I need my empty halls to echo with grand self-mythology

The spam messages are getting stranger.

Dear Trusting Friend in God,

Dear what now?

This is Mrs. Melissa Richardson from London,

I highly doubt that.

58 years an aging widow suffering from long time illness.

Sorry to hear that. Why are you telling me?

I have the sum of $17.5M for you

No, you don't.

to use the fund for God’s work.

I found your e-mail address as a real Child of God

No, you didn't.

for over a month now that I have been praying about you

No, you haven't. Seriously, are there people this works on?

to know if really you are working according to the direction of God

I guess it largely depends on which god, but trust me, lady, it ain't yours. Even were I Christian, it wouldn't be your weird version.

so after all my prayers I am convince,

"Convinced".

and I have decided to contact you, Please if you would be able to use the funds for the Lord's work,

I mean, could I use the money? Sure. Do you have it? No. Would you send it to a stranger from a blind-buy email list? Hells, no. So why are you here?

with trust reply me

Never gonna happen.

with this e-mail address: ( mehards02@gmail.com )

Wau, that's not only a fake email, that's an email developed for PornHub or Grindr.

But I looked into it. Apparently variations of this one go back to 2020, with an expanded backstory. Seems like in the intervening time, she's moved from Benin to London.

Thanks

No thanks,

Yours in the Lord

Don't care,

Mrs. Melissa Richardson.

And that's not who you are, anyway.

Seriously--do people actually fall for this nonsense? Why?

I'm packing up my things and I'm wiping down the walls

Nothing on this is going to be anonymized, it's too ridiculous.

Ethelred Dehaven (gtphzuqehnzarkayakers@hotmail.com)

Of course it's a Hotmail address.

9:46 AM (1 hour ago)
to [me]

{real name},‌‌‌

H‌‌e‌‌l‌lo‌‌‌ ‌‌‌‌‌m‌‌y‌ ‌n‌‌‌‌a‌‌m‌e‌‌‌ ‌‌i‌s‌ ‌‌E‌t‌‌h‌el‌‌‌‌re‌‌‌d ‌‌Deh‌a‌‌v‌‌e‌‌n,

I doubt that...

W‌e‌ t‌‌r‌ie‌‌d‌‌ t‌o‌‌‌‌ ‌‌con‌t‌‌‌‌a‌‌‌c‌t‌‌‌ ‌y‌‌o‌u‌ ‌‌at ‌y‌‌ou‌r‌‌ ‌‌‌‌h‌o‌‌‌m‌e‌‌ ‌a‌‌‌n‌‌‌d‌‌ ‌‌d‌‌‌i‌d‌ ‌‌n‌‌‌o‌‌‌‌‌‌t ‌h‌‌e‌‌a‌‌r‌‌ ‌b‌‌a‌ck‌‌.

I doubt that, too.

It ‌l‌‌‌o‌ok‌s ‌l‌i‌‌‌ke ‌‌yo‌u‌‌r‌ ‌‌s‌‌‌t‌‌u‌d‌‌e‌n‌t‌ ‌‌l‌o‌‌a‌‌n‌‌‌ ‌m‌a‌‌y‌‌ ‌‌b‌e‌ ‌e‌‌l‌‌i‌‌g‌i‌‌bl‌‌e‌ ‌for‌‌ t‌he‌ r‌e‌c‌ent‌‌‌ ‌‌‌‌s‌‌t‌‌i‌‌m‌u‌‌l‌‌u‌‌s‌ ‌‌f‌‌o‌‌‌r‌giv‌‌e‌n‌e‌‌s‌‌s‌ ‌‌a‌n‌‌d ‌‌r‌e‌l‌‌‌‌‌i‌‌‌e‌f ‌l‌‌‌e‌‌‌g‌i‌sl‌‌at‌‌io‌‌‌n‌‌ ‌‌(‌Ca‌‌r‌‌es A‌‌c‌t)‌‌‌,‌ ‌ho‌‌‌w‌e‌‌v‌‌‌e‌‌‌r‌‌‌ ‌‌y‌‌‌o‌‌‌u‌r‌ ‌a‌p‌p‌‌li‌‌‌c‌a‌‌t‌‌i‌‌o‌‌‌n‌‌‌ ‌‌‌d‌‌oe‌s n‌e‌e‌d‌ ‌‌t‌o ‌b‌e‌‌ ‌‌co‌m‌pl‌‌‌‌e‌t‌‌e‌d.‌‌

It doesn't actually. I have no outstanding student loans to forgive.

