Warning: There might be a high profile scammer active on the board.

[MeltingHeart]

So I can't really say anything since I broke the rules myself. I think being over £1000 short is fair punishment. They may disagree.

Oh ffs! I'm sorry. Well it nearly happened to me- if all that is being said it true- so sorry that happened. Talk about kicking someone in the teeth when they are down. Go con some dumbass millionaire - don't prey on some of the most vunerable people for heavens sake!

 

[smirlap]

So I can't really say anything since I broke the rules myself. I think being over £1000 short is fair punishment. They may disagree.

More than "fair"...
:(

 

[Stan]

The thing that disappoints me is that in a day or two it will be forgotten and some poor new user gets hit upon and scammed. It's all in pm now so nobody can intervene publicly.

 

[Mr2005]

I saw this coming

 

[Return2Dust]

I'm blown away. It's awful to prey on people who are vulnerable and reaching out for advice/help.

 

[Dystopia]

Can't believe the lengths people are going to scam other vulnerable users here. That PM about the phenobarbital definitely proves the point as I remember telling her on multiple occasions it's at least 20g for pheno to be lethal and still requires benzos to be in the mix due to how slow acting it is

Its a real shame there's not a way to verify trusted users as a forum option as that could end up going sour too..

 

[MeltingHeart]

Can't believe the lengths people are going to scam other vulnerable users here. That PM about the phenobarbital definitely proves the point as I remember telling her on multiple occasions it's at least 20g for pheno to be lethal and still requires benzos to be in the mix due to how slow acting it is

Its a real shame there's not a way to verify trusted users as a forum option as that could end up going sour too..

what do you mean ' verify trusted users as a forum option as that could end up going sour too..'?

 

[sanction]

WTF??? Rachel74 is a scammer?? She gave me a feeling she's one of the OG's and more contributed members on this forum. At least during the past few months I've been active on here. Damn, thats crazy. Thanks to OP for identifying this and raising awareness

 

[MeltingHeart]

WTF??? I didn't read through all the posts in this thread. Just read the first original post only from OP. Damn... Rachel74 is a scammer?? She gave me a feeling she's one of the OG's and more contributed members on this forum. At least during the past few months I've been active on here. Damn, thats crazy. Thanks to OP for identifying this and raising awareness

OG's?

 

[Dystopia]

what do you mean ' verify trusted users as a forum option as that could end up going sour too..'?

I meant something like a "Trusted" tag in the banner of people's post so users could receive correct information about sources people ask about in PM's. Good in theory but then someone could take advantage of that after a while of sending the correct emails/links etc.

 

[WhiteDespair]

what do you mean ' verify trusted users as a forum option as that could end up going sour too..'?

Something where users could "vote" on whether someone was trustworthy or not. If you're familiar with Reddit, upvotes and downvotes. It would work for a while until the scammers adapted and became trusted. Then, even the verified user wouldn't be a mark of anything useful.

OG's?

Original Gangster. Old school user. Been around for a while. That sort of thing.

 

[MeltingHeart]

Something where users could "vote" on whether someone was trustworthy or not. If you're familiar with Reddit, upvotes and downvotes. It would work for a while until the scammers adapted and became trusted. Then, even the verified user wouldn't be a mark of anything useful.

oh i dont know about reddit. god that sounds like a very tricky thing to monitor- its not something i know anything about. There cant be that many on here- its a pretty obscure scamming route...imo....but what do i know...not much!

 

[WhiteDespair]

oh i dont know about reddit. god that sounds like a very tricky thing to monitor- its not something i know anything about. There cant be that many on here- its a pretty obscure scamming route...imo....but what do i know...not much!

Any system can be gamed and exploited. It depends on the cost/benefit analysis as to whether someone goes through with it.

The Reddit concept is only one of the ways it can be implemented.

 

[sanction]

Don't let a few bad apples ruin this great community. Just don't buy/ sell anything, or give out too sensitive personal information, and should be good enough. Its a public forum after all, but I understand a lot of us on here are already not in the best mental state to start with, so may become more vulnerable

 

[notjustyetagain]

dear scammers,

please crawl up the nearest drainpipe, exit at the roof, scuttle over to the edge of the building, and look down, stare deep and hard. start singing ave maria. then, jump off. you'll have no need of desperate and vulnerable folks' cash ever again. make the world a better place.

thanks.

sympathies to everyone who lost out to this.

