Sadly, "MM" is one of the stolen accounts. The original owner of said "MM" account must have clicked on one of the phishing links and entered in his username/password.
Everyone needs to be alerted and be careful. The phishing IM`s prompt people to "Click this link for 50% off sales!" Or, if you`re a content creator they will IM you with legit looking customer accounts they have stolen saying things along the lines of: "Your hairs are stolen , look here" and paste a phishing link.
Of course, the link is an unofficial SL website that prompts people to log-in. Once "Logged in" their user name and password have been successfully stolen. Thief then uses the stolen accounts to make more notices. Such as in the case of "MM".
Feel horrible for the original owner of that account. But that isn`t the first or only account that has been stolen (He takes your linden balance, too). Whoever is behind all of this has been phishing at my sim for awhile now. LL has been lighting fast with banning the accounts, and for good reason: With $L balances and credit card information on file, this is opening a big big big can of worms.
Shoppers and merchants need to be careful. In my case, the phisher has registered loads of *very* similar user names to mine, hangs out on my sim on multiple accounts, and IM`s customers claiming I (read: him posing as me) am having a sale. Customer clicks link..and the cycle continues.
Here are a few screenshots from phishing attempts at my store "AITUI". Note the "aitui" usernames he has created in attempt to fool people shopping at my store.
Obviously, do not submit your user name and password if you should choose to check the links out.