T‌‌h‌‌is‌ ‌‌‌a‌pp‌l‌‌‌i‌e‌s ‌t‌o‌‌ a‌‌‌ll‌‌‌‌ ‌‌‌l‌‌‌‌o‌‌‌‌‌a‌‌‌‌‌n‌‌ s‌‌ta‌‌t‌‌u‌‌s‌e‌‌s‌‌ ‌i‌‌n‌c‌l‌‌‌u‌d‌‌‌i‌‌‌‌‌‌n‌‌g ‌t‌‌ho‌s‌‌e‌ ‌‌‌l‌‌o‌‌a‌‌‌ns‌ ‌i‌n‌ ‌‌de‌‌‌f‌a‌ul‌‌t‌‌ ‌‌‌an‌‌d ‌g‌‌‌a‌r‌n‌‌i‌‌sh‌m‌en‌t‌‌‌.‌‌

Good? Still doesn't apply to me.

If‌ ‌‌y‌‌ou‌‌ ‌c‌‌‌ou‌ld‌‌ ‌‌‌‌‌p‌‌l‌‌‌e‌‌as‌‌e‌‌ ‌‌g‌iv‌‌e‌‌‌ ‌y‌ou‌‌r‌‌‌ ‌‌d‌‌e‌‌d‌‌‌ic‌a‌t‌‌ed‌‌‌‌ ‌‌e‌‌lig‌‌i‌‌b‌‌‌i‌‌l‌‌‌‌ity ‌‌l‌‌i‌‌‌n‌e ‌a ‌c‌al‌l‌‌ ‌‌a‌t‌‌‌‌‌‌: 888-7∙∙31∙9065

This is not a number. But it definitely is a scam number.

and‌ we‌ c‌‌an ‌‌h‌a‌‌ve‌‌‌‌ t‌hi‌s appli‌ed ‌im‌m‌‌e‌d‌i‌‌at‌el‌y‌.‌

I doubt this, too.

P‌le‌ase b‌e ‌a‌wa‌re‌ t‌‌‌h‌a‌t‌‌ ‌‌th‌e‌‌se‌ ‌b‌‌‌e‌n‌e‌‌f‌i‌‌ts‌ c‌om‌e ‌o‌‌‌n ‌a ‌f‌irs‌‌t‌ c‌o‌me‌‌ ‌‌fi‌rst ‌s‌e‌rve‌ ‌‌b‌‌‌as‌is‌ ‌tho‌‌u‌g‌h.‌‌

Oh, I'm sure of that. I'm just wondering what the grift is. We call in, and we're told, so sorry, your application didn't go through, it will just be a $50 fee to resubmit?

Ple‌as‌e‌‌‌ ma‌k‌e‌‌ sur‌‌‌‌e t‌‌o‌‌ ‌‌‌p‌‌r‌ov‌ide ‌your p‌erson‌a‌l‌‌ v‌a‌l‌id‌atio‌‌‌n c‌o‌de #‌34‌36‌3.‌

My "personal code"? Oh, you're so gracious.

Ou‌r offi‌c‌‌e‌ h‌o‌u‌‌rs ‌a‌‌r‌‌e‌‌ 8am-‌5p‌m ‌(‌PST) M‌o‌‌nday-‌Fri‌da‌‌y‌.‌ ‌‌T‌h‌‌‌an‌k‌ ‌Y‌‌‌ou, ‌E‌‌th‌el‌‌red‌ ‌‌Deha‌ve‌‌n

‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌And what a name. I'm wondering if a spiderbot just grabbed it from random Google books uploaded to the net.

I‌f y‌ou ‌‌do not ‌h‌ave stude‌n‌‌t l‌oan‌‌s,‌ ‌‌please ‌ign‌ore ‌this me‌ssa‌ge.

Oh, don't worry. I will.

