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Welp, it might have been a very elaborate scam....
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It disgusts me to the highest point... seeing that this could happen

On the bright side, it showed the world how good of a community we are.

(@ISD move this if needed)

I'd rather this whole thing just gets dealt with in private tbh.

It's been public enough and the latest developments don't help either way - whether true or a scam.

If it's a scam, then warning to us all and if it's true, then our feelings aren't really that important to warrant explanation.

Just my 0.02.

If that's a scam: shows the ice-cold unscrupulousness and awfulness of (hopefully a few) Eve Players

however: shows the sympathy and empathy of the majority of Eve Players

If true, which for the size of the liability that news site just created for themselves you would hope it to be.

Then not only does this need to be a perma ban offense as it was not an ingame scam, but due to the nature of isk being able to purchase real life items like EvE Vegas tickets, the relevant federal authorities need to be contacted. This is real fraud, not just an in game scam.

And extremely sickening.

CCP made an investigation and if this really was a scam they should announce it. This is important for the community to know because the accusations are so serious.

I don't see the big deal, this is no better or worse than any other scam in the universe. A couple heart strings were pulled on and isk was siphoned out of the weak masses who felt the need to make some charitable contribution in order to clear their own sins.

Trust but verify, I do hope people don't take any of this out on B4R though, they are still a great organization and do amazing work.

I am going to play the Devil's Advocate here, but the "if it turns out to be true" sentence should have been uttered the moment the whole Olivia thing popped up.

Obviously no-one question the thing, being too on the verge of PC.

TMC did pull now a big one, I do hope that this in fact turns out to be true (ie. it is a fraud) and some consequence is handed out on the perpetrator. Scamming ingame is all fun and games but pulling one off out of game (especially with the topic of suicide, burning B4R in the process) is not something that should be taken lightly.

Shame the mods locked the previous topic. Perhaps the truth would've become much clearer so much sooner. Instead the 'feel good bleeding hearts' donated their precious iskies never to be seen again.

Next time Olivia says 'i'll jump'. Most of the people here will start to say 'THEN JUST JUMP!' because of the fraudulent things that keep happening. Perhaps all this charity/Plex4good needs to stop and all the charity needs to be donated to my awesome persona and i will put it to good use.

Like #Plex4Bacon or something like that. At least i dont have a sob story, or is that what people need? When you donate you dont interact nor do anything to really help, BUT you can pad yourself on the back at night before you go to sleep, knowing you have done an awesome deed and can go back to your egocentrical life the next morning :)

Donate it all to me and sleep well.

Thank you and die slow.

not remotely surprised by this. Saw the original Facebook post at it seemed seedy . Hope the track the isk and ban hammer everyone involved.

True but these things can (and often do) turn ugly and poisonous to the community spirit.
Don't get me wrong now I'm all for a good auld manufactured outrage as much as the next guy,
just not when that line is crossed.