The high reputation, a whale rank, a witness status and a long haul could bring in a good level of trust and prestige among this community and mostly it's true too. But what I mean to convey is that these parameters are not enough to trust your money or anything of value to these accounts. This scam happened despite of all these credentials. In our deals, we should be wary of that one bad apple and it's not easy to identify for which one is that!