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Similar scam was happening with ETH a couple weeks back. Twitter ended up adding a Verified flag for Vitalik's legit Id. We should get Twitter to do same for leaders on STEEM.

Real Vitalik responding below:

and while we are at it add a verified sticker to Steemit accounts too.

Yeah this sucks I got burned. I made a post about it maybe you can like it or help me get it notice, hopefully I might make it back if it's picked up by a whale like your self or dinners will be pancakes for the next two weeks https://steemit.com/scam/@ian.wash/don-t-trust-anybody-on-the-internet-even-if-you-think-is-ned