D‌is‌t‌ribu‌te‌d ‌b‌y.‌‌..M‌a‌rket‌i‌‌ng Se‌rv‌ic‌es,‌ PO‌‌‌ B‌‌ox 249 #5‌7‌223,‌ A‌l‌‌‌buq‌‌‌ue‌r‌‌que‌, N‌e‌‌w Mex‌ico ‌8‌‌7‌‌10‌3 ....‌.‌‌..

I doubt that, too, but that does come up on another scam note, so there's that.

w‌e ‌d‌o ‌not pro‌vide‌ any o‌t‌h‌er se‌rv‌‌ic‌e e‌xc‌ept f‌o‌r a‌d‌v‌erti‌s‌i‌ng. If yo‌u ‌ha‌ve‌ a conc‌er‌‌n‌ re‌g‌ardin‌‌g a‌‌‌ pro‌‌‌d‌uct‌ ‌or‌ se‌rvi‌c‌e‌‌ p‌l‌e‌ase ‌co‌nt‌‌a‌ct‌ th‌at compan‌y dir‌e‌ctl‌y u‌sing t‌he‌ phone ‌number ‌ab‌‌o‌‌‌v‌e.‌........... to‌ be‌ ‌remove‌d ‌f‌r‌om fu‌‌t‌ur‌e‌‌ a‌dv‌ertisemen‌‌ts‌ ‌t‌yp‌e ‌i‌n 'no-m‌ore‌-‌a‌ds‌.com' in‌ your br‌owser‌ a‌nd ‌e‌nte‌r your ema‌il‌ a‌‌ddres‌s

Which...would give you the email address as a confirmed active point. Pass.

'‌em‌il‌ly‌.o‌r‌‌r@‌gmail‌.‌‌com‌'.‌.‌‌‌..‌...‌.‌‌....‌‌...‌‌.‌‌....‌...‌...‌‌.‌...‌.....‌..‌.......‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌‌ZW1pbGx5Lm9yckBnbWFpbC5jb20=

And I have no idea what this last bit means.

But this blog has been in stasis TOO long and that needs to change. That, I do know.

we've all come to say goodbye

Snippet of a scam:

[15:58] Dxxxx Rxxxxxxx:

[15:56] AnneWilliamsNurmi: hey nice avatar...im new to this game and saved 490 of those linden things from a contest and camping...im trying to get this skin/shape combo for 700...i feel bad for asking but can you please lend me any amount so i can get it?...if not thats fine too

this woman/person pinged me with this message as soon as i dropped in via (store's) lm

[15:58] xxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i just got the same message too!

[15:58] axxxxx Rxxxxxxx: he said the same to me[16:03] Wxxxxxxxxxx Sxxxxxx: I like how the trademark of these scams is "those linden". you can always say it's from the same source, 15 years in the making. Probably a bad translation that stuck[16:03] exxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i got that too, i blocked them lol 

Wow. I first heard that three months ago, the EXACT same line--490 of 'those linden things', need 700, 'feel bad for asking', et cetera. The avatar who hit me with it was male, though. But apparently they never bother to change the spiel.

And no, Ms. Anne does not get anonymized, because innocent hacked by scammers or not, she's a danger now, so people need to be warned.

And some very sad news today: I just discovered Uccello Poultry has died from COVID-19. She will most certainly be missed. She was irascible, opinionated, brash, occasionally offensive...and also a true heart on the grid, who was loyal, intensely protective of those she cherished, and always willing to lend a hand in a building question, script puzzle, or simply to resolve issues she ran across.

That's...I didn't know her that well, but I didn't know her that well for years, and if it's a blow to me, it must be heartbreaking for her brother, and her closer friends. I wish them all well, and I understand the pain of loss.

is it time for you to jump into the next train?

Here's to the new boss, same as the old boss...AKA, here we go again:

[11:16] Mxxxx Gxxxxxx: eek someone gives me a giftcard of 250 linden or something and i dont know the person ! anyone else having this ? i discard it
[11:17] Mxxxx Gxxxxxx: account eventweek2 Resident made today

I've been seeing this, or something like this, hit several groups I'm in since yesterday.

[11:18] Txx Axxxx: delete
[11:18] mxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: delete it and report that user!
[11:18] pxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: probably should discard and report, sounds fake
[11:18] gxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: definitely delete
[11:18] Sxxxxx Axxxx: ugh delete that
[11:19] axxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Message didn't go through. I haven't had that happen yet, but I don't think I would use that. I'd delete it.
[11:19] Oxxxx Sxxxxxxx: am getting store notices warning of that issue
[11:19] Wxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: guess eventweek1 was already taken....lol

No, that's actually another name the current scammer group is using.

