For the past three days, we have seen the reappearance of an old format of fraudulent activities, which involves asking users to vote for Leofinance witness, and earn 100 Hive and 200 LEO.
My first encounter with this type of scam was with @fatherfaith account. When I saw the comment on my post, I knew that such a post is not just too good to be real but that Hive is not structured in such a way. It was sad that many newbies fell prey to these greedy individuals. It is more annoying to see that these scammers are still operating on Hive. Could it be that the decentralized nature of Hive has made it difficult for fraudulent accounts to be stopped? Can't there be any other ways to stop these activities once discovered?. Am new to Hive and as such, I may not be knowledgeable to answer the above questions. I hope the likes of @trostparadox and other users who have been long on Hive can contribute to the question.
One thing I want to share through this post is the fact that there is no free cake on the internet. Even if you are new to Hive, your sense of reasoning should make you see nothing but a scamming scheme with any promotion coming from non-official accounts. Again, 100 Hive is above $100, there is no way a community will pay such an amount just for you to vote. @leofinance is one of the popular communities on Hive with a large number of users, they don't need to pay for their users to vote for them, am certain that the users will willingly vote. In case there is any promotion, they will use their official announcement account to do so.
The only way you can earn passive income on Hive is by following the curation trail and delegating your Hive engine tokens to respective curation projects.
Outside this, you are to work for the reward you are to earn. I hope these messages get to all newbies on Hive. Let's stop enriching these scammers because of our greed.
Just a few tips to help your journey on Hive:
Avoid clicking any link that looks suspicious; clicking such links alone can install malware on your phone.
When an offer is too good to real, it is mostly not real; there is no free money on the internet.
Know the type of permission you give to apps that you install on your phone, especially when you have your keys on the phone.
Any website or community that demands the use of your master keys should be avoided if possible.
Let us also report any suspicious accounts, comments, or posts. Let's protect this wonderful community from scammers.
To all the hackers here, Karma will surely visit your guys at the appointed time, since you have said NO to all the various legit ways to make money on the internet. No matter how much you make, you guys can never be satiated because money gotten from illegal means can never satisfy anyone.