So i decided to put on my detective glasses this evening to validate a suspicion i have had for some time but never pursued. I might be wrong but i am willing to put my neck on the line. What could possibly go wrong?
So i notified something fishy about the following accounts on the proofofbrain frontend:
@teegold96
@deeptess
@jerriz
@beautybae
@shikemi
@jordanworo
@joytheteacher
@tiwa
What do these accounts have in common? Well, for a start they post often ( I think most of the contents listed are spun) using a similar tag and sentence structure.
So I went to check their introduction post and it confirmed my suspicion. If you read the following posts you will notice certain similarities in the style of writing and structure.
Notice the prevalent use of '....' in all four posts and the tone of these posts? I think the person clocked that creating introduction posts regularly can earn them good upvotes.
Also, these accounts were created around April - June this year. So the culprit recently started this endeavour of his (...or her).
Also, the accounts mentioned hardly engage or power-up. This is enough to raise suspicion.
These accounts post at similar intervals during the day, which raised my suspicion as i am an active curator on POB. Now, for accounts that hardly earn much, they seem to be quite consistent. So i was perplexed about their motive.
They don’t earn much and they hardly engage, so why keep up posting regularly? No rational person will keep up with their routine, well except there is a bigger picture.
So i started to check out their transaction history and i discovered something interesting. Now, these accounts and a list of other accounts funnel factorial hive i.e less than 1 hive to @mocoyoton and @teeygold (and @teeygold96).
Mocoyoton is said to be an exchange account but i doubt it. they can prove me wrong by the way. i do not understand why supposed dummy accounts are funnelling funds to them.
Both mocoyoton and teeygold are sending huge chunks of hive to @adesojisouljay, who sells the hive on binance.
Another interesting finding is that this account, @adesojisouljay runs on delegation from @bait002. Is this a syndicate of some sort? Well, i will let you decide on that.
By the way, most of these accounts mentioned are in the bad books of hivewatcher or (steemcleanser). That speaks volumes.
So here there is a case of abuse of the proofofbrain and hive platform and identity theft.
I have known for some time now that a fellow Nigerian was doing something fishy on proofofbrain. I also suspect another entity, who i won’t mention because we have some sort of relationship and i want to be 100% sure before i confront him (...or her).
It takes a lot of work to be this cunning, why not focus all that energy on something productive? I know things are difficult in this part of the world but hey, some of us here have made good of the opportunity this platform offers, why not do the same?
I also want to give these accounts a chance to prove me wrong. You can refute my findings in a post.
p.s I am muting every account that has any association with Mocoyoton and teegold96
So basically the @bait002 account seems like the head of the syndicate right? It might probably be a ring, of "rub my back I rub your back" sort of thingy. You get? But its totally terrible. Like.... No efforts but wants to enjoy all the rewards.
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i dont know what their game is but it is quite pathetic. there are over 20 active accounts linked to this group. We don't need such here. I hope @proofofbrainio looks into it
Definitely friend. But I think there are many more such dummy accounts on POB all were created during April to July only to abuse AMR's Engagement Programme. One user told me that he was invited to POB as a free money site giving easy money only for commenting, lol. 🙄 Anyway its upto curators how it choose wisely their curation. Good work their friend. Keep your detective glasses on. 😎😊 !PIZZA
They are probably the reason POB price sunk because this abuse has been on for a while. There will always be people willing to exploit the flaws in s system .
Guy, i don't have an answer for you, if you want to learn crytpo exchange, come to my DM, I'll teach you,,and for you to know that i am not a hungry man like you who because of some littel earnings would sell your fellow Nigerians, i don't post to earn even though posting could earn me good votes to some extent, and thank God you see that most of the hive i receive are sold instantly because i run a local exchange and i have to pay the owners. Of course i have had quite some issues with hivewatcher and some other fools that you are hypocriting around for.
Guy, me no dey lick oyinbo feet, na you be slave. You need get some sense.
None of those mentioned accounts is associated with me in anyway except that the customers in my group sell not only hive but other coin also to me.
You and all the people encouraging you are swimming in great error, and i think you as a Nigerian do not need to make yourself of no value by porknosing around for some fools.
I guess you are an igbo guy and your name is chinonso, brother you need borrow yourself brain. I am not related to any of the accounts, yet i can't deny that they are my customers.
Because of my sincerity as a Nigerian, they found me worthy to be trusted, they sell to me and I'm not like you who for a pot of soup would sell your brothers.
Even @surpassinggoogle all the way from the Philippines sends coin to me and i send money to his people here in Nigeria.
Instead of monitoring someone who is already making progress, why not build a project that would have a long lifespan ?
How much do you think you can earn from writing or blogging alone on hive ? I'm not even sure you are a family man, you don't know what is called responsibility yet.
Na why you still think sey upvote go make you be that, baba wise up, if you humble yourself we will teach you how to become relevant inspite of the economy of Nigeria.
I hope i have said enough, and that bait002 you mentioned is my brother, non of us have the time to blog here anymore except me who post sometimes about my exchange and the plans i have.
So Alaye, park well, we no need to blog before we chop, na you be hungry man wey dey do yes sir for oyinbo.
A word of advice for you ; You don't need to be an hypocrite to gain favor, favor comes from God.