[11:19] txxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: stranger danger!!
[11:19] Oxxxx Sxxxxxxx: lol
[11:19] Kxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Delete it and report it
[11:19] Oxxxx Sxxxxxxx: add them to mute list
[11:20] txxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yes I have been seeing reports of event ava handing out a HUD that will take your L$ too :/
[11:21] dxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: That account is fake. Ive had another group warn me about one simular yesterday.
[11:22] mxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: last night (SLT) there was someone handing out free Catwa heads. also was created last night that account.

That, I hadn't heard, but it's a bad step up on the scam concept. While a lot of people question things, there are people that buy mesh heads for others, as a kindness, or just because they want to. And due to that, well, people could accept what they think is a gift of a mesh body or head. Dangerous.

[11:23] Kxxxxxx Sxxxxxx: if you have received that kind of thing or even if you DO put it on, dont panic, it can only take your lindens if you give it access. When you put on a hud that wants to take lindens, Firestorm at least asks you just to make sure. Never give access to your lindens unless totally sure its a official store and you just tried to buy something there.
[11:23] Axxxxxxxx Cxxx: seems like its one person behind it all
[11:23] Axxxxxxxx Cxxx: everyone one of them has been named event something or giftevent something
[11:28] 5xx Rxxxxxxx: eventweek2 just send me 350 ls giftcard lol
[11:28] Pxxx Lxxxxxxx: [11:12] eventweek2 gave you this object: Group Gifts - GIFT CARD 350L$ #Rare
pleasxe delete card and ban and block this person
[11:28] Pxxx Lxxxxxxx: name is eventweek2
[11:29] Lxxxx Oxxxxx: I just got one too...lol
[11:29] Oxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yes keep getting them too

It seems like half of everyone, or at least half of the active shoppers, on the grid are seeing these.

[11:29] Oxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: person is 1 day old
[11:29] Oxxxx Sxxxxxxx: I already muted them
[11:29] Pxxx Lxxxxxxx: i reported this bot
[11:30] Oxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: you can find the group owner
[11:30] Oxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: sent them a message , not that it willl help
[11:30] mxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: muting is stupid, report that account.
[11:30] hxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Thank you for the alert, guys.
[11:30] Oxxxx Sxxxxxxx: be aware folks that even at the stores you know you can trust you can't always trust people who drop into those stores

Exactly. And the call to block AND report is a good one. Always report instances of fraud to the Lindens.

In other news, another attempt at phishing:

[11:25] Catalina (catalinaa400): Fitted Mesh*ONLY FOR BODIES MESH. We cover the mesh bodies applitud of the market.Maitreya/Slink / Belleza / Omega System & More. {phishing link containing the words "altervista"}
If you have mesh body and are interested in Gifts / Promotions and New Items! Always up to date with Meshbodyfriends!Group FB {Facebook link which may or may not be real}

Why yes, I'm leaving her name clear. As a seven-year avatar, her account probably got hacked, but even if it was, and there was a real person behind it, there's not now. She was blocked and reported by a bunch of us.

As far as "Meshbodyfriends" being mentioned, that is an actual group, but they may not have anything to do with that particular scam, or the scammer. They may have just picked that up so it sounds somewhat legitimate.

[11:25] Exxxxxxx Lxxxxx: PHISHING LINK DONT KLICK
[11:26] sxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: FAKE!
[11:26] bxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: DO NOT CLICK
[11:26] Axxxx Cxxxxxxx: YES!!!!!!
[11:26] txxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: yes dont
[11:26] Uxx Fxxxxxxxxx: This person is spamming groups with this message

And this one:

[11:32] Sxxxxx Axxxxx: WARNING - do not accept, rez or wear anything from eventweek, eventweek1, eventweek2 If something hits your invent from them without accepting, immediately delete it and clear your trash so there is no risk of accidentally opening it in the future. The one I just got was named Group Gifts - GIFT CARD 350L$ #Rare
[11:33] Gxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Maybe that is how the phishing thing has been going on
[11:33] Sxxxxx Vxxxxxxx: Thank you
[11:33] Gxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: a lot of people have had their accounts hacked and the person then bought lindens and did MP gacha shopping sprees

In the hour I've been in world today, Miss C hit two groups I'm in with the 'altervista' scam, and gift card reports are coming in all over. I've counted people in NINE groups I've in so far. And there were four yesterday, so this is a new infestation of thieves. I've also seen the gift card scam used by an avatar named "giftevent".

