I have definitely been suspicious of some of them..
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I’m sure some are the real deal, but there are certainly some that are not 🤔
Yeah I’m sure some are real but it is hard to tell at times.
Is the concern that accounts are being made to harvest Sats?
I do wonder if this could be the case and even if it isn’t the case with the recent newcomers we will likely get these sorts of scams in future. I think it is good to send small zaps to newcomers to demonstrate Lightning but I personally won’t send anything too significant unless I’ve got some sort of idea that they are a “real” person.
Haven’t seen it myself but you’re right, it will definitely happen. That’s part of the incentive for the integration of lightning on #nostr, it’s easy to scam so scammers will come.