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Revision as of 07:15, 8 November 2010
Buy Linden Dollars from a trusted source, such as Linden Lab or approved L$ resellers. Be extremely careful when purchasing anywhere else, especially if the wording sounds too good to be true. Scammers prey on your uncertainty and greed when trying to defraud you, so do your research beforehand and save yourself a lot of trouble.
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Important: This page can only be updated by Linden Lab employees, so rest assured this info comes direct from LL. |
BEWARE OF THESE SCAMMERS!
When viewing a scammer's posts, click the Abuse Report link (either on the left of a thread or below a post). Keep in mind that scammers disguise under different identities.
- "eingee" aka "evezonline" - See example scam ad. Repeatedly spamming the blogs.secondlife.com forums under different accounts and trying to circumvent Linden Lab's blocks, in the process causing a lot of pain for our Residents. It should be obvious such desperate and disruptive behavior is a red warning flag that they're scammers. We've blocked their direct hyperlinks so they are trying different combinations (like this) to get around.
News
- 2010-11-04 - How Linden Lab is combating spam on these forums - Post by Torley Linden.
Forum-specific questions
About the blogs.secondlife.com forums.
Why can I post only once every two minutes?
This was added to deter mass-spamming from scammers. We think it's a reasonable limit that shouldn't really detract from actual conversation. However, like other spam-combating methods, it's subject to change.
Why did my post get moderated?
Posts matching certain keywords and criteria may be automatically flagged for Linden moderation and not posted unless approved. This is different from reporting a post as abusive, which requires our human intervention to moderate. We can't disclose the exact criteria, since that would allow spammers to figure out how to be unblocked.
As we continue to change things behind-the-scenes to make the process target more scam-spam and less legit posts, we're sorry if your post accidentally gets caught in the net. If so, please wait until a Linden next checks the queue and approves it.
See also
Remember, scammers can't do anything if you don't give them business. Abuse-report their posts, ignore their pleas for attention, and tell other Residents to beware (but don't direct-link to their sites, it gives them traffic).
On the broader Internet:
- Preventing the Most Common Scam Methods - Best practices from MMObay that generally also apply in SL.