Malicious "scam" warning: Turnip Tonic
Posted: 31 Jul 2010 11:29 pm
You're probably all too savvy to need this, but I'm cross-posting it to all my forums just in case.
There is a nasty plot going on at the moment where the sender will find a user with a sick pet and send hir a bottle of Turnip Tonic, claiming that it's a cheap cure for the pet's disease. If anyone sends you one of these, do NOT give it to your pet! Turnip Tonic is not a cure-- it's an item that changes a pet to a basic colour, typically used by impatient people to get rid of bad lab/Boochi zaps. Apparently a few users have already been taken in by this, including a couple of people with Baby and Grey pets (and, it's rumoured, one UC last night).
If you see anyone recommending this "remedy" around the boards, report them.
There is a nasty plot going on at the moment where the sender will find a user with a sick pet and send hir a bottle of Turnip Tonic, claiming that it's a cheap cure for the pet's disease. If anyone sends you one of these, do NOT give it to your pet! Turnip Tonic is not a cure-- it's an item that changes a pet to a basic colour, typically used by impatient people to get rid of bad lab/Boochi zaps. Apparently a few users have already been taken in by this, including a couple of people with Baby and Grey pets (and, it's rumoured, one UC last night).
If you see anyone recommending this "remedy" around the boards, report them.