I found a store the other day when I was searching for places that had SLBoutique and SLExchange ATMs, and instead of having any ATMs, the store owner had actually placed his SLBoutique wallet next to a Ginko Bank teller. The wallet has floating text that instructs you to pay it money to deposit cash in 'your' SLB account. But it only pays the object owner; it is NOT an ATM.
Anyway, it seemed really fishy to me, and I've let the proprieters of SLBoutique know the details. I can't post the store name or owner's name on this forum, but I did post that information at another forum.
Again, I don't know if this is an intentional scam, but it just seems really strange that he'd place his wallet next to a real ATM for another SL service. Just beware... if you see something that says "SLBoutique Wallet" on it and you're not the owner, it will pay the owner, not you.
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Wildefire Walcott
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08-19-2006 11:23
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Aaron Levy
Medicated Lately?
Join date: 3 Jun 2004
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08-19-2006 11:33
I can confirm money paid into someone else wallet isn't refunded, nor does it show up in the depositer's SLB account.
Not sure how the wallet works, but it sure is easy to scam people with it if indeed money deposited into it goes to its owner and not SLB. I IM's the owner of the store in question when he was online and received no response from him. _____________________
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Lupus Delacroix
Wyrm Raider
Join date: 3 May 2006
Posts: 695
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08-19-2006 11:52
ah ok so this is someone stealing money by using SLBoutique's name rather than SLBoutique stealing money and not delivering product.
*Taps on his foot waiting on tux's to be delivered to his fiance for the wedding in.... one freaking day* |
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Dnel DaSilva
Master Xessorizer
Join date: 22 May 2005
Posts: 781
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08-19-2006 13:55
Come to Urbane, I have both a SLX and SLB ATM out.
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Shiryu Musashi
Veteran Designer
Join date: 19 Nov 2004
Posts: 1,045
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08-20-2006 05:05
ah ok so this is someone stealing money by using SLBoutique's name rather than SLBoutique stealing money and not delivering product. *Taps on his foot waiting on tux's to be delivered to his fiance for the wedding in.... one freaking day* There has been some malfunction lately, in wich some designers received a message that warned of a failed deliverwy without the name of the buyer because of one of the many undocumented updates in LSL that broke the function.Did you try to im the designer himself? that would help a lot. By the way, i found and removed one of those wallets myself today, in front of the SLboutique ATM in my shop. _____________________
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Yiffy Yaffle
Purple SpiritWolf Mystic
Join date: 22 Oct 2004
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08-20-2006 05:45
Come to Urbane, I have both a SLX and SLB ATM out. Aswel as Serenity Woods, and a few surrounding sims.  _____________________
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Seraph Nephilim
and the angels will weep
Join date: 28 Jan 2006
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08-20-2006 14:52
Best way I have found is to just pay Commerce Leader directly. That av is the "front" for SLB. But don't take my word for it (or anyone else's, except for maybe FlipperPA), check it at http://www.slboutique.com/index.php?p=atm
Don't feel like flying all over the map to make a deposit? Once you have linked your avatar, you can simply pay Commerce Leader (the SLBoutique "bank account"  in world to make a deposit! Simply go to FIND, PEOPLE, and type Commerce Leader into the search box. When Commerce Leader's profile appears, simply select "PAY"; the amount you pay to Commerce Leader will be credited to your accounts within a minute or so! |
