Last night while waiting for me to log in, a friend searched for my Avatar name in Google. I have no problem with this at all but I am a little concerned about what they found.
A site with the name of Despairingly.com showing my profile photo and the "about me" details. I have absolutely no idea how this site got my name although I am assuming it was from the SL People Search.
Instead of trying to decribe the site I am including a link so you can have a look for yourself. Probably there is absolutely nothing at all to be concerned about but I would like to hear your views and opinions. I would have contacted the site owner and asked him or her to remove my picture and details but I do not have a contact name.
The link is
http://www.despairingly.com/rayanna-shelman.html
BTW Mino Volcan is definitely NOT the last place I visited, I had never even heard of the sim until last night.
Thank you
Rayanna
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Rayanna Shelman
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09-02-2009 08:09
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Sindy Tsure
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09-02-2009 08:11
/me would not worry about it.
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Argent Stonecutter
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09-02-2009 08:21
They're just trying to build a database of Second Life users to spam in email.
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Marzial Box
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09-02-2009 08:33
Instead of trying to decribe the site I am including a link so you can have a look for yourself. They ask you for your email to allow you to make a search, rite? Did you give your email to them?  Anyway, people should realize that Google is here to stay. Those who have material to hide, better don't join anything. |
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Rayanna Shelman
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09-02-2009 09:46
No, they ask for your email address and in return they give you 5 Lindens. Obviously I did not give them my email address
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Marzial Box
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09-02-2009 10:00
No, they ask for your email address and in return they give you 5 Lindens. Obviously I did not give them my email address so, how did you find yourself there? http://www.despairingly.com/rayanna-shelman.html exists there. http://www.despairingly.com/marzial-box.html doesn't exist there. There must be a reason for it... any clue? btw, I love the fact that everytime I refresh that page the "Lindens Paid counter" goes one unit up... |
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Rayanna Shelman
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09-02-2009 11:49
The only reason I knew about my profile on this site was because one of my friends searched my avatar name in Google.
Like you Marzial, they also looked to see if there profiles were on the same site but no, they were not. I do not have a clue why my profile is there as I am always very careful about which groups I join and I do not accept group invitations unless they are from groups I am familiar with. |
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RobbyRacoon Olmstead
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09-02-2009 12:29
Looks like a typical scam site to me, with some screen-scraped information so that it looks legit to Google (and maybe some casual browsers). If it were me I wouldn't worry, though I'd find it distasteful that some jackass is using my profile to scam people.
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Argent Stonecutter
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09-02-2009 12:32
I'd find it distasteful that some jackass is using my profile to scam people. _____________________
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Ponsonby Low
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09-02-2009 12:51
Very interesting; I hadn't thought to search this name, before. I don't seem to be on Despairingly.com (what a site name!!!!) but am on one that seems to be similar.
It contains some incorrect information, which I presume to be an additional come-on for those who don't feel as the OP does. In other words, even if you're not likely to Log On (thereby giving them your marketable contact info) to ask them to remove you, you might be likely to Log On to correct the mistaken parts of their posting. (I also discovered to my surprise that the Newbie Blog I'd been writing last year is still searchable...I'd have thought it would have vanished into oblivion long ago.) _____________________
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Smith Peel
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09-02-2009 13:02
5 Lindens??? You better jump on that offer, before it's too late.
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09-02-2009 13:04
Despairingly.com
Registrant: Michail Wilson 12721 50th Ave SE Everett, Washington 98208 United States Registered through: GoDaddy.com, Inc. (http://www.godaddy.com) Domain Name: DESPAIRINGLY.COM Created on: 14-Jun-05 Expires on: 14-Jun-10 Last Updated on: 27-May-09 Administrative Contact: Wilson, Michail [email]michail1@aol.com[/email] 12721 50th Ave SE Everett, Washington 98208 United States 2069206312 Sooooo I thought of entering [email]michail1@aol.com[/email] as the email address for someone's SL name .. But it appears that at least one other person has already though of that  _____________________
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Eva Ryan
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09-02-2009 16:49
Doing a Google search for Eva Ryan brings up a bunch of stuff not related to me at all... lol.
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Clarissa Lowell
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09-02-2009 17:28
Hey! I'm on someone's photo stream (thanks.)
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Keira Wells
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09-02-2009 17:53
A quick DNS Stuff Whois Lookup reveals the site to be associated with http://disturbingly.com/
Visiting that site gets you some stats about bots and camping, so it would seem that the profiles available via despairingly are obtained by one of the two. Bots could do it easily just by being nearby, but if you've camped any of their places, it's also likely that it was obtained that way. Then again... I'm unsure if they handle campers at all, or if they're just camping bots... either way, I don't really get any personally useful information, just something to do. If this sheds any light for you, then yay. _____________________
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Keira Wells
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09-02-2009 17:54
But it appears that at least one other person has already though of that I'd assume that person to be the one who owns the website ._. _____________________
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Dana Hickman
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09-02-2009 18:08
Interesting.. Apparently there's some real life Dana Hickmans that are quite successful... Bitches! lol
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Tiffy Vella
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09-02-2009 18:10
Ok, if they pay L$5 per email addy (wooo what an offer), why doesn't the lindens paid number always end in 0 or 5? This disturbs me.
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