Did anyone actually fall for it?

Reply #10

Lkydeb*594 — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 06:17:32 GMT

Todd, I love that toughness in u!!!!!!!!!! thank u so much for standing guard protecting us in our family of the LP.

Reply #9

TheGameGrl — Sat, 31 Mar 2007 00:20:40 GMT

Thank you for the information involving these incidences.

Will definitely gain wisdom from such.

Reply #8

jarasan — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 14:37:32 GMT

Todd is the Sentinel , a human firewall, spam buster, B.S.detector, guardian. Nefarious people beware! Thank You Todd.

Reply #7

LOTTOMIKE — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:58:21 GMT

i like that toughness in you and that you'll stand guard at the doors of lottery post and refuse entry to any spammer or scammer who tries such foolishness.

Reply #6

guesser — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:39:24 GMT

Or better yet - ANYONE soliciting MONEY for ANY kind of scheme is not to be trusted.

The ONLY people I trust with my lottery money are the folks down at the corner Kwiquee-Martt where I personally go to donate my money twice a week.

There are people here I converse with publicly and privately - and I'd NEVER ask anyone to 'go in on a pool' with me.... 'pools' are best left to your local office groups, people you can actually touch and see. Some people call office pools a 'syndicate' MER... [ More ]

Reply #5

chippie — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 13:10:11 GMT

This is the 1st time im reading about it

Thanks for the alert though

Reply #4

Badger — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 12:37:27 GMT

If someone talks about a web site, glance over at their stats -- what day did they register, and how many posts do they have? No matter what, do NOT trust anyone who just registered and is already talking about a site -- or worse, about syndicates .

The first thing I look at is how new the member is, and how many posts. This includes anyone that looks like they may be setting all of us up for something.....even their own website where they are selling something. OF all the rules to live b... [ More ]

Reply #3

Todd — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 11:09:44 GMT

I agree that the word syndicate means pool in the UK. I have posted that in other messages in the past.

However, at this point the word syndicate has become subverted to the extent that its usage on the internet is synonymous with the pyramid scams I alluded to.

BTW, did you notice how the scammer returned and posted his garbage once again? I fully anticipated that, but if he thinks persistence will break me down, he is mistaken. Go post your junk someplace else.

Reply #2

KY Floyd — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 06:48:56 GMT

glance over at their stats -- what day did they register, and how many posts do they have?

That's internet 101, and everyone should keep it in mind whenever something sounds supsicious. Having the number of posts and the date they joined makes it simple, but if you don't recognize the name and something doesn't smell right, there's that much more reason to be suspicious. It's not unreasonable to just assume that anytime somebody suggests any commercial site that there's an ulterior motive u... [ More ]

Reply #1

pacattack05 — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:06:10 GMT

I know...the U.K. guy right?

Believe it or not...I did at one point ask myself whether I should report him.

Did anyone actually fall for it?

Todd — Fri, 30 Mar 2007 05:00:18 GMT

I just suspended the membership of someone who posted info about one of those syndicate lottery sites run by the pyramid scheme, VWD (Virtual World Direct).

Check this out: minutes before the person I got rid of posted that message on the forums, their previous Lottery Post account was automatically suspended by the Lottery Post server when they tried to post a link.

That person previously used that account to respond to a warning thread that I had posted a few weeks ago about VWD. The... [ More ]