With the migration of sports-minded users from Steem, we're already starting to see opportunistic identity deception and other petty dog shit. 

Just today we discovered a fake @cheetah account, mimicking the @cheetah bot that runs on Steem.  

Cheetah art from this site here.

The Real Cheetah

The real @cheetah bot is a similar content algorithm written and run by @anyx that automatically detects text that is found elsewhere. It gives a small upvote to the post and suggests a link where the text also appears. Typically it's correct, sometimes not. It's goal isn't to accuse anyone of plagiarism but to detect similar content. It has a secondary 'blacklist' function that feeds off a list that the @steemcleaners maintain. The user on that blacklist will receive a small downvote and a message on their post. Users who wish to appeal the blacklist, do so to the @steemcleaners team and are usually given help to apply citation to their blogging.

A screenshot of the real @cheetah account.

The real @cheetah requires a large technical setup, including its own server and node to run. It requires additional supporting mechanisms and went through years of testing by now. In short, this isn't a project that some random guy can set up overnight.

The Fake Cheetah

The fake @cheetah account on Scorum is a user who plagiarized and copied the original @cheetah's report style, comments, graphics and identity. The fake @cheetah is not a bot of any sort. It appears to be nothing except a poorly planned attempt to get profits off someone else's brand and work (if you can call it a brand), with reports just waiting for what he probably thought were undiscerning users ready to upvote a familiar cat face. 

A screenshot of the fake @cheetah account.

Unfortunately for this guy, Scorum is full of discerning users who know better. No amount of threats, bitching, manipulation or other general crap will work. As you can see, buddy didn't even bother to spell "anti-plagiarism" properly, expecting low effort/high reward. 

Beware of Impersonators

I wouldn't be surprised if opportunists registered the names of every Steem-based account of any notoriety here on Scorum in hopes of fat upvotes. They think that just because someone is "famous" in the Steem ecosystem they'll automatically get to the moon on Scorum. We just have to keep an eye out for these scammers and if suspicious, that flag button is right there. 

By now I've seen all the crap scammers throw at users. Impersonations over chat, send $ for a giant upvote. Non-existent medical bills and charities that make no sense. Phishing links to various very convincing looking websites that will empty your account within seconds. Giant rings of automated bloggers, all fed from a database. Accounts created on behalf of random women on the street of wherever who have no idea why they're being paid to take a picture with a piece of paper. Free account resellers. Local money changers teaching unsuspecting users to earn through mass-copy/paste so they can boost their own cut. That list goes on. 

I'm here as part of the BRO team, never intended to write this post or a post like it. But here we are. Watch out, keep your accounts and Scorum safe.