A good scam requires context for it to be effectively sold to the victim. If @andrianna was targeted by a scammer, it would make sense that this account was manipulated both before and after the shady sale to make it appear like a better deal than it actually was.
It is also possible that @andrianna is/was in league with the scammer. But even if this turns out to be the case, so long as she maintains this account in good standing and continues to add value to this platform, I see no reason why the ban/blacklist should not be lifted.
But then the seller must have known about her wanting to buy an account a full two weeks before she even contacted him. Or maybe he was just so lucky to be approached by the artist whom he stole the content from before? Both sound highly unlikely.
Unfortunately, that's what sounds quite likely due to the facts in her recollection not matching up with her account activity. But then why go to the length of even telling the story? Again, things don't really add up!
It's complicated!
I do not imagine that the first contact between @adrianna and the seller was the point of sale.
My theory is that the scammer is/was a friend (or friend-of-friend, or relative) of hers, and that it took weeks of manipulation for this malicious actor to convince @adrianna to close the deal. During this time, the scammer would have "proven" the value of what he was offering in a variety of ways - up to and including a demonstration of how easy it was for him to put her art on Steemit and receive votes. That's how most of the bottom-feeder con artists I've run across would have done it, anyway.
Although the scammer and @adrianna may indeed be in cahoots, this theory adequately explains all the evidence I've seen so far (including the awesome sleuthing you've presented here: ). So while @adrianna's recent attempts to rectify the situation do suggest that she's still not giving us the full story and hiding something, I suspect all she is hiding at this point is some embarrassing/complicated personal connection to the nitwit whose bullshit she fell for.
I think that would at least explain the tendencies to rant and divert when these topics are raised!
I'm not in contact with scammers! What are you? What are the reasons for the charges ?? This libel must be punished! As an artist, I'm not pleased to hear this in my address!
For what reason did you decide that you have the right to pour mud on me !?
Because I'm with Of Russia? Or because I'm 19 years old, and I can not resist you ???????
I answer straight, that I'm not a fraud! You all already know about me!
I am not making any accusation against you. In fact, I wish you success.
We speak different languages, so it might not have been clear that I was defending you! Saying that you should not be blacklisted, because what you post is valuable here! Have you not seen that I have been upvoting your art posts?
I am an artist, also. When I was younger, it was easy for people to make me believe things that were not true, because I did not understand people very well. All I was saying was that you probably got fooled by someone, and did not do anything wrong.
I'm sorry for my bad english! Thank you very much for your support! I appreciate it!
Glad to see you! Now I will look at your work!
(I apologize again!)