I wanted to take time to let everyone know of a rising problem in second life, scammers,frauds & Con Artisit! One never really knows the full extent to this problem until you have had to deal with it personally . I my self have be scamed! Yes, even a long term residental player can be tricked out of there Lindens If they are not careful!
Although I didn't lose many Lindens, I feel as if I have been robed. I would hate to see this happen to anyone else. Linden Lab has an Official Scam List. (see info below)
"Unscrupulous Residents can sometimes steal your Linden dollars by
placing invisible prims over a scripted vending object, or by
interfering with the data being passed between scripted objects. Report
any such activity as abuse. See
Filing an abuse report.
In cases where someone not involved in a deal intercepts
payments, or causes a script to make fraudulent payments, Linden Lab
will attempt to identify the abuser, and
apply discipline as appropriate.
Separately, Linden Lab
may be able to recover some or all
lost Linden dollars, and return them to the correct Residents. Any
restitution depends primarily on the recovery of lost Linden dollars
from the abuser's account.
Be
extremely careful when purchasing Linden dollars anywhere else, especially if the
deal
sounds too good to be true. Scammers prey on your uncertainty and
greed when trying to defraud you, so do your research beforehand and
save yourself a lot of trouble.
See also
Buying and selling Linden dollars.
When viewing a scammer's posts, click the
Abuse Report link
(either on the left of a thread or below a post). Keep in mind that
scammers disguise under different identities, and that this is
not a 100% comprehensive list, but blatant abusers to avoid. However, the practices on this page are broadly useful.
- "eingee" aka "eveonlinez" - See example scam ad.
Repeatedly spamming the blogs.secondlife.com forums under different
accounts and trying to circumvent Linden Lab's blocks, in the process
causing a lot of pain for our Residents. It should be obvious such
desperate and disruptive behavior is a red warning flag that they're
scammers. We've blocked their direct hyperlinks so they are trying
different combinations (like this) to get around.
- "gamesker" - Similar wording to eingee as noticed here. Has tried to post images to circumvent word filters on the new community.secondlife.com site.
Abuse-report their post by clicking the
Report abuse link in
the left of the thread or underneath a post so that Linden moderators
will see it. Many independent reports from multiple Residents who all
think it's a scam helps escalate it to our attention, so the scammers
can be banned.
Remember, scammers can't take your money if you don't give them
business. Ignore their pleas for attention, and you can reply, telling
other Residents to beware (with our
Discussion Guidelines in mind). But
don't direct-link to their sites, it gives them traffic and leaves others vulnerable — this is especially dangerous with
phishing attacks.