GOM defrauded again?!
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Aaron Levy
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02-08-2005 19:25
And the saga begins again... From: someone "We are temporarily closed dealing with a recent incident of fraud.
We're sorry for any inconvenience this might cause, and we'll be back up and running as soon as possible." From: someone Someone working with multiple stolen PayPal accounts and multiple day-old avatars, has puchased well over 300,000 L$ through GOM and sold immediately to IGE. Anyone who has dealt with IGE before knows that you need a fucking miracle to get them to do anything quickly. Given the speed at which these deals went through, it's fairly clear that the scammers were coordinating closely with the IGE gang.
Linden Lab has taken a far too stand-off-ish stance on these scams indicating that they don't want to return the stolen L$ to us because that would simply shift the burden of dealing with this fraud to IGE. ??? This makes sense to them. And they're going to talk with IGE about whether or not that type of sale reversal will fit into their business practices.
At the moment, I am both seething, and working on a new security check that will assist in combatting this recent style of scam. I hope to have it complete tonight.
If you're desperate to buy L$, and if I didn't know they were selling mine, I'd suggest you visit IGE.
J
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Ricky Zamboni
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02-08-2005 19:32
From: Aaron Levy  Not again... Yes. Again.  Someone working with several stolen PayPal accounts and several day-old avatars, has puchased well over 300,000 L$ through GOM and sold immediately to IGE. We have more commentary available on our forum. |
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Clint Cartier
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02-08-2005 19:41
damnit I needed the L$ that were in my GOM account.
Now I had to go to IGE to buy some. And they take years to get to you.
any other place to get them?
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Chip Midnight
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02-08-2005 19:45
Wow, that really sucks. I'm very sorry to hear about this. What crappy timing too, just when you got another mention on Gamespot and News.com! Best of luck getting it sorted out you guys. I hope the bastard gets caught!
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Kyron Drago
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02-08-2005 19:46
I call to every one in Second life to stop doing business with IGE.
This is really bad, and unfortunatly the law here is thin.
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Kyron Drago
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02-08-2005 19:47
What a cioncidence... Anshhe Chuung just started selling lindens at her website...
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Eggy Lippmann
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02-08-2005 19:47
Jebus Linden!  And people keep telling me that the internet isn't this "far west" type of place anymore. |
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Kyron Drago
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02-08-2005 19:48
What a Coincidence... Anshhe Chuung just started selling lindens at her website... did anyone else noticed that?
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Eggy Lippmann
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02-08-2005 19:49
I find your remark rather immature and distasteful.
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Clint Cartier
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02-08-2005 19:49
whats the URL to her site?
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Kyron Drago
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02-08-2005 19:51
(edited) ... perfect timing...
...interesting...
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Aaron Levy
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02-08-2005 19:51
From: Kyron Drago What a Coincidence... (edited)... did anyone else noticed that? You're not suggesting what I think you're suggesting when you can look at the leaderboard and see who it was, right? The ONLY one week old avatar to make 300k in the past 24 hours? |
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Eggy Lippmann
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02-08-2005 19:52
Why is Kyron's anshe-bashing post constantly disappearing and reappearing at the bottom of the thread?
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Chip Midnight
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02-08-2005 19:53
I don't know. I couldn't figure out whose comment you thought was distasteful. It wasn't there when I looked. I thought you were arguing with yourself 
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Kyron Drago
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02-08-2005 19:53
Im saying its great timing... now we can buy and sell there istead of gom... of course if you dont mind paying a bit more
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Kyron Drago
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02-08-2005 19:54
Good luck Tom and Jay. catch the bastard!
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Eggy Lippmann
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02-08-2005 20:06
From: Chip Midnight I don't know. I couldn't figure out whose comment you thought was distasteful. It wasn't there when I looked. I thought you were arguing with yourself Kyron must have been deleting and reposting in order to avoid abuse reports. That alone should get his ass banned forever. |
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Zeppi Schlegel
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02-08-2005 20:09
From: Clint Cartier damnit I needed the L$ that were in my GOM account.
Now I had to go to IGE to buy some. And they take years to get to you.
any other place to get them? Clint, the ATMs should still work fine. Try withdrawing from the one in Shinda. J |
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Tikki Kerensky
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02-08-2005 20:15
From: Kyron Drago I call to every one in Second life to stop doing business with IGE.
This is really bad, and unfortunatly the law here is thin. I have held for a long time now that IGE is the devil. Their 'not Employees of IGE' (generally in china, cheap wages after all) who farm the living daylights out of other games like FFXI make them almost unplayable for the real players. They've completely destroyed the virtual economy of some of these games.
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Kyron Drago
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02-08-2005 20:19
From: Tikki Kerensky I have held for a long time now that IGE is the devil. Their 'not Employees of IGE' (generally in china, cheap wages after all) who farm the living daylights out of other games like FFXI make them almost unplayable for the real players. They've completely destroyed the virtual economy of some of these games. Definetly. I find this terribly disturbing... Something must be done. and i think we can start form here by not dealing with them... |
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Hiro Pendragon
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02-08-2005 20:39
If this does turn out to be IGE related, I hope that LL will file a legal suit to get IGE to cease and desist operations, and formally tell all residents that IGE is a scam site.
Besides, IGE is Hong Kong, right? Bu domestic from GOM!
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Siggy Romulus
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02-08-2005 20:40
From: Tikki Kerensky I have held for a long time now that IGE is the devil. Their 'not Employees of IGE' (generally in china, cheap wages after all) who farm the living daylights out of other games like FFXI make them almost unplayable for the real players. They've completely destroyed the virtual economy of some of these games. I heard the other day that in the middle east they refer to IGE as the 'medium satan' or the 'economy sized satan'... Siggy.
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Tikki Kerensky
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02-08-2005 20:42
From: Siggy Romulus I heard the other day that in the middle east they refer to IGE as the 'medium satan' or the 'economy sized satan'...
Siggy. 
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Clint Cartier
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02-08-2005 20:44
From: Zeppi Schlegel Clint, the ATMs should still work fine. Try withdrawing from the one in Shinda.
J Woot!! Thanks |
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Merwan Marker
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02-08-2005 20:47
From: Hiro Pendragon If this does turn out to be IGE related, I hope that LL will file a legal suit to get IGE to cease and desist operations, and formally tell all residents that IGE is a scam site.
Besides, IGE is Hong Kong, right? Bu domestic from GOM! Sorry to hear this Zeppi and Ricky - I sincerely hope you get this straightened out quickly! Hiro - it's not likely that LL will get involved with any type legal action again IGE; and, to clarify, GOM is not US based. _/_/
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