks for warning. .
thank goodness you make the clarification, new people in steemit as I try to cover all the fields of the page including the chat we fall into that. Really thanks for the clarification because I would never have thought that it was a scammer
Good looking out!!!
I sent you 0.5 SBD about 11 days ago to upvote this link:
https://steemit.com/discussion/@arslan786/why-my-steem-power-dropped#@stimialiti/re-timcliff-re-stimialiti-re-timcliff-re-arslan786-re-iliasdiamantis-re-arslan786-why-my-steem-power-dropped-20171025t021441962z
Then I got a refund for 'bid too low'
Then I sent again in hopes of the bid being high enough in the next round, but did not get a refund for it, nor a vote.
You can check for the link yourself in your wallet and in your voting records.
Refund sent for 0.500 SBD.
spent me the other day ... one asked me to send him an amount for an upvote of 20 ... distrust and I told him to give me the upvote first and I sent him more quantity than he asked ... he said no and he cut the chat
Thanks for information @buildawhale
Lol I received one too.
I was offered a one month offer in which I have to pay him/her 100 SBD.
That sounded real fishy to me.
ok
I was approached by @trendingsgrace claiming being @trendings-grace account on Steemit. It was exactly a month ago.
This is what he offered:
I have held up vote 100% 3 posts only pay 7 sbd, 6 posts only pay 15 sbd, what you want? And he wanted me to send it directly to bitrex account.
I suspected it was a scam and i told him. Although I am not sure if this was someone pretending to be @trendings-grace or it was actually same account.
Dang Scammers on steem.chat ... be careful guys
Hi @buildawhale team! 7 hours ago I got mistake and sent you only 0.5 SBD for the upvote - https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@imib/is-crypto-real-money
Can you please send SBD back? Thanks!
Refund sent.
Resend 1 SBD :)
Hi @buildawhale team! Yesterday I sent you 2.0SBD and I only received less than I paid, please explain how it was calculated.
Hi @buildawhale team! I got a very low payout today after spending 1 SBD for the upvote - https://steemit.com/bitcoin/@imib/is-crypto-real-money
I was kinda disappointed. For 1 SBD, I received 0.82 SBD upvote, include 25% curation rewards. Bid Tracker calculated total vote value: $ 4.11. What's the trouble?!