Submitted by MrClean on March 31, 2009
InTheRooms is now officially the fastest growing recovery site on the Internet worldwide, bar none! We owe that success to you, our members, and we are deeply grateful. One of the negatives of being so successful is that it can attract predators. These predators come in all shapes and sizes and as long as you’re careful there’s nothing to be afraid of. A couple of things to always keep in mind.
Don’t give out your phone number or E-mail address- although it’s very tempting to have that phone conversation with the person you just met online DON’T! Yeah it’s “a God thing” that you both love sushi but do you really want to give out that number or personal e-mail address to someone you don’t really know at all?
Don’t EVER give someone access to your Bank Account! Yeah I know that they told you that they are deposed Royalty from Nigeria and are willing to share their fortune with you if they only had a SAFE place to put their funds…wait! Why not put it in YOUR account! No doubt that you’ve been the very paragon of banking virtues during your active addiction! We’ve also had scammers claim to be dying of cancer and need your funds to survive the next couple of months until they die. I hate to be cold, but there are lot’s of these scammers around and I wouldn’t give ANY money to strangers on a website!
Don’t go to strange websites that you get in a personal message…even though her name is Lola, she’s 19 and gorgeous, saw your profile picture, and can’t LIVE without showing you what she looks like naked on her webcam!
What should you do when you encounter these messages? Just let us know about it! MrClean, RT and TheDotMack will be happy to banish these people to Cyber Hell. Once they are banned, they can’t come back!
We’ve been getting rid of them as quickly as possible but with your help we can make it even faster! We are also working on a new feature to help with reporting these issues.
Again, the good news is that if we weren’t so successful, we wouldn’t be having this problem. We owe that success to YOU! We want you all to have a SAFE place to enjoy your recovery!
Sincerely, MrClean, RT, TheDotMack