I got the following IM today( thru my email, since i was offline at the time) and so did a few of my friends. Anyone else?
I looked at his profile..no photo, no groups, no picks, no nothing. But he or she is not a newbee. I did't bother replying.
"XXXXXXX: Hi, i dont wanna begg you, but i wanted to ask if you have maybe 50L$ i need to buy a new CSI Uniform, and its 50L left to buy it, could you help me please out ? thank you"
Ethan
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Ethan Habsburg
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04-28-2008 17:54
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Raymond Figtree
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04-28-2008 17:56
I got the following IM today( thru my email, since i was offline at the time) and so did a few of my friends. Anyone else? I looked at his profile..no photo, no groups, no picks, no nothing. But he or she is not a newbee. I did't bother replying. "XXXXXXX: Hi, i dont wanna begg you, but i wanted to ask if you have maybe 50L$ i need to buy a new CSI Uniform, and its 50L left to buy it, could you help me please out ? thank you" Ethan _____________________
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Macphisto Angelus
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04-28-2008 18:00
I got the same one. He sounded pretty sincere so I sent him L$5000 and all the transfer items from my inventory. My alt says "thanks".  _____________________
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Alicia Sautereau
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04-28-2008 18:02
got it aswell and sent him a sculptie i made a couple of month ago...
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04-28-2008 18:29
i didn't get one. i feel so 'not part of the clique'. LOL
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Sweetly Blessed
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04-28-2008 18:40
I didnt get the message but if I did, I would have sent him some panties and a flying pig.
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ivan Supply
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04-28-2008 18:46
after Raymond we should ask him to post hes pic here in a new uniform..
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Claire Silverspar
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04-28-2008 18:52
no, but i got one offering me money....maybe we should hook these two guys up...
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Damien1 Thorne
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04-28-2008 20:08
I sent him slave silks and an LM to Midgaard.
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Talarus Luan
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04-28-2008 20:31
Yeah, I got that one, too. Apparently another spam/phish angle.
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Butch Adzebills
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04-28-2008 20:35
He's probably making more money from his IM's than any of us are. Maybe all us recipients should ask him for a loan.
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04-28-2008 20:49
I got it too, I ignored it.. figuring if it was a real person, they'd apologize for disturbing me, (at which point I could engage them in conversation) and if it was a scammer they'd beg some more.. since they did niether, I went with my "bot" hunch.
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04-28-2008 21:15
Heh - I got it twice today:
[18:53] MotoV3 R*zor: Hi, i dont wanna begg you, but i wanted to ask if you have maybe 50L$ i need to buy a new CSI Uniform, and its 50L left to buy it, could you help me please out ? thank you [14:22] MotoV3 R*zor: Hi, i dont wanna begg you, but i wanted to ask if you have maybe 50L$ i need to buy a new CSI Uniform, and its 50L left to buy it, could you help me please out ? thank you See how the text is identical? Its a beg-bot _____________________
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Madhu Maruti
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04-28-2008 21:18
Was that really its name? Because if so then it is not only a beg bot but also a cell phone advertisement!
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04-28-2008 21:20
Heh - I got it twice today: [18:53] MotoV3 R*zor: Hi, i dont wanna begg you, but i wanted to ask if you have maybe 50L$ i need to buy a new CSI Uniform, and its 50L left to buy it, could you help me please out ? thank you [14:22] MotoV3 R*zor: Hi, i dont wanna begg you, but i wanted to ask if you have maybe 50L$ i need to buy a new CSI Uniform, and its 50L left to buy it, could you help me please out ? thank you See how the text is identical? Its a beg-bot Ya, got dat too. I sent it to the governance team. I hear they have a lot of those CSI uniforms.  Mari _____________________
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Raymond Figtree
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04-28-2008 23:03
Man, it was an efficient bot. That's the name of the person who sent it to me too.
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Macphisto Angelus
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04-28-2008 23:15
I am so glad to see yet another bot put to good use.
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04-28-2008 23:22
I am so glad to see yet another bot put to good use. Have these things ever done anything good?? _____________________
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Wildefire Walcott
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04-28-2008 23:31
CSI uniforms are free.
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04-28-2008 23:33
no, but i got one offering me money....maybe we should hook these two guys up... I got several they offered me 15000 L its scam spam. _____________________
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04-28-2008 23:33
Yes. Land bots ran me out of the land business. As a result, my son got to see more of me than the back of my head. Way to half full your cup buddy. Wilde, maybe he wanted one that came with a cool CSI kit.  _____________________
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Kiersten Harrington
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04-28-2008 23:34
I received one of those messages as well begging for money!!
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Tiana Whitfield
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04-28-2008 23:56
Wow, my partener got the exact same message as the op...
We even laughed and said we thought he most likely sent it to thousands and the odds are some gave money...and he is now most likely loaded! Wow.. I am speechless...! A first for me! |
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04-29-2008 01:50
I sent it a heap of freebie cars and the unsorted contents of my landmarks and note cards folder. Can always burn the notecards to keep warm
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04-29-2008 02:33
...send them "stuff". What a good idea!
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