Fraud at MyLot

@sweet_pea (3322)
Philippines
October 5, 2010 3:19am CST
Guys, I think I just discovered a MyLotter who has multiple accounts. I was going back to my previous discussions trying to give comments when I noticed that two Mylotters have similar responses to me - word for word. The only difference was the other one was referring to a he, then the other one was referring to a she. One person has almost 3,000 posts while the other has 200 posts. I just couldn't believe it! What should I do? I'm still in shock. I know I should report this to admin, but I don't know how. How do you send them a private message?
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11 responses
@ddaguno (3107)
• Philippines
5 Oct 10
You can send a message to goaskalice but are you sure that it is the same person? What if the other user is just a copycat? Anyway, admin will see this post and they will investigate.
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• United States
5 Oct 10
lolzzz
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@sweet_pea (3322)
• Philippines
5 Oct 10
Thanks ddaguno. I wouldn't know. There are many possibilities. Maybe, one is a copycat. Trying to ruin the reputation of the other. Or maybe, the other wants to earn more here at MyLot. But how can he be careless to post in the same discussion. It doesn't make sense.
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@ellyse2003 (1463)
• Philippines
5 Oct 10
you should report this. That's not fair to us. but we need some investigations to be sure. hhhmmm, good to know about this, I might as well make my own investigation to help you. but i don't whom to investigate...hehehe
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@sweet_pea (3322)
• Philippines
7 Oct 10
I already did. It is up to admin to investigate. I really can't do much about this.
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• Canada
5 Oct 10
The situation you speak of is not new around here. It's been going on for years with various users copying discussions/posts just to increase their earnings. I remember this happening shortly after I started here, and the one who was copying was the one who was banned for doing so. It may not be the same person with 2 accounts, but rather what I mentioned above where someone is copying another person's writing. And you can't say with conviction that the older user is the one who's doing the copying. If it's worth the time and effort to type it all out, then the newer user would be doing that and trying to earn more faster. I haven't seen this recently and I don't know who you're talking about, but definitely report it and it will be investigated. Someone will pay the price for cheating here as it's not tolerated whatsoever. If this becomes a frequent issue, myLot may only allow one account per IP, which I thought was already commonplace, as it is with a lot of other websites. They will get to the bottom of it and rectify the situation quickly.
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@sweet_pea (3322)
• Philippines
7 Oct 10
I was not aware of it until I experience it first hand. Well at least we know that there are people like them lurking here at MyLot. What people would do to earn more.
• Philippines
5 Oct 10
Hello Sweet_Pea, I have once busted some one who's using two mylot accounts.this is what i like about this site, people knew it right away if there is something wrong here. i think the guidelines tells us specifically to report (!) it directly to the admin so that they can figure this out in no time. This has been my concern over the past few years being here. I believe mylot should finally have it's ONE person IP address rule. because there is a rule that if two or more people using one computer, the person got to inform in his/her account who is this person with him/her using one computer. now, that is a disadvantage. thank you for letting us know about this. Have a great day
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
5 Oct 10
It is not one user with multiple acounts but one user who is stealing the responses made by others
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• Philippines
5 Oct 10
that's plagiarism. report no questions asked. (hi Aunt D)
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@sweet_pea (3322)
• Philippines
7 Oct 10
Can the 200 post can copy/paste already? I think (correct me if I'm wrong), you should have more posts than that number in order to copy/paste. I think the 3000 post can do that, however she made the first response. Anyway, I was really amazed, because there was one word in the response that was in uppercase and it was also copied by the other one.
• United States
7 Oct 10
I agree with what many others have said here - it most likely is not one user with multiple accounts (although it could be I suppose), because a user with multiple accounts would be more careful about not posting copied content, in my opinion, especially not content that was copied directly from their other account as that would draw too much attention to both accounts. However, it is more likely that it is a user trying to make money quickly and not caring whether or not what they are doing is right or wrong.
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
7 Oct 10
' However, it is more likely that it is a user trying to make money quickly and not caring whether or not what they are doing is right or wrong. ' Change all that to past tense as in 'was' and 'were doing' because that account is no longer around. Admin listens
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• United States
8 Oct 10
I am glad to hear that myLot has canceled that account. I am also glad that there were people that cared enough to report the abuse. I have been wondering lately just how many people really care on here, but it seems that there are still people on here that do care about this site.
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• United States
8 Mar 11
PA you will be glad that not only that one but yet another one above. Sad they think they can beat the system but eventually it catches up and well they no longer exist on here.
@onlywan (182)
• Philippines
5 Oct 10
We can't jump into conclusions. Like what other mylotters said, it might be that the other one is just copying the post of the other person. And what is wrong with having multiple accounts if you have a lot of computers in your house right. God bless everyone.
@ddaguno (3107)
• Philippines
5 Oct 10
My friend, having more than one account is not allowed here in myLot
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@sweet_pea (3322)
• Philippines
7 Oct 10
Yup. This was stated in the guidelines.
@Devilova (5392)
• Indonesia
5 Oct 10
Using two account with a same identity will lead you to get banned. But using the same IP as long as it didn't OL at the same time it's allowed.Maybe it was a same person, but as long as it use different identity.I believe it will allowed. For copy paste from others comment, better to report it.Let the admin who deal with.
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@jha907 (114)
• India
5 Oct 10
before reprting you should do further inquiry.it may be a case of mistaken identity.
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@harry89 (2330)
• India
5 Oct 10
I think the admin will notice this discussion and will find out if those two persons are same or not. But i have a doubt in my mind that if he has made 3000 posts then he should be aware of the rule that the duplicate posts gets deleted and then he cant make that mistake of making his response going in vain, i think the other person with 200 posts is just a copycat.
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@sweet_pea (3322)
• Philippines
7 Oct 10
Why can't he have his own opinion, and quit being a copycat.
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• United States
5 Oct 10
i would to but i just don't know how and i think its just easyer to get my friends to join lol
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• United States
5 Oct 10
u don't lolzz
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