Banks inWorld at Second Life - If you SCAM Your Days are Numbered


	Banks inWorld at Second Life - If you SCAM Your Days are Numbered

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1-10-2008 12:20 AM

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FREEDOM in Second Life, curtailed again by Linden Labs

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crash in confidence caused a run on the Second Life bank." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/biztech/virtual-world-cracks-down-on-cowboy-banks/2008/01/10/1199554807218.html"><P>There's a banking meltdown in Second Life, too.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/biztech/virtual-world-cracks-down-on-cowboy-banks/2008/01/10/1199554807218.html"><P>The world's creator, Linden Lab, has announced it will regulate
the virtual banks strictly in Second Life from now on, after one
collapsed amid a credit crunch that Linden said posed "unique and
substantial risks to Second Life ... likely to lead to
destabilisation of the virtual economy".</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.smh.com.au/news/biztech/virtual-world-cracks-down-on-cowboy-banks/2008/01/10/1199554807218.html"><P>In-world companies such as JT Financial have been inundated by
customers wanting to know what is going on. A screenshot shows a
virtual bank branch packed with customers, as a notice on the wall
says "JTF has not crashed. The system is overloaded right now.
Please stay calm ... you will all be able to withdraw your
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