Dear Funky Mama

I have a friend that came up to me and told me that she scammed somebody. She is my best friend but I think what she did was wrong and unfair. Should I report her? Should I just let it slide? I am confused. What should I do?

Confused Secret Keeper

You are so right - scamming people is wrong and unfair, just like robbing someone in RL! If I knew a scammer I’d tell them what I thought of them. Who needs a friend like that?

But if you really want to keep her as a friend and you don’t want to tell her how you feel, reporting her could be a good option. At least you’ll be doing the right thing – and hopefully helping the person who got scammed. Your friend will never know it was you, and maybe she’ll even learn her lesson? Here’s hoping!

Dear Funky Mama

OK Funky Mama I got with the person of my dreams but they keep asking for my cell number and I keep saying that my phone is down. What should I do!!!!!?????

Don’t Got A Clue

Dear Don’t Got A Clue. Please don’t ever give out your phone number to someone you’ve met online. Never. Ever. And if they ask why you won’t, here’s a link you can refer them to. Play safe and nobody gets hurt.

Dear Funky Mama

A lot of people always and I mean ALWAYS rip me off. This one girl said that she would give me a Flickr poster for 2000 tkns and just to my luck this was her reply," I didn't recieve the tokens!" and then she left without giving me the Flickr poster. This other girl said she would give me free Gold on my other account now I can't log on to it. One day I accidentally gave someone 3000 tokens instead of 300 and I said to them,"Can I please have my other 2700 tokens?" and they said,"No!" and logged off. Can you help me, PLEASE???

Scammed

Dear Scammed. If you keep getting ripped off, it’s because you keep letting it happen. Here are a couple of rules to live by:

1. Never give your email address or password to anyone, especially someone who says they'll give you free Gold. Would you give your front door key to a complete stranger because they promised to leave some money in your bedroom?

2. The only safe way to buy something is using a purchase button on the item. If someone asks you to give them tokens, alarm bells should start ringing! Tell them to give you the item first and see how fast they run away.

Dear Funky Mama

A week ago, my friend was banned and she said "Hey can you post on the forum that I am dead?" First I said a firm "No!", because I didn't want to bring drama on the forum, but then she started "begging" for it. I accepted because she swore she would never come on SmallWorlds anymore, so I could not be called a lier. I posted it and 1 week later, my friend was unbanned and she was playing again. Everyone considers me a lier now. I even brought my apologies on the forum and explained everyone, but some didn't forgive me. Can you help me with that? I didn't want to lie.

Not a Lier

Dear Not a Lier. If it’s one thing I can’t stand, it’s people who pretend to have a serious illness – or like your friend, pretend to be dead. Real life has enough illness and death without making more up to get some false pity!

In your case, you say it’s your friend’s fault? Well, she should be the one asking for forgiveness then. Sounds like she’s left you with the blame – and is that what a real friend would do? You can’t take your lie back. All you can do is try to live with it