Stay aware, people. There's a lot of scammers out there.

across the open prairie and the drifting snow, cold as the cold wind blows

Someone always has to beg...

[10:18] gxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: can someone help me with 30L

First: no. Second: no. Third: go away.

[10:18] Emilly Orr: Yes. Open in-world search. Type in 'Employment'.
[10:20] Lxxx Cxxxxxxx: You can get 30L by adding 10L to 20L or 15L to 15L. I hope that was illuminating.
[10:20] Emilly Orr: That also works.
[10:20] dxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: that was harsh
[10:20] Emilly Orr: But deserved.
[10:20] hxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxx: I gave her 30L

Well, that was dumb.

[10"21] Emilly Orr: Never encourage the beggars.
[10:21] mxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: more fool you [rxxxxx], i bet they have asked at least another 30 people

If not far more.

[10:22] sxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: sorry i don't have water right now

I hear you. Kind of in that state myself.

[10:22] sxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: i seen a lot of those in the past week

They're a perpetual hazard.

[10:22] hxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxx: Well... if so there richer then me but 30L to help someone buy somthing at least she can get something

See, I get that you're naive, alarmingly so for SL in the age of Linden spammers, but even with that supposedly genuine desire to help, you're not being smart. If you *really* wanted to help her out, then IM her, ask what she needs. Buy that on MP and send it to her. That way, you're not giving a direct Linden gift, and if you find out her motivations. Because if she says 'Oh, no, I really don't need that dress/pixel baby food/car I told you I needed, I just want the 30L"...then you know you're being scammed. End of conversation.

This one didn't even bother to coach it in an "I need a thing" format. She just baldly asked for 30L. No reason given. Most definitely a spammer.

[10:22] Ixxxxx Bxxxxxx: No one needs to ask for 30l, Governor Linden will give it to you for playing games, feeding someone begging alt doesn't help anyone
[10:23] mxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: a week old avatar begging for money .. nah dont think so

Yeah, I'm very dubious as well.

[10:23] Emilly Orr: Nah, it's a spammer.
[10:23] sxxxxx Hxxxxxxxxx: its a bot
[10:23] gxxxxxx Rxxxxxxxx: And with lots of groups where to beg
[10:23] mxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: of course it is
[10:23] xxxxx Hxxxxxxxxx: true
[10:23] Ixxxxx Bxxxxxx: and sadly, in 2019, someone still fell for it and gave them 30cents

No one ever said people weren't allowed to be dumb on the internet.

[10:23] Ixxxxx Bxxxxxx: this is why it keeps happening

Yep.

[10:23] Kxxxxx Mxxxxxxx: if i wanted to borrow money it would be from a friend...not spam a group for it
[10:24] kxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: a bad troll attempt. Have to come up with something better then that line.
[10:25] Dxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: @ [Rxxxxx]: Well i am sure you have a kinded heart and you did it because you are nice and want everyone around you to be happy. but i am afraid too, it was just a money caller to get some other alts richer.. anyway.. thank you for your nice giving

Nope. She doesn't get credit for being nice here. She fell for it. She's not helping anyone but whatever group of bots and hacked accounts in China or Ukraine is running this week, trying various angles to get Lindens.

Maybe this is why Tilia's here. To cut down on Linden spammers, due to the inflexible rules of having to give RL info and/or banking info if an avatar is pulling funds from Second Life.

And note: I'm not saying no one should help anyone, ever. I'm really not. Someone genuinely needs our help, and we can give that help, we should. It's a big world, but we learn more from it with open hearts and extended hands. But. If it acts like a spammer, reads like a spammer, and begs like a spammer? It's a spammer. Ignore them and move on.

[10:29] Mxxxxxxxxx Nxxx: I think it's the rare one isn't it?

I mean, you'd think people would know by now not to give in. It's not a real person, Ms. R, it's a bot or a spammer in some dingy cubicle farm hitting thousands of groups at a time. Don't encourage them.

