I've had members PM me in the past asking this same question, and I would bet anything that it's a genuine one. They probably come from countries/cultures where bribing officials and various government workers like cops is a daily thing. It might even work with certain members here, and you just never know.
I would tend to agree with this. There are some countries in which the police will jail people on fake charges for the sole purpose of receiving a bribe and the only way to get out of jail is to bribe a government official, regardless of your guilt or innocence.
I would have tagged OP as well had I seen the thread, which I didn't. That's a silly idea anyway, OP. A scammer could do a lot of things with your account that you'd never be able to control, and it would only encourage someone to shitpost as much as they could for a campaign like Yobit, assuming that one was still running. It would be basically the same as an account sale, and those are frowned upon here.
I would agree what the OP was doing was essentially a sale, or it would have the same effect.
Although I strongly disagree on the perceived harm to these transactions.
Perhaps it would be more appropriate to issue a warning to give the person a chance to withdraw their offer before their reputation is ruined.