My scam detector went wild when I happened so see this announcement: Steemit-Based Reality Game Announced: $10 million prize pool
10 million dollar prize pool? Ok... Where is that money coming from? No explanation.
Some guy is promising it while boasting how he has helped a lot of people make huge sums of money. So classic online get-rich-quick scammer style.
I've been teaching for years and I have several hundred successful students. Many have made more than six figures in just a few months. One star student even did $2 million in sales ONE DAY from the game I taught him.
Yes you really can make money by playing a game. If a newbie 71 year old grandma can do it, so can you.
On the high end, one "player" bought a $5 million Las Vegas penthouse from his game play.
Now come on, who can take this seriously?!
Then I check the comments. It all starts to make sense when I see old "friend" @michaelx aka @murderistic aka Michal Taggart in there, publicly announcing that he has been working with this guy.
@michaelx was involved in Banx, which somebody, who has been a long time in cryptoscene, might still remember. It was a pure ponzi scam but managed to be in top10 at coinmarketcap.com for a while.
I've written a couple of times about it:
The case of Banx & C-CEX
Banx was definitely a scam
And then I decided to google Matt Trainer. Interesting stuff pops up. Apparently he is a serial scammer, involved in different online and multilevel marketing schemes. He is even convicted to jail for some kind of mail fraud.
Conclusion
First and foremost: Don't give any money to people like Matt Trainer or Michael Taggart. You can be pretty sure that it won't be a good investment.
Be skeptical. If something sounds too good to be true, it usually isn't true. Especially when somebody is promising an easy way to make a lot of money.
Don't upvote scammers. Seriously, it sucks to see the Steem community giving them any profits.