A warning to those who use ATMs, venders, rent terms, ect

Recently a few people have been going around and placing invisible prims around pay terminals {such as ATMs, venders, rental cubes, automated sex bots} and renaming the invisible prim to match that of the object it's covering. You can still tell it's legit or not by right clicking the atm or ctrl+alt+t and looking at the owner/group, so make sure you check before you start paying things. I know this scam has been around for awhile, but recently someone has been going around grid and doing it on a large scale. There's a bit more detail about what's going on at the Ginko Financial forums, which tells you the name of the perp and such. https://ginkofinancial.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?t=113

I encourage ANYONE hold ALT to check for this sort of thing before giving anything permissions or paying a rent or ATM terminal.

As a matter of saftey, I always open the edit window for the item I'm paying to check the owner and see if I'm really paying money to the intended object or just an overlay.

Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me.

I posted about this scam a little while ago in my blog. I'd like to update the information if there is further activity. I can't seem to get into the forums you posted, Tren, would you mind PMing me the details or leaving me a notecard inworld? Thanks!

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-Hinoserm

When you right click to pay one of these, you will see yellow border lines around the outside of it. If you see any extra lines, like a box around it, DON'T PAY IT!