Make i pause, but if you want more, I'll give you.
No going to lie to my man, after reading this your attempt to "defend you honour", I'm more convinced that you're guilty of whatever you're being accused of.
You've said your bit mate and I have done my bit to trail the supposed dummy accounts and their transaction. The rest is left for community leaders to decide.
Enjoy the rest of your day. Cheers!
Which rest of your days are you enjoying at 10pm ?
Alaye, you are an hypocrite. Alabosi ni eee.
You don't need to do eye service to gain favor.
Anyways, if you also want to sell any of your coin,we go still help you.
I'll also advise that you start thinking of providing solutions rather than this.
Definitely, abuse destroys the system sincerly, I don't know why people don't seek for sustainability instead.
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Why not focus all that energy on one account? 🤦♀️
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It's just crazy
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You get sis? Running +20 actions, spinning articles is a lot of work. The energy can be channelled towards something positive. It is quite sad really
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Yahoo joys have come to hive to be showing themselves...
If they do the right thing it will take less energy sef but this person just prefers cheating the system.
I wish they would respond, which I doubt. I really want to know their motive. It is really a lot of work for so little. Is being bad that important?
Lol...I'd say that's a million-dollar question but this person is scrapping for change
For crying loud, whats this again? Get focus on a platform that reward you for quality content and even allow you to mingle with different communities and earn, some people still form Kabal (multiple accounts) to carry out this sxxxd act.
Gosh! @nonsowrites there is no excuse for doing wrong thing even if things is hard does that send ones to start robbery mission?
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Omo, the matter tire me. I have done my finding. It is left for the community to decide on what to do about these accounts. My fear is that this person is using people's identify for their scheme. These people might not be aware that they are been used. That's just the crazy thing about the internet
hmm, using another person's identity is the crazy thing
Guy you are very stupid, don't you ever tag me for such a thing in your life again.
The guy called nonso is a fool, non of the account listed is mine.
How long do you think we need to be slaves under oyinbo, nonso is a big fool. For a pot of soup you dey talk wetin you no know.
Do I even blog always like him ? If he doesn't blog he can't eat. Level oass level ooo oga.
Yikes!....
I know bait works with Hive engine devs, at least up until last year, I’m not sure about recently, he was a frontend dev and I’m sure he must be well compensated by Aggroed and team. So I highly doubt his involvement in this. Perhaps the only connection with them was a delegation, except ofcourse there’s perhaps another bait which I doubt.
Efforts that could be put to better use. Such a waste.
More than half of the hp in his account were delegated to souljay, so in my opinion there is a strong connection. Probably they do business together, whatever the case may be, these accounts are all linked in a way.
Souljay is said to be a pastor, I will like to hear what my fellow Christian brother has to say about these allegations
Clearly there is something going on with these accounts, I'd like to hear their side of the story so as not to rush to an early conclusion even though all evidence seems to be pointing in the direction you mentioned.
It's disappointing to find something like this, why not channel all that energy into something more productive. Idk
My thought exactly. why go through this stress to cheat a system that works for you. it is beyond comprehendsion
Exactly, maybe that's why I feel there's more to this cause I can't come up with a reasonable explanation.
They post every day, why turn mute all of a sudden? If they were not dummy accounts they would have responded by now (well that doesn't change much because they haven't even commented since they registered their accounts)
Na wah o
This one choke o.
lol e choke...i tire for these people...
Something fishy is really going on. Bunch of joy killers, this are the reasons why Nigerians get blacklisted and end up loosing access to some platforms.
I hope this gets looked into, so that those who work hard genuinely can have their efforts crowned.
You're doing a good job @nonsowrites
We need to fight to preserve the little dignity we have as a people. it is unfortunate some of chosen this route but we will continue to fight against it. I am still waiting for their response
I'm looking forward to their reply too. Hope they have a good enough explanation for their actions which I know they don't.
More of these accounts would be created especially when they'll be a gain
Hahaha😂 I find this quite comical but I am surprised and stunned how you were able to trace and follow up all this accounts you suspected respectively and successfully.
Boy oh boy!!! You really are a genius with your tracing, how about you work with the cops as a detective? I bet you gonna do a very professional job. Haha😁 I'm just kidding though.
But damn! What you found was really crazy and I am still awed!
Well done! I don't think I upvote any of these accounts... but it is good to know that no good is coming from these posts.
Yeah, just doing my bit. 🙂
They have almost zero followers, thank god I haven´t upvoted any of those accounts. Starting to downvote them
I have noticed similar groups like this but never investigated further.
Since the start of the summer I started to check accounts I had suspicions of before curating.
It does add a little extra work and although I don't have whale status curation rewards I did work hard to create original content and stake my rewards to add value to the work of others and will not curate accounts that I feel are gaming the system.
Likewise I never curate accounts that have been on hive or pob for some time yet never stake a single token.
I do understand that some are living in difficult situations, but even a small amount of earned tokens staked shows at least an effort to support the communities they enjoy engaging in.
If aged accounts don't stake I won't curate.
Great detective work, I will follow your lead and start muting those accounts I see that are doing this.
Anyway, the community has taken a stance against the abusers and that should send the right message. We can only continue to do our bit to grow the community. Looking forward to a cleaner POB platform