I'd rather leave this embrace between you and I
Out of the blue from a store group that really never has a lot of cross-chatter:
Another good tip to keep in mind: don't just blindly repost. Verify first. Ask friends. Ask the person who posted the original warning and ask why. If all else fails, take the words of the warning and paste them into Google search, see what shows up. Always remember the warning you're seeing for the first time may have been seen by the rest of the grid for a solid year, and it was a false alarm to begin with.
And we get so tired of false alarms.
[14:19] nxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: ◥◣◥◣◥◣◥◣◥◣◥◣◥◣◥◣◥◣◥◣◥◣◥◣Really didn't. They said they used Google Translate later in this small chat, so I pulled another service up and took a stab at it:
ОСТОРОЖНО!!!! КИДАЛЫ!!!
[Fxxxx Bxxxxxxx]
ЭТИ ЛЮДИ, МАЛО ТОГО, ЧТО НАРУШАЮТ ПРАВИЛА СЛ, ПЕРЕПРОДАВАЯ ЛИНДЕНЫ НЕЗАКОННЫМ ПУТЕМ, ЕЩЕ И КИДАЮТ НА ОБМЕНЕ ДОВЕРЧИВЫХ ЛЮДЕЙ!!
ГОВОРИТЬ ОБ ИХ КУЛЬТУРЕ И ТАКТЕ ВООБЩЕ НЕ УМЕСТНО!
БУДТЕ БДИТЕЛЬНЫ!
◥◣◥◣◥◣◥◣◥◣◥◣◥◣◥◣◥◣◥◣◥◣◥◣
[14:20] dxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Translation of above message.. CAUTION!!!! KIDALY !!!
[Fxxxx Bxxxxxxx]
THESE PEOPLE HAVE A LITTLE WHAT THEIR RULES VIOLATE THE RULES, RE-SELLING THE LINDEN BY ILLEGAL WAY, STILL GOT ON THE EXCHANGE OF TRUSTING PEOPLE !!
TALKING ABOUT THEIR CULTURE AND TAKE AT ALL DOES NOT NEED!
BE ALERT!
[14:21] Mysteriah Wichtlein (xxdarktemptressxx): mmmmmmmkay
[14:21] Bella Valoris (lizbethbloodthorn): didnt make much sense translated
Careful!!!! SCAMMERS!!!Russian is idiomatic, no translator will work perfectly. Also, usually, I leave spammers' names clear, but...we just have this one person's word for it, and if it's all so hyperbolic, IN-ALL-CAPS communication, I am never sure if it's a genuine warning, or someone being vindictive. But my basic takeaway from this is "there's this spammer and they're being unethical". They're a spammer, so duh, but also, the all-caps means that most of us are going to either roll our eyes or ignore it. It never works.
[Fxxxx Bxxxxxxx]
THESE PEOPLE, MOREOVER, THAT BREAK THE RULES OF SL, LINDEN RESELLING ILLEGALLY, AND EVEN THROW ON THE EXCHANGE OF GULLIBLE PEOPLE!!
TO TALK ABOUT THEIR CULTURE AND TACT GENERALLY IS NOT APPROPRIATE!
BEWARE!
[14:21] Emilly Orr: Can we not have spam messages that have nothing to do with this group? KthxTo be fair, I missed that, I attributed everything to Ms. E.
[14:21] Mxxxxxxxxx Nxxx: umm
[14:21] Mxxxxxxxxx Nxxx: did you ask for permission to post this here?
[14:21] Emilly Orr: Probably not
[14:22] Txxxx Lxxxxxxxx: ..youre asking spammers not to spam? :P
[14:22] Txxxx Lxxxxxxxx: thatll go over well :D
[14:22] Mxxxxxxxxx Nxxx: lol
[14:22] Emilly Orr: Were it normal spam, yeah, it would be like throwing Jell-O at a wall--completely useless.
[14:22] Emilly Orr: But, sometimes, the 'just passing on advice' people can be convinced not to do that.
[14:22] lxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: well it makes the day a touch less dull when you try to figure out what the heck sometimes
[14:22] dxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: I believe that the person that initially posted is warning us of a scam. Possibly a hacked account ladies.
[14:23] Emilly Orr: Exactly.
[14:23] Mxxxxxxxxx Nxxx: well why translate spam? I'd think Sintiklia would let us know if it's important?
[14:24] dxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Why not? Not everyone speaks Russian.
[14:24] Mxxxxxxxxx Nxxx: well I used Google translate
[14:24] Mxxxxxxxxx Nxxx: =D
[14:24] dxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Perfect.
[14:25] Emilly Orr: For what it's worth, [Fxxxx] is 8 years old, and there's not a lot of other info on her profile. She is not a member of this group.
[14:25] lxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: hmm so hopping to groups to spam then hop off? dosent sound very productive
[14:25] dxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Hence..a possible hacked account since she isn't online.
[14:25] Emilly Orr: No, no, [Fxxxx] didn't post that. [Exxxxxxx] was warning folks about [Fxxxx] for some reason.
[14:26] dxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: [nxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx] made the post. I translated it.
[14:27] lxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: mabye they didnt like a deal they got on a gacha resell XDSo, tips for being helpful. Even if the original is in all caps, if you're going to repost a warning, take it OUT of all caps.
[14:27] Emilly Orr: So, they are a member of this group, the "[nxxxxxxx]" person
[14:28] dxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: Anything is possible. However, I was attempting to be helpful. Everyone have an awesome day/evening/afternoon.
[14:28] lxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: thankyou for translating at least we knew what the randomness was
[14:29] dxxxxxxx Rxxxxxxx: You are most welcomed.
Another good tip to keep in mind: don't just blindly repost. Verify first. Ask friends. Ask the person who posted the original warning and ask why. If all else fails, take the words of the warning and paste them into Google search, see what shows up. Always remember the warning you're seeing for the first time may have been seen by the rest of the grid for a solid year, and it was a false alarm to begin with.
And we get so tired of false alarms.
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