DawnLoria Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 When getting a TP offer there's usually a region name and numerical coordinates allong with a TP button. I've ocasionally get TP offers from strangers that have only a TP button and no other info. I'm afraid to click these for obvious reasons. Has anyone encountered these types of TP offers? These have to be hacking scams, right?Thanks in advanceDawn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marigold Devin Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Welcome to Second Life Forums, Dawn Hacking scams? No. TP offers I have had a-plenty, and when I have accepted them, I have realised why it is my mother advised me never to go to places or accept sweeties from strangers! If you haven't chatted with someone beforehand, it is unwise to accept a random TP request. At best they are just trying to get you to visit their store or vote for them at a club contest. At worst - well, lets not go there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Dielli Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 DawnLoria wrote: ... These have to be hacking scams, right? ... Wrong. The tp request is editable. If you received one from me, it may very well say "Come to the party" or something similar. Rather than a hacking scam, it's probably just a bot sendng out random requests in order to fill a club. Not a hack, but annoying. Just ignore, and/or mute the bot (avatar or group) sending the request. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnLoria Posted November 24, 2014 Author Share Posted November 24, 2014 So you can edit a TP request so it shows no address? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Dielli Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 DawnLoria wrote: So you can edit a TP request so it shows no address? Correct, at least on Singularity, Replex and Firestorm viewers. I gave up on the standard SL viewer years ago, and have no idea what goes on in that version these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnLoria Posted November 24, 2014 Author Share Posted November 24, 2014 I use Firestorm myself. Thanks for clearing that up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrie Juran Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 I just tested this with a friend trying sending and recieving with both the Official Viewer and Firestorm. Both allow sending custom message but neither allows a way that I can see to remove the location when sending the request and the location is sent with the request. I did glance through debug settings also for the Official Viewer and didn't see anything that would allow removing the location when sending a TP request. I can't speak for other Viewers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Marigold Devin wrote: At worst - well, lets not go there. This explains why I've yet to lure you into my fireplace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dana Dielli Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Perrie Juran wrote: I just tested this with a friend trying sending and recieving with both the Official Viewer and Firestorm. Both allow sending custom message but neither allows a way that I can see to remove the location when sending the request and the location is sent with the request. I did glance through debug settings also for the Official Viewer and didn't see anything that would allow removing the location when sending a TP request. I can't speak for other Viewers Hmmmmm, that's interesting. I was quite certain I was on solid ground with my previous statement. I just repeated your experiment, with me on Singularity and my friend on Firestorm, and achieved the same results as you. So, either something has changed, or I'm just plain wrong. (Gosh, that's never happened before! :matte-motes-silly:) To the OP: Ignore the lady behind the curtain, obviously she doesn't know what she's talking about! Edit: Corrected spelling error before Sister Sarah found her ruler! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Dana Dielli wrote: To the OP: Ignore the lady behind the curtain, obviously she doesn't know what she's talking about! People won't ignore us, Dana. We're the ones who give everybody else the false hope that they know what they're talking about. ;-). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrie Juran Posted November 24, 2014 Share Posted November 24, 2014 Dana Dielli wrote: Perrie Juran wrote: I just tested this with a friend trying sending and recieving with both the Official Viewer and Firestorm. Both allow sending custom message but neither allows a way that I can see to remove the location when sending the request and the location is sent with the request. I did glance through debug settings also for the Official Viewer and didn't see anything that would allow removing the location when sending a TP request. I can't speak for other Viewers Hmmmmm, that's interesting. I was quite certain I was on solid ground with my previous statement. I just repeated your experiment, with me on Singularity and my friend on Firestorm, and achieved the same results as you. So, either something has changed, or I'm just plain wrong. (Gosh, that's never happened before! :matte-motes-silly:) To the OP: Ignore the lady behind the curtain, obviously she doesn't know what she's talking about! Edit: Corrected spelling error before Sister Sarah found her ruler! Personally I can think of no way this can be done. The coordinates have to be sent to you in order for the system to know where you want to go. But there are other people who know lots more than me so we'll see if anyone else has input on this. If the Dawn can provide a screen shot I'd love to see it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ObviousAltIsObvious Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 the coordinates are added by the sendng viewer as text. older viewers did not add this text, and some clients like bots still do not add it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnLoria Posted November 25, 2014 Author Share Posted November 25, 2014 I will next time I get one and post it here. Also these come from new or recently joined people(days to a few month). I asked for the address too but no reply. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marigold Devin Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Madelaine McMasters wrote: Marigold Devin wrote: At worst - well, lets not go there. This explains why I've yet to lure you into my fireplace. Can't even get to my own fireplace these days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnLoria Posted November 25, 2014 Author Share Posted November 25, 2014 I found this in my conversation log. As you can see no address. