A New Version, An Old Scam
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Cristiano Midnight
Evil Snapshot Baron
Join date: 17 May 2003
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05-26-2006 23:31
Well it seems that the people going nuts with flexiprims and lights are not the only ones taking advantage of 1.10's newest features. Several vendors have had their vending machines and individual items covered up with the classic invisible prim over the vendor scam, now scripted with Fast Pay and new left click convenience. If you do not have your land set to autoreturn, check your vendors and items. Thanks to Mash Mandala for the warning about this.
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MadamG Zagato
means business
Join date: 17 Sep 2005
Posts: 1,402
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05-26-2006 23:38
 Thanks for that warning Cristiano. Never knew. |
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Mash Mandala
http://depoz.wordpress.co
Join date: 19 Jan 2004
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05-27-2006 00:03
I found several at Home Depoz and reported them. I had Mick Linden come over and verify what this person was doing. Missbehavin Neva warned me about it. My understanding is she confronted the person and they think its rather funny.
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Zoe Llewelyn
Asylum Inmate
Join date: 15 Jun 2004
Posts: 502
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05-27-2006 04:23
Yups, we were warned by her too, and the individuals banned. Definately check vendors regularly and use auto-return if you can.
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Foolish Frost
Grand Technomancer
Join date: 7 Mar 2005
Posts: 1,433
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05-27-2006 07:02
I hope the customer got their money back. I hate to think the bugger got away with any profit from it.
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Khamon Fate
fategardens.net
Join date: 21 Nov 2003
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05-27-2006 07:22
I seriously doubt that LL took the money away from her. Their attitude has always been that it's our own fault for not using the provided features or not testing our code properly. They symapthize really they do; but your money is gone.
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Zoe Llewelyn
Asylum Inmate
Join date: 15 Jun 2004
Posts: 502
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05-27-2006 07:43
Yes, well in this case it isn't the content provider who has lost anything...save perhaps a customer (assuming the customer never finds out what happened and blames the content provider). Its the buyer that loses because they pay some amount of money to a scam artist and recieve nothing in exchange for it. I hardly see how even LL can blame these customers.
I agree, LL can't be expected to trace ever database entry or transaction to return all rightful money to the owners...but they also can't say it was their own fault. And they certainly DO have an obligation to investigate these scam artists and to ban them for what they are doing. In the Real World (tm), this would be called "Unlawful Taking" and "Theft by Deception" and would certainly be illegal and prosecuted.
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Sator Canetti
Frustrated Catgirl
Join date: 20 Sep 2005
Posts: 130
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05-27-2006 07:49
While with the basic buying, there is enough information for you to decide if it's the right product or not, I do think that the pay dialog could stand to be more informative, describing the name of the object/owner you are paying.
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Devlin Gallant
Thought Police
Join date: 18 Jun 2003
Posts: 5,948
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05-27-2006 08:35
Sigh...thieves and assclowns always find a way...
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Khamon Fate
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Join date: 21 Nov 2003
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05-30-2006 15:04
Was anything constructive ever done about this?
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Eata Kitty
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Join date: 21 Jan 2005
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05-30-2006 15:52
From: Khamon Fate I seriously doubt that LL took the money away from her. Their attitude has always been that it's our own fault for not using the provided features or not testing our code properly. They symapthize really they do; but your money is gone. From the scripting side there is absolutely no way to tell if someone triggers a pay dialog. As pay dialogs give no information to the buyer the only way to tell is for the buyer to hover and see who owns the item, a step very few people will be taking. There was a similar thing with debit permissions where it didn't actually tell you what was asking for debit. Thankfully that got changed awhile ago. |
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nimrod Yaffle
Cavemen are people too...
Join date: 15 Nov 2004
Posts: 3,146
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05-30-2006 17:41
From: Khamon Fate Their attitude has always been that it's our own fault for not using the provided features or not testing our code properly. Not when it came time to punish me.  |
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Juro Kothari
Like a dog on a bone
Join date: 4 Sep 2003
Posts: 4,418
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05-30-2006 17:49
Is anyone going to name names on another forum? 
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Rude Prunes
Registered User
Join date: 9 Apr 2006
Posts: 92
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05-31-2006 05:24
I know that this does not solve the problem, but it would be handy if venders put their name on the sign so when it comes up 'pay money to xxxx' and it does not match, customers will smell a rat.
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Eata Kitty
Registered User
Join date: 21 Jan 2005
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05-31-2006 07:13
From: Rude Prunes I know that this does not solve the problem, but it would be handy if venders put their name on the sign so when it comes up 'pay money to xxxx' and it does not match, customers will smell a rat. You can't do that. It doesn't tell you who you're paying and the only thing you can change is the prices. |
