it showed that I was paid lindens in nearby chat by someone but it never showed up in my account?

[annawildone]

it showed in nearby chat that i was paid lindens by someone but it never showed up in my account?? I checked both in world and on my website profile and neither one showed the transaction

 

 

[Rolig Loon]

Did you look at the Transaction History on your dashboard at secondlife.com >>> Account or are you just relying on the little L$ indicator at the top of your viewer screen in world?  Your dashboard is always up to date.  The viewer may be out of sync with it.

[KarenMichelle Lane]

Check carefully and see "What" sent the message about you being paid in Local Chat. Bring up your chat log history and look for a payment message. If you find one then it was a joke or ruse chatted to you by someone or something.

Authentic Object to Avatar or Avatar to Avatar Payment messages do not log into the local chat log.

[Lindal Kidd]

If your website Transaction Log does not show the transaction, then there WAS no transaction.  Most likely, as KarenMichelle suspects, it was a joke object spouting a message in local chat.

However, if some stranger DOES ever send you a large amount of $L, don't go spending it right away.  If it was illegally obtained (for example, by someone using a stolen credit card to buy $L) then LL will remove the money from your account pretty quickly.  They may also fine you and/or ban your account for being an accomplice to money laundering.

If you are worried about that, then do the following.

• Do NOT return the money.  Just say "wow, thanks very much!!" and go on your way.  But don't spend it, either.
• File a Support Case with Linden Lab.  Use Account Issue as the issue type.  Explain what happened, and include a copy of the information from your Transaction Log.  Tell them you'd like them to investigate and determine if the money is legal for you to keep.
• If the money WAS stolen, LL will remove it from your account, but since you were up front about what happened they will probably not penalize you.
• If the money was NOT stolen, congratulations, you got a free gift.