Ivy Mysterious

Hi all, thanks for the feedback! When I made this post I had posted it to Facebook first and, since it was entirely well received I didn't see the issues you all are pointing out with me calling them alts instead of Scammer accts. I've already fixed the titles but I've only been awake about 20 minutes so when I get more woke up I will go back and fix the wording of the thread.

It's common knowledge that alts/ multiple accounts are a popular thing to have in Second Life. Whether it be for photography, blogging, making poses, roleplay characters, the reasons for having alternative accounts are endless, but unfortunately they aren't all created with the best of intentions. With scammers being an ever posing threat, with them finding new and sneakier ways to steal your info and accounts, it can be really hard to tell who is actually new to the platform and who has created one to clear their tracks and continue with their nasty tactics. I've been on the platform for a while and I have several accounts of my own, have friends who also have some and have encountered people who have a few as well, so I wanted to share a couple things I thought would make spotting them just a little easier. Now keep in mind these are not set in stone methods to tell and of course, not everyone who falls under the things I'll tell you to pay attention to will be scammers, unfortunately, there isn't a concrete way to tell, these are simply things to look out for. I am going to be focusing on people who use alts for ill intent (Stealing your info/ Lindens, harassment, stalking etc) and just things to keep an eye on if you feel someone you may have had a bad experience is trying to come back into your life as a stranger. Here are some things to keep an eye on if you suspect someone may be a scammer or stalker: Pay attention to the usernames. Scammers oftentimes don't bother changing their usernames beyond a couple numbers (Example Kevin2334, Kevin1236, etc) So odds are if that name looks familiar, then its probably because it is. Also if they have a username like Blueberrygiftcard, Addamsfreebiegiver, etc, it's obviously a scammer. Content creators in SL do not have accounts named like this! if they do give out gifts its usually through there official subcrib-o-matics, Groups or inworld at their stores or Marketplaces Look at the age of the profile. Scammers will only use an account for about a week before going and making a new one (usually because they've gotten banned from the popular stores, clubs, group, etc etc) So if someone is begging for L$ for something or is IMing you out of the blue claiming they found you from a group or sim and their account is only a couple days old, be weary Pay attention to profile pictures. Now admittedly this is a hit or miss way to tell if someone is a scammer or someone who is using a new account to stalk you. People pay others to do their pictures for them all the time. Just keep an eye out for a sort of pattern. Is their skin the same quality of that person you used to talk to? Are the angles similar? Does the shape look close enough? Is the quality of the picture the same? Now finding scammer accounts on social media's like FB or Twitter, for example, is a little easier, so this next list is going to be things to look out for when looking for scammers on Facebook, Avatlife, twitter, etc: Pay attention to how people talk when they make a post. EVERYONE has a certain way they word things when they make a post on social media and this can be the easiest way they out themselves. If you suspect someone you had blocked or removed has added you on another account, look for mannerisms that were common to that person If they have other social media links on their profile, look at those to see if they have posted anything that was the same as that person. Now I'm not talking about shared posts or memes. I'm talking about similar pictures they've taken, Product WIPS, maybe they posted a picture that you know is them or that they took. Look at where the person is located. Again this one can be a hit or miss type deal but it's still worth noting. If they are from the same country then it may not be them, but if they are from the same state or even the same city, then it could be. If they were a former creator and you think they are coming back on another account, then pay attention to the quality of their products. Each store has a signature quality to them, whether it be the textures, the shaping, the shadows, etc. For example Stealthic has a very distinct look, so does Doux, Blueberry, Vinyl, N-core. Just because they are under a different name, doesn't mean the quality of their work will be any different. I feel a need to repeat this. NONE OF THESE ARE 100% CONCRETE WAYS TO CATCH SOMEONE ON A SCAMMER ACCOUNT OR SOMEONE WHO IS USING AN ACCOUNT TO STALK OR HARASS YOU, these are simply things to keep an eye out for if you think someone is not who they say they are. All in all, just be careful who you trust. On a virtual world were people can be whoever or whatever they want, it never hurts to keep your guard up, If you know of some other things to look out for then please list them down below Please keep the responses to this thread and to one another respectful ❤️

......theirs an adult section to the forums?

Since I have four alts, I'm basically just gonna go down the list of why I picked the usernames that I did LOL xRheax resident: This ones pretty simple, I wanted her username to be Rhea, but it was already taken, so I just put X's in the front and back of her name so I could still use it lol Story wise Its short for Rhiannyn and now she goes by Rhia with an I lol ivylarae resident: Pretty much the same story, I wanted the name IvyRae, but that was already taken, so I just put La in the middle, and BAM Ivylarae! Selenebolin resident: This one was created entirely for a roleplay character I seen in my head, whose name was Selene Bolin, which I later changed to Selina Bolin, this avi has long since become the avi I get on when I am in a cute, more girly mood, I don't even go by Selina on her anymore lol, I go by Amori Serseii resident: I bet you're starting to see a pattern here. Cersei Lannister was probably my favorite bad guy in Game of Thrones and at the time I wanted to create a Snow Fairie named Cersei, obviously the name was taken so I changed the spelling. Ironically she's not even a Snow Fairie anymore lol She's a B*stard born Fairie Warrior and Healer, whose mother is from the Summer court and her father is from the Autumn Court, oh and her name is Da'ae Pictures!: Rhia: Ivy: Amori: Da'ae:

I honestly can't believe this thread has stayed unlocked long enough to reach this milestone 😂😂😂

IDK if this is the case for these people, but some, me included, walk around with Friends Only on because otherwise we lag so bad we can't move. So its very likely, unless they are doing just to be an *ss, that they can't see ya lol

I 100% agree. I understand people are bored and on edge, and for good reason, but SURELY people can think of something better to do then intentionally being obnoxious a**holes to get threads shut down is NOT a way to cure the boredom. Some of the threads I've seen being locked have been around for ages and I've seen the same activity happening here, I will admit if it happens to this thread I will be in the same boat you are and turn my back on the forums. Things here are out of control since Shutdown and I understand that the forum mods are doing everything they can, but something has gotta change. Maybe give the thread creators light moderation tools to help keep the peace in the threads, maybe take volunteer mods ( I understand this was done before but maybe put them through a vigorous test or something to make sure they don't abuse their power.

This thread is pretty active. Just in the last 24 hours theirs been 10 new pages alone so it's impossible to keep up with it all, hence I asked you to quote it. If it's not so tiring for you could you atleast tell me what page it occurred on?

Yes actually you are. No actually I'm not. I'm not saying people don't do that or haven't in the past, I am simply saying that I haven't seen RECENTLY that seems directed at you. If you can prove me wrong then please QUOTE IT in your next response. If you feel you're being targeted then report it. I do too, I've told you outright, both in a DM and in this forum that I didn't like you and why, but that doesn't mean simply because I don't like you I will side with any hate or bullying directed at you, i will however do my best to get both sides of the story before talk about it and from what I've seen, noone had described you, mentioned you, made passive aggressive marks about you or at you in the last couple weeks. Again if you can prove me wrong then find it and quote it or screenshot it, I have no issue with being proven wrong.

But if they aren't mentioning you BY NAME or by characteristics specific TO YOU, then how do you know with 100% certainty they are talking about you? I've seen your thread, and I've seen people do something similar to that BEFORE you posted that, so again, how do you know they are copying you? *Rolled her eyes* Yes Ashlyn, theirs an obvious clique out there who has nothing better to do with their time then constantly attack you.... If you can't tell thats sarcasm, fortunately despite what you believe people have better things to do than attack or interact with you. I admittedly don't even think about you till I see your latest passive aggressiveness in this thread or others.

You hadn't said anything in probably weeks prior to what you said, noone had even mentioned you, so who exactly provoked you?

From what I seen, noone provoked you to say what you said, you chimed in at random and said that, so yeah that was unprovoked

Including you hoo ! Especially her, I won't deny trolling from time to time, especially if someone provokes me, She takes it to a whole new level however

I really don't care tbh lol This thread has survived a LOT worse than food talk and frankly I'm all for it LOL

CAN Y'ALL STAHP QUOTING THE PICTURE OF THE CANNED CHICKEN PLEASE 🤮🤮🤮🤮

Brown gravy is better!

Wait, if you were ignoring her how did you see the biscuit?! * squints at you*

I made a mistake coming into this thread while hungry and waiting on dinner to get done * Drooooooooooools*

George Clooney, Johnny Depp, Josh Hutchinson, Loretta Lynn, Jennifer Lawrence, Chris Stapleton are ALL from Kentucky as well.

I accept! I think I'd be fantastic!!! "And YOU get a forum ban! And YOU get a forum ban! EVERYONE gets a forum ban!" I'd volunteer to do this tbh! I get they are doing their best but there is SO much going on here that they need more hands on deck to help them

I REALLY hate when someone gets angry about getting banned from somewhere, makes TWO threads about it, in one of them people are making assumptions BASED on what they've told us and then has the audacity to say " You don't even know what happened!" NO SH*T WE DON'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED! YOU FAILED TO TELL US REALLY ANYTHING, SO WHOSE FAULT IS THAT?!?!?!

Yay! thats awesome! I havent taken it off since I got it, I love it!

Thats why on the rare occasions I do blog my looks, I odds are won't list things that I feel make my avatar, well...me. If they come up and ask me where I got my tat, skin, eyes etc of course I'll tell them but I won't list it because those things are so personal that I don't want a carbon copy of me walking around. That may sound selfish and thats fine, but I've spent literal years working on Ivy to make her look how I like her, I'm pretty protective of it because of that and I REFUSE to give out my shape because I made it

When I first started SL, I admit I had a computer that was sh*ittier than the current one I have, I literally couldn't going into in-world stores without lagging out and crashing ( Yeah it was THAT bad) so if I couldn't find it on the MP, I was basically screwed so I became pretty good at finding what I wanted. Fast forward to now, if I had to just do MP shopping I'd probably end up throwing my computer into a wall because its SO HARD to shop there now, before they added the feature to weed out demo's and limited quantities, the MP was such a Gacha dumpster, that it was REALLY hard to find full products and not just 700 results of the same pair of shoes gacha