Later...

[14:54] Mxxxxxxx Txxxxxxx: Anyone willing to help find a [sh*t]? I contacted the owner of the hair but it might (if ever) take them a while to respond.
[14:55] Pxxxx Hxxxxxxxxxxx: a what?
[14:55] Fxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: find what?
[14:57] Emilly Orr: Beg pardon?
[14:58] Mxxxxxxx Txxxxxxx: a shirt
[14:59] Exxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Whew... I was worried there for a minute...

Me too.

if you feel you've exhausted all your options

So, the usual rules apply: I will anonymize all but the terrible spammer, but it is from a fashion group I'm in. I say that because I mention it, so it's going to be obvious. Here we go, starting with a tiny snippet from yesterday:

[2018/11/09 22:22] cxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: N.V.I.D.O.L.Z.N.R.

Now, this happens a lot in this group. Some people allow letters to be called in their group, some don't. This one does, so we see letters constantly. This is not an issue in the least. But the very next thing that was said:

[2018/11/10 23:06] CristinaOhio Resident: .
[2018/11/10 23:06] CristinaOhio Resident: That's
it
!

I'm leaving her name intact, for reasons that will become abundantly clear later. But that is all she said. Why? What did it mean? Nothing else was said in the group for hours, so...I let it go.

But today, came this:

[11:32] CristinaOhio Resident: .
[11:32] CristinaOhio Resident: That's
it
!

That is the exact same thing she said yesterday. And unlike yesterday, that was how chat opened, so I have zero idea what spawned that response.

But today...I felt I needed to ask.

[11:33] Kxxxxx Bxxxxxxxxx: o.0
[11:33] Emilly Orr: You've said that before. What are you talking about?
[11:34] mxxxx Rxxxxxxx: talk clear
[11:36] bxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ok we got ya
[11:37] pxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I tried to take part in the conversation but thanks to chat lag I am just home alone talking to myself like a crazy cat lady. Thanks for that SL.
[11:37] bxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: lmao
[11:39] Kxxxxx Bxxxxxxxxx: lol
[11:39] Emilly Orr: Yeah, but I meant, Cristina said THAT EXACT SAME THING, spaces, spelling, everything--yesterday.
[11:39] Emilly Orr: Proof:

[2018/11/10 23:06] CristinaOhio Resident: .
[2018/11/10 23:06] CristinaOhio Resident: That's
it
!

[11:39] bxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: spammmm

Now, yes, it's obvious, but at the time...was this spam? How was this statement spam? I didn't get it.

[11:40] Emilly Orr: So now I'm wondering why. Is she a bot? Is she irritated about something? is she going to answer?
[11:40] Kxxxxx Bxxxxxxxxx: rolls eyes and goes back to djing
[11:40] bxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: a bot the clothes/store isnt even connected to [fashion group]
[11:41] Emilly Orr pulls the profile.
[11:41] Emilly Orr: Wow. I've never seen so many advertising groups. She's terrible at her job.

She really is. Here's her total SL bio:

Old Lady Complete Avatar [redacted SLUrl to go buy it, supposedly] 

And her groups, they're just...well, insane. Here's her group list:

• *PROMOTER SERVICE* (Portuguese advertisers)
• !!!!!!SPAM THAT [SH*IT]!!!!!! (From that group's bio: "THIS GROUP IS FOR CLUB,SIM,AND STORE OWNERS! SO IF U GOT SOMETHING TO SALE, LIKE LAND,HAVE A PARTY GOING ON..SPAM YOUR [SH*T] IN MY GROUP ***FREE OF CHARGE***." Yeah. That is direct from the profile bio, corrected only to censor that one word. Punctuation and spelling errors left intact.)
• !Publicidade (Portuguese name, English--sort of--bio. And by "sort of" I refer you to this last line: "Is not a joke is our work." Yep.
• #ULTRA MEGA ADVERTISER#
• $$$ Propaganda e Marketing $$$ (This group and the above group are pay groups, btw)
• $$$$MONEY MAKERS$$$$ (From their bio: "FOR ALL YOU BUSINESS OWNERS AND MONEY MAKERS OF ALL TYPES!! FULL RIGHTS TO NOTICES, INVITES AND GROUP CONFERENCES. KEEP IT PROFESSIONAL. WILL HAVE MONEY GIVE AWAYS COMING SOON-ONLY APPLIES TO GROUP MEMBERS!!!!"
• ''SPAN REINOS UNIDOS'' (Another Portuguese spammer group)
• **ADVERTISE HERE - ANUNCIA AQUI** (Their bio says "Bilingual advertising group, any business, any product or services (except for sexual content". Oookay.)
• *-MAX de PUB-* (a French advertising group)
• *Advertise that Shit* (Another bilingual advertising group)
• *Spam* (From their bio: "Advertise here 6 notices a day and group messages each 30 minutes
  
