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A word of advice

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Updated by Joanne at 05/10/2007 14:03

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A word of advice
4/19/2007 12:32 PM
Joanne, 47
Maryland
United States

This is just a word of advice to people in general. Don't post your messenger ID's on yours or anyone else's homepage. Those pages are public and anyone who is searching through members can get them. You never know who is going to pop up out of the blue on your messengers, and you will have no idea where they came from originally. My advice, if you want chat with someone in messengers, then give them your id through private messages, not on your homepage.

Also, I don't understand why people think that you are going to add them as a friend when they request it, and you have never chatted with them before. That is a stranger, not a friend. A friend is someone who you have chatted with and do consider a friend. Not just someone out of the blue. My advice there?? Tell them thank you and you will add them as a friend once you have had an opportunity to chat with them a bit, gotten to "know" them some. Then you can possible consider them a friend.

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Re: A word of advice
5/7/2007 12:12 AM
Michelle, 107
Gainesville, Georgia
United States

Very good advice Joanne! People think because they are on the internet giving out info won't come back to haunt them - but it can! If people don't want to wait and get to know you then they weren't worth getting to know in the first place...

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Re: Re: A word of advice
5/7/2007 2:37 AM
Joanne, 47
Maryland
United States

I have to totally agree with that. What gets me is that people will post their messenger ids on others homepages, or even on their own homepage. Then they complain because some perv or scammer or whatever has been contacting them. I just sometimes don't understand people. They need to be more careful, and don't be so willing to advertise how they can be contacted, and be just a tad bit more picky. Oh well, perhaps they will learn some day.

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Re: Re: Re: A word of advice
5/7/2007 11:36 PM
Michelle, 107
Gainesville, Georgia
United States

Yeah, people put to much info out there for everybody to see. If they want someone to have private info it should be in a private message. Trouble is, they usually don't learn until it's too late...

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Re: A word of advice
5/10/2007 2:03 PM
~SeaMaiden~, 35
New Brunswick
Canada

Thank you Joanne! That is so true. I never post my messenger ID in any of my site for that reason. That is a great piece of advice for all. Its better to get to know the person before adding them to ur messengers.

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