Absolutely, plus when you factor in the sheer amount of time they're putting into this effort... you just gotta wonder why bother? They've added another account to their roster this afternoon, but even with a dozen of these dummy accounts, they'd still be unable to noticeably affect me. I have a few SBD saved just in case I need to purchase a vote in the future, but I appreciate the offer bud.
I worry about smaller and/or newer users however, even if it's not financially problematic, it could be quite discouraging. On one of the accounts there's a link to a justpaste document that has, no exaggeration here, hundreds of accounts that they have deemed trolls. I kinda admire their commitment in a twisted way.
Totally agree with you though, they shouldn't be able to setup accounts misusing their delegated power. At least this person hasn't got any SP to start with, but if someone threw a few Steem at each of the accounts it could start getting more troublesome.
That link was really interesting, I'd heard about the dust vote rule but couldn't find much about it when I last looked. I'd noticed all these bizarre chat bots being used on crappy posts, so it's reassuring to know their self-voting won't earn them anything.