  No bots.
  Abusers will be ejected without warning" I...guess that's a good thing they recognize spam is annoying? Still seems odd.)
• GINEVRA QUEEN OF SPAM SPAM SPAM (Their bio is WILD: "in this group u r free to comunicate all your activities free chat spam (with moderation)!!! if u need to send a notice with pictures, landmark or object give me the text and the attachments and i send it to all members (just 30L for every notice!!!)" Gosh, what a deal.)
• SpamBox.Publicidad.Second Life (Their bio is telling: "SPAM SPAM SPAM
  The best Spam group in secondlife
  Publicited your business 24 hours .
  Non stop." They're also apparently bilingual, Portuguese/English.)
• THE BEST OF SL ADVERTISING NETWORK
• ULTRA MEGA ADVERTISER (This one's outright lying to people: Their bio says "You can ADVERTISE and SPAM here in this group chat as much as You like FOR FREE." But it's a L$100 pay group.)

The rest of her groups? They are ALL MM/mini-mania/Lucky Chair groups, with the exception of this one fashion group.

[11:42] Emilly Orr: Okay, problem solved, then. Blocked.
[11:42] bxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: so true em
[11:43] bxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: guess thay have to spam since the stuff is so low quality
[11:44] Miss Cathy (purepansy): You never see quality designers spamming

Not generally, no.

[11:46] Gx Lxxxxx: If you dont like to be spamed you should left the group or block spammers

Gx apparently is a mod in this group. But I didn't quite understand what they meant.

[11:47] Emilly Orr: That's rather unfair, isn't it? If I join a group I'm joining for info or chat FROM the group, not random terrible spammers.
[11:48] Emilly Orr: Like, if I'm in a fashion group, I don't need to know that that latest hip, hop, happening club is having a Latin Dance so CUM ON DOWWWWWN....I don't need that. I need information FROM the group. Period.
[11:48] pxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Yeah I'm going to qut [fashion group] because of an [a**hole]
[11:49] Emilly Orr: I'm not, I'm just saying that's a rather unfair conclusion, that by joining a group, I am somehow fully agreeing to random spammers wanting money, or wanting me to pay their rent, or wanting me to buy their cars, or whatever.
[11:50] pxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: From [fashion group's] Group Profile: **** NO SPAM!!!!! *****

EJECT AND BAN

Chat is only ** [fashion group] ** issues
[11:50] pxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Kiss it
[11:52] Emilly Orr: [Cxxxx], why are you being so hostile?
[11:52] Bxxxx Gxxxx: JUST STOP
[11:52] Bxxxx Gxxxx: NOW

And it wasn't important enough for me to press it, so...I let it go. Blocked the "Old Lady"--who is nearly six years on the grid, and who should darn well know better--and moved on with my day. It's just not worth it some days, debating with people who fail to grasp the issue.

magpies, I throw sticks at them, they laugh behind my back

By all the void stars, this was ANNOYING:

[22:59] OM1N Resident: hi group chat is disabled so im using conference for that reason [ obviously] i have a new sim its juts a home but its dark and gothy if anyones interested in joining the group and sim i have avaible rooms and info in me picks tab in me profiles all welcome to come dwell hang out do xxx stuff rp or go ak just dont crash me or anything thats all i ask hope it goes cool and somone comes over n enjoys it
[23:00] Emilly Orr: Who are you?

Because I seriously had no clue. I pulled the profile. Turns out we only had one, single, solitary group in common, which is being named as is, because I think it's kind of important this twidget decided to go after this group, out of all the possible groups on the grid in which to pull this nonsense.

