i dont understand importance of giving any of personal info to steemit, or anywhere else.
from given example, it looks like most scammers do their homework, and make nice looking verifications.

actually it seems that whole verification thing is just great backdoor from scammers, as it gives them aura of being real for majority of users.

also, noone is real.
nothing cant be more fake than someones real fb, insta or tw account ;)

finding REAL things and people takes much time and effort.