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Scylla Rhiadra
Gentle is Human
Join date: 11 Oct 2008
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12-23-2009 20:43
But Facebook doesn't require any proof of identity as I recall. No, true enough. Still, this was a VERY impressive set up, creating an entirely fictional identity and history, complete with plenty of "documentary" evidence of his supposed existence. I just meant that it's not at all difficult to fool the internetz. _____________________
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Bec Sadofsky
Yup it's Iowa
Join date: 8 Jan 2008
Posts: 535
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12-23-2009 20:47
ok confused....
How did you reiceve the message from them? Was it by IM in world (SL) or did they have your email addy? Cause if they sent it by IM to a group or friends wouldnt they have access to SL to do that? _____________________
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Melita Magic
On my own terms.
Join date: 5 Jun 2008
Posts: 2,253
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12-23-2009 20:56
No, true enough. Still, this was a VERY impressive set up, creating an entirely fictional identity and history, complete with plenty of "documentary" evidence of his supposed existence. I just meant that it's not at all difficult to fool the internetz. I sooo agree. I've heard some pretty shocking scams pulled on social networking sites/forums - and for no other reason usually other than the perpetrator was apparently either a pathological liar or sociopath getting their funsies that way. Most of the time money/gifts did not result but sometimes fake illness or fake death of a (sometimes fake) loved one resulted in lots of those. Pretty shocking, I think. But internet is catnip for such types. It isn't hard at ALL to pull someone else's pix and name and slap something together, or even borrow someone's life story, I wish everyone kept that in mind online. :/ _____________________
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Scylla Rhiadra
Gentle is Human
Join date: 11 Oct 2008
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12-23-2009 20:59
I sooo agree. I've heard some pretty shocking scams pulled on social networking sites/forums - and for no other reason usually other than the perpetrator was apparently either a pathological liar or sociopath getting their funsies that way. Most of the time money/gifts did not result but sometimes fake illness or fake death of a (sometimes fake) loved one resulted in lots of those. Pretty shocking, I think. But internet is catnip for such types. It isn't hard at ALL to pull someone else's pix and name and slap something together, or even borrow someone's life story, I wish everyone kept that in mind online. :/ Interestingly, the one thing that SL has going for it in this regard is that it doesn't pretend to link the online identity directly with the RL identity. People on Facebook or MySpace assume that the online identities with which they are interacting are "real" because they are "supposed" to be so. Whereas, of course, anonymity is a keystone of SL. The avatar lieth not, because she nothing affirmeth. _____________________
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Melita Magic
On my own terms.
Join date: 5 Jun 2008
Posts: 2,253
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12-23-2009 21:00
The avatar lieth not, because she nothing affirmeth. Ha - good point. _____________________
"Every time you help a newbie, an angel gets its wings." - from some movie or other...
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Melita Magic
On my own terms.
Join date: 5 Jun 2008
Posts: 2,253
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12-23-2009 21:06
...I still have a lot of male noobs who want to know, "Where are the free hussys?"
ETA: Definition and - wow, interesting etiology... http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/HUSSY _____________________
"Every time you help a newbie, an angel gets its wings." - from some movie or other...
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Suden Sodwind
Registered User
Join date: 29 Nov 2006
Posts: 8
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12-23-2009 21:48
ok confused.... How did you reiceve the message from them? Was it by IM in world (SL) or did they have your email addy? Cause if they sent it by IM to a group or friends wouldnt they have access to SL to do that? You mean how did Hussy contact me? She had my email address. Actually, I emailed her, to find out what was going on. |
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Suden Sodwind
Registered User
Join date: 29 Nov 2006
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12-23-2009 21:50
...I still have a lot of male noobs who want to know, "Where are the free hussys?" ETA: Definition and - wow, interesting etiology... http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/HUSSY Help me get MY Hussy back, and i'll introduce you to lots of them |