What the Hell is this? Copybot for sale on the Internet?

by Veyron — published on September 22nd, 2007

Okay, I was a bit torn about posting a link to what is obviously either a scam for Second Life vendors or more likely a rip off to anyone dumb enough to buy it.  Does anyone know more about the site SecondLifeCheaters.com?  I found the link on a bloggers Google Adwords.  Obviously not endorsed by the blogger I found the ad on.  Am I behind the curve on this site?

-Veyron

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  1. Dalien Talbot says:
    September 22nd, 2007 at 8:59 pm

    Well, if they promise the bank account to look six-digit - then indeed something is wrong :)

  2. dandellion Kimban says:
    September 22nd, 2007 at 11:54 pm

    and they are asking for a cell phone number???!!! ROFL

    I clicked it… so it told me this is not available in my area. And redirected me to a dating site. Damn, I was one click clse to making a SL fortune and becoming famous.

  3. Vint Falken says:
    September 24th, 2007 at 11:08 am

    Do notify the Lindens of a rip off? Would match the book I want for my rezzday though. =d

  4. Goten Dragonash says:
    September 28th, 2007 at 1:02 pm

    Hey Veyron, their ‘ultra-sexy super guide to SL’ contains EXACTLY FIVE PAGES LOL

    The super tips? Basically “Avoid popular places, join groups, play games” ROFL

    Yep, I really believe this “Was created by the most experienced and richest members of the Second Life community”. So experienced that they have a JavaScript client-side validation system. Fucking awesome.

    Yep, I was able to download this very enlightening piece of literature simply by using Firefox equipped with NoScript.

  5. Dalien Talbot says:
    September 28th, 2007 at 6:32 pm

    Goten: lol. nice. :) (out of paranoia I did not click on anything of those buttons nor tried to enter the code:)

    Not sure how about being the “richest”, but they surely are “experienced” - in social engineering at least :-)

    Put in some blah blah, become a landing point for google, add a button for the “cell phone” being a simple redirect to the website you have pay-per-click for - which would have a *way* higher click rate than just a banner ad, and for those who actually view the source afterwards (like yourself :) - there is indeed something as a reward for the curiosity - and as a cover from this site being legally considered a scam :)

    And now that I have a second look at what I wrote - those folks might be not the poorest ones too :)

    What can I say… A very elegant way to earn money :-)

    If it does work for some areas, then I guess one could use the geolocation database to collect the phone numbers per-area - this could be a very valuable information which could be sold at a way higher price than just pay-per-click.

    As a bonus one could then redirect to the site that installs spyware - botnets are also a good commodity.

    So this is very far from silly, imho :)

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