This scammer is almost certainly Rene Paolo. The writing style is very similar to his other content. http://renepaolo.com/

Normally I wouldn't care so much, but he created this Steemit account to scam users with a terminal brain cancer story. I find this particularly malevolent.

Fake cancer stories place more scrutiny on people who truly have the life-threatening disease and need the community's support. @darthnava comes to mind.

This second apology sounds like it was written to protect the reputation of Rene Paolo, and bilk users out of more money.