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marigold Devin Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 DawnLoria wrote: I found this in my conversation log. As you can see no address. I don't know why a location isn't showing, but I'd stick by my original advice, not to accept lifts or sweets from strangers. Also, if thats the avatar thats sent you the TP request, please take a look at this: https://my.secondlife.com/candybella1028 A known spam bot by all accounts! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrie Juran Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 DawnLoria wrote: I found this in my conversation log. As you can see no address. ObviousAlt has explained it and ObviousAlt usually knows what they are talking about. As a matter of habit I mute random teleporters. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pussycat Catnap Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 I've muted a friend over this before... There are numerous groups / clubs / shops out there that will "hire" people to be 'teleporters' or that will say "TP in your friends" with events. I've had a friend get on this track... and become a teleport spammer. She was a 3 year old account at the time too - though she took year two off. We met as noobs, spend a lot of time together. She left, and then came back and got into an SL club-hopping community... It happens. But I suspect it also seems perfectly valid to a lot of newbies, who then get caught up in this and wonder why people are muting them and calling them out... OP probably landed somewhere and got seen by a subscription thing, and as such added to a list to be sent teleport requests... Good luck getting your name removed from such a list. Usually just have to mute all the various 'teleport workers'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnLoria Posted November 25, 2014 Author Share Posted November 25, 2014 If it was just a TP to a place then no biggie. I read somewhere that a girl excepted a TP like this and got her inventory and money stripped away . After the jerk ejected her from his location. I don't know how true that is but after that I'm afraid to exept suspicios TPs and any objects/folders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Madelaine McMasters Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 DawnLoria wrote: If it was just a TP to a place then no biggie. I read somewhere that a girl excepted a TP like this and got her inventory and money stripped away . After the jerk ejected her from his location. I don't know how true that is but after that I'm afraid to exept suspicios TPs and any objects/folders. I'm not aware of any mechanisms in the viewer or grid that would allow what you've described. I'll call that a virtual urban myth. You are wise not to accept objects/folders as they may contain nefarious scripted objects that can grief you and/or others if you rez/wear them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pussycat Catnap Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 DawnLoria wrote: If it was just a TP to a place then no biggie. I read somewhere that a girl excepted a TP like this and got her inventory and money stripped away . After the jerk ejected her from his location. I don't know how true that is but after that I'm afraid to exept suspicios TPs and any objects/folders. That's impossible. Though it sure makes a good story to tell around a particle fire while sitting on mesh logs. The real reason people get annoyed with random TP offers is the intrusion of spam and the only danger is you might be forced to see blond avatars or furries or short people or tall people or whatever it is annoys you that day... Or of course... bad music, gesture spam, hosts that do nothing but tip beg, a DJ that talks over the music (which can be a blessing if the music is bad enough...) and a crowd that spams how awesomely this tune so totally rocks it... while all using cheap poorly made common freebie dances because the venue couldn't even bother to TP to one of the many motion capture dance shops in SL and buy the easy to find and frankly not all that expensive amazing options there... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Perrie Juran Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Madelaine McMasters wrote: DawnLoria wrote: If it was just a TP to a place then no biggie. I read somewhere that a girl excepted a TP like this and got her inventory and money stripped away . After the jerk ejected her from his location. I don't know how true that is but after that I'm afraid to exept suspicios TPs and any objects/folders. I'm not aware of any mechanisms in the viewer or grid that would allow what you've described. I'll call that a virtual urban myth. You are wise not to accept objects/folders as they may contain nefarious scripted objects that can grief you and/or others if you rez/wear them. Sometimes I think we need a "Sl(n)opes.com" for SL. Love all the myths. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Profaitchikenz Haiku Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 Pussycat Catnap wrote: DawnLoria wrote: If it was just a TP to a place then no biggie. I read somewhere that a girl excepted a TP like this and got her inventory and money stripped away . After the jerk ejected her from his location. I don't know how true that is but after that I'm afraid to exept suspicios TPs and any objects/folders. That's impossible. Though it sure makes a good story to tell around a particle fire while sitting on mesh logs. The real reason people get annoyed with random TP offers is the intrusion of spam and the only danger is you might be forced to see blond avatars or furries or The Furmasons are hiring TP bots to lure people to their get-togethers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irihapeti Posted November 25, 2014 Share Posted November 25, 2014 i actual saw a blonde furry bot one time. was quite traumatic for me jejeje (: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aislin Ceawlin Posted November 27, 2014 Share Posted November 27, 2014 Perrie Juran wrote: Madelaine McMasters wrote: DawnLoria wrote: If it was just a TP to a place then no biggie. I read somewhere that a girl excepted a TP like this and got her inventory and money stripped away . After the jerk ejected her from his location. I don't know how true that is but after that I'm afraid to exept suspicios TPs and any objects/folders. I'm not aware of any mechanisms in the viewer or grid that would allow what you've described. I'll call that a virtual urban myth. You are wise not to accept objects/folders as they may contain nefarious scripted objects that can grief you and/or others if you rez/wear them. Sometimes I think we need a "Sl(n)opes.com" for SL. Love all the myths. (My highlighting in red) Perrie, that is one of the coolest ideas I've heard in a looong time!!! (I so love Snopes, lol) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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