[23:00] Axxxxx Mxxxxxxx: wtf
[23:00] kxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Who are you?
[23:01] Emilly Orr: Oh, you're hassling Candle and Cauldron members over this? Yeah, no. I'm not into Bloodlines, I don't deal with spampires, bug off.
[23:01] Nxxxx Bxxxxxxxx: is this person in the C and C group? i will ban them
[23:01] Dxx Lxx: lol
[23:01] Emilly Orr: Has to be, it's the only group I share with this person.
[23:01] Dxx Lxx: love that Emilly ^^
[23:01] kxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Same
[23:01] kxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: bye

So why did OM1N pick tonight to do this? I have no idea. Why do idiots do anything?

[23:02] Nxxxx Bxxxxxxxx: ok i'll kick them from there, i hate when jerks do this [sh*t]
[23:02] Emilly Orr: Three months on the grid, pulling this crap. This is NOT the way to make friends, dude.
[23:03] nxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: What the [f*ck]
[23:03] Emilly Orr: And I'll tell you something else, for free. Offering to rent out your sim to random strangers is never a good idea.

It's really not. Just randomly sending something out to a group whose only link is "we are not Christians"...it's ridiculous. And stupid.

[23:04] nxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Because of this I will make it a point to NOT visit your [sh*tty] sim, and spread the word to others not to
[23:05] Emilly Orr: Y'know what? I just went back and read the intro blurb again. They say group chat is 'disabled' for them. What do you want to bet either a mod, or the owner of C&C disabled chat FOR this idiot BECAUSE they pulled something like this in group chat?

Then they pulled the SAME CRAP in the main group, I guess because I'd helped them figure out they still had access. Stupid me:

[23:05] OM1N Resident: hi group chat is disabled so im using conference for that reason [ obviously] i have a new sim its juts a home but its dark and gothy if anyones interested in joining the group and sim i have avaible rooms and info in me picks tab in me profiles all welcome to come dwell hang out do xxx stuff rp or go ak just dont crash me or anything thats all i ask hope it goes cool and somone comes over n enjoys it [23:06] Emilly Orr: SHUT. UP.

Dear gods, it was the SAME exact message, just cut-and-paste garbage.

[23:06] OM1N Resident: hi group chat is disabled so im using conference for that reason [ obviously] i have a new sim its juts a home but its dark and gothy if anyones interested in joining the group and sim i have avaible rooms and info in me picks tab in me profiles all welcome to come dwell hang out do xxx stuff rp or go ak just dont crash me or anything thats all i ask hope it goes cool and somone comes over n enjoys it

So, what, they're a troll? Definitely a spammer. Stupid. Lower life form? I have no idea.

Back to their 'private' conference:

[23:06] nxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Most likely, they're a 3 month old noob who wasted a bunch of money on a sim impulsively, that will be closed in a month or less. Because every basic piece of shit in this bloodlines cult thinks they can open a club, and they try to achieve it by doing this obnoxious shit.
[23:06] Emilly Orr: So you're just a troll, then. With the brains of a kitchen sponge. Got it.

And back to the group chat:

[23:06] sxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: for goddess sake stop freaking spamming
[23:07] OM1N Resident: hi i have a huge sim full region full of gothic builds and vaible rooms to live in for free if anyone is interested info on the group and sim is in me picks tab in me profiles
[23:07] fxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: It's doing it all over the place tonight

Changing the spam to new spam doesn't make it NOT SPAM.

[23:07] sxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ugh
[23:07] OM1N Resident:
[23:07] Emilly Orr: You're an idiot.

They really, really are. THey'd get lost in a paper bag full of holes.

[23:07] OM1N Resident: hi i have a huge sim full region full of gothic builds and vaible rooms to live in for free if anyone is interested info on the group and sim is in me picks tab in me profiles
[23:07] sxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: there now I don't have to see it lol
[23:08] OM1N Resident: hi i have a huge sim full region full of gothic builds and vaible rooms to live in for free if anyone is interested info on the group and sim is in me picks tab in me profiles

So the sim in question is apparently Duchamp. Avoid it. And block this person, who is not being anonymized, because they're not only too stupid to breathe effectively, but they're a gorram troll for doing this.

[23:10] Emilly Orr: Blocked.

I recommend everyone else does the same.