 

[ArtsyDrawer]

What.
Last I heard of her was the she's in a hospital from accidental od. I kept seeing her in recovery trying to put her life back together. What the absolute fuck!

 

[color_me_gone]

The thing that disappoints me is that in a day or two it will be forgotten and some poor new user gets hit upon and scammed. It's all in pm now so nobody can intervene publicly.

Hence, my signature

It would work for a while until the scammers adapted and became trusted

Seems like everybody trusted the current scammer

 

[Idorus]

Hence, my signature

Fuk that is such a great idea @color_me_gone !

Let us all carry that same signature! (see my copied signature here below)

The great thing is, this sign. will now appear under all my 374 messages. We should really do this all.... warnings a-a-allll over the place, agree?

Cause the thing, as said before, definitely is:

...in a day or two it will be forgotten and some poor new user gets hit upon and scammed

(we should really make this pact to leave a better world on SS - it's a matter of months and all current members are replaced by an entire new herd, and this goes on and on and on.. what a dagger in the heart to ignore this chance)

 

[Return2Dust]

Hence, my signature

Seems like everybody trusted the current scammer

I love your username, color_me_gone.

 

[ge0rge]

omg, there's drama in the suicide fandom

 

[CrushedHopes]

I've only been here for half a week, and WOW. I can't believe that Rachel is a scammer. She must have been great at masking her assholery, then. Just like me outside of SS for the past 7 years - using and manipulating everyone around me like pawns. As soon as they became useless, I threw them away.

 

[262653]

Ughh... I think I'm better at memorizing profile pictures than nicknames. Her nick sounds familiar... Is that the one with only lower part of the face, black and white?

 

[smirlap]

Ughh... I think I'm better at memorizing profile pictures than nicknames. Her nick sounds familiar... Is that the one with only lower part of the face, black and white?

You can see screenshot in message #74, page 3

 

[BPD_LE]

Morning everyone. I've just woken up to this. I've read the thread and it doesn't look good. I personally know nothing about this apart from what I've read here. I too am shocked. If people have lost money, I am so sorry. I'll just repeat what has already been said, please don't sell or buy anything from other members, no matter who they are. Personally, I have only shared links privately for suppliers from online stores that I know are genuine because they supplied me. I feel sad that I need to reassure those members who have PM'ed me of this fact. I know some of you have received successfully of which I am glad. But again I'll repeat, please don't send money privately to other members. I don't know what else to say ❤

 

[Idorus]

She liked my original post on the thread "Dutch TV about N scams".
The more that was pronounced the more buyers for her - trusted member - to score.

 

[262653]

You can see screenshot in message #74, page 3

Aighty... I don't recognize her avatar though... Oh well. Nothing new under the sun. Or as one master wizard used to say, knowledge is never appreciated until after the fact... A few times being scammed was necessary for me to start managing my trust carefully, and that is still not enough...

 

[Idorus]

Personally, I have only shared links privately for suppliers from online stores that I know are genuine because they supplied me.

I hope you don't mean N?
{Cause that would be the f*kkin bloody limit understandably}

 

[BPD_LE]

I hope you don't mean N?
{Cause that would be the f*kkin bloody limit understandably}

No, I don't mean N. I mean OTC and SN. Like I said, I only use well known online stores and direct members to them. Although now I will be rethinking this, so I won't need to defend myself in the future.

 

[Soul]

And to address a minor misstatement Rachel74 apparently made to at least one victim: It *is* possible to block others here. Easy, even.

 

[Soulless_Angel]

Jeez bloody hell what have I come on too this morning? I spoke to her in PM loads, as she claimed she was from my neck of the woods, even sent photos and stuff? Would all that have been a lie? Was I too damned trusting, she never tried to sell me anything, it was all just general chit chat and stuff and talking about another user who was apparently in same area. Some of the thing's she said though in PM doesn't make me think she was lying about where she was too, oh hell my brain hurts and I am confused!!
I rarely talk in PM, conversation escapes me, I truely hope that one of the rare few I spoke too isn't really a full liar, just someone confused in a bad mental state?