Sadly, there seem to be more and more scams running on Steemit. And if the next "hardfork" is really about making the application process easier, it seems to me it will only get worse. Scammers will always be around to take advantage of the naive and gullible. Of course, here on Steemit we have no central "them" to issue warnings and take down the problem people, so that leaves us pretty much to be our own warning system.

Thanks for the heads up. There seem to be quite a few phishing scams at the moment, too.

Bright Blessings!