Listen up FOOLIO's: SL SAFETY TIP # 1

SL SAFETY TIP # 1 :
SAFEGUARD YOUR HUMAN
by Mish Bish

In my work as a SL Police Officer, I often encounter stories of people being stalked, and on interviewing them, find they have given the stalker enough information to track them down. Often Foolio's rush into new relationships gushing out personal information like a broken water pipe, forgetting that there are many mentally unstable creeps lurking around in SL. Lets say your one of those Foolio's who thinks this message doesn't apply to them, cause you feel you never give any one person more than one real truth about yourself, for those people I have brought a scenario of a recent stalker's case.

EXIBIT A - In this case Millie is talking to different people, feeling safe that she is not giving out too much information to the people she is chatting to.

Gavin - "It's cold here, snowing again brrr, bet your gonna make me jealouse with the great weather your experiencing, hey where do you live? Can't rememer if you ever told me."

Millie - "I live in a little town called "Houton" in Australia, and yes its hot hot hot here lol!"

Steve - "Roll on the weekend! I've been under so much pressure to find new business in this bad economy. I am an investment consultant for UGL Bank and times are rough! So what do you do for a living?"

Millie - "I work as a receptionist for ABC Hero Construction, great company, been with them for 2 years now and loving it!"

Suzie - "Omg I have always hated my name, Pippa Vand Der Bilt!, What a name ha ha ha, hey how funny that we have known each other all this time, and never known each others names! lol! what's your real name Millie, I bet its something unusual!"

Millie - "I Know! ha ha ha, no nothing exotic or unusal, actually very ordinary "Mandy Smith" HOWS that for a ordinary name, my parents had no imagination!"

In the above case Millie is speaking to 3 different people on separate occasions, she feels safe as she hasn't told any one person more than one truth, what she doesn't know is that Gavin, Steve and Suzie are all alts of the same human, who are using different persona's to get personal information from her. While Millie is blissfully unaware, her stalker now knows where she works, what she does for a living, where she lives and her real name. The stalker can now access Millie the Foolio, even go to her work place, walk into reception and confirm her by name, now what stops him from following her home?

My advise to you Foolios is not to give out personal information to anyone, no names, places of work, references to places near you, email addresses, nothing personal that can lead a creep to your front door. It takes time to know people and just because you're a trusting idiot who won't harm or stalk someone, doesn't mean the person you're speaking to thinks like you do. Remember that in SL people can pretend to be anyone; this means they may give you fake personal information or disarm you with their alt, or act like a decent human being just to get your personal details. ALWAYS keep your human safe!