Think makes sense to vote AYE. It takes some courage to call bad actors out, and the more impactful message of AYing this tip is not the financial reward to Leemo, but to send a clear message out that investigations and actions against "grifters" are welcomed and supported :)
(May hopefully inspire and ecourage others to follow leemo's example here on that)*

GM,
a few people have reached out to me stating that I should put in a tip for this, so here we go.

Reference: https://polkadot.subsquare.io/referenda/1041

This tip covers:

1. Initially identifying the problem.

2. Time spent speaking to various people in the ecosystem to ensure that they have never dealt with Michiko.

3. Potential reputational damage if I was wrong (spoiler: I wasn't)

If I did not carry out these tasks then the Polkadot Treasury would be paying a scammer $10,000 per month.

Cheers,

Leemo

- Someone said to give a tip about a problem.
- They looked into a project called "Polkadot."
- They talked to many people to see if anyone knew a person named Michiko.
- There was a worry that if they were wrong, it could hurt the reputation of the group.
- By checking everything, they helped stop a scammer from taking $10,000 every month.

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Leemo proposes a tip for identifying a potential scammer in the Polkadot ecosystem, which prevented the Treasury from paying $10,000 per month. No specific WHO, WHAT, price, timeframe, or resources mentioned.

#39·Tip for exposing Michiko Watanabe