UNCOVERING THE SYNDICATE ON PROOFOFBRAIN
hive-150329·@nonsowrites·
0.000 HBDUNCOVERING THE SYNDICATE ON PROOFOFBRAIN
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. *** <div class="pull-left">  <sub>[link](https://peakd.com/hive-148441/@jerriz/my-introduction-to-hive)</sub> </div> <div class="pull-right">  <sub>[link](https://peakd.com/hive-150329/@deeptess/my-introduction-to-proof-of-brain)</sub> </div> <div class="pull-left">  <sub>[link](https://peakd.com/hive-150329/@tiwa/introducing-myself-to-proof-of-brain-community)</sub> </div> <div class="pull-right">  <sub>[link](https://peakd.com/hive-150329/@beautybae/introduce-myself-to-proofofbrain-with-my-article)</sub> </div> *** <sub> 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. </sub> 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). <div class="pull-left">  <sub>[link](https://peakd.com/@mocoyoton/wallet)</sub> </div> <div class="pull-right">  <sub>[link](https://peakd.com/@teeygold/wallet)</sub> </div> 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. <div>  <sub>[link](https://peakd.com/@adesojisouljay/wallet)</sub> </div> <center><sub>A deeper search can reveal who is behind the binance account</sub></center> 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. <div>  </div> 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. <center><sub>This is what an hour of investigation got me</sub></center> 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 --- <center><sub>Posted via [proofofbrain.io](https://www.proofofbrain.io/@nonsowrites/undercovering-the-syndicate-on-proofofbrain)</sub></center>
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