got scammed
Hard to believe it's been over a week since I've updated. Man I'm lazy at blogging.
Some interesting stuff has happened within the last week. KRANTZ came out to visit for a few days so we could work on our latest DeucesCracked.com series: pr1nnyraiding. We got about half the series done while he was out here and played a bunch of HU poker and did other random DC stuff too. It was a good time. I got to watch the HU master himself wreck some fools at 25/50nl HU and make a bunch of cash as well as degen it up a bit at nosebleed plo. I keep telling him he barely knows how to play plo but he doesnt care hahah ;-)
But beyond that some really interesting things developed. I actually got scammed out of some money doing a FTP to PS trade with a guy who was impersonating a trustworthy friend of mine. Because of the font on full tilt poker, there is no discernable difference between a capital i and a lowercase L. Because of that, and a twisted series of events, he was able to scam some money out of me.
You can read more about it here: my 2+2 post as well as a snippet here: on KRANTZ's blog.
It was a pretty fucked up deal... but live and learn. It looks like I'll be able to get at least some of the money back, but it's unclear how much at this point. Pokerstars and FTP have been real cool and helpful with the entire deal. I must admit I'm somewhat surprised. If PS can get most of my money back then I'll definitely give them some more action as I recently dropped my Supernova status there.
As most criminals are, the scammer was/is pretty dumb and didn't cover his tracks well at all. I found his name, phone number, picture, and based on that I can track down his address if I wanted. It's pretty amazing the level people will stoop to. He should have chosen a less internet-savvy victim.
Here's a snippet of our final AIM conversation:
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[15:39] ME: seriously how do you sleep at night? taking advantage of people trying to scam them
[15:39] ME: i dont think i could do it
[15:39] ME: i think my conscience would eat me alive
[15:39] xotremeox: well i really am i good guy
[15:40] xotremeox: if you want
[15:40] xotremeox: i can grind the rest of the funds i have in there
[15:40] xotremeox: and send you back your doe
snip snip
15:50] scammer: im not a criminal
[15:50] scammer: you sent me the money like i said
[15:51] ME: there's no reasoning with you obviously, so i'm not going to try
[15:51] ME: i just hope that someday you see the error of your ways
[15:51] ME: i'm not sure if armenians believe in karma or not
[15:51] ME: i dont wish anything bad on you
[15:51] ME: honeslty i just pity you
[15:51] ME: 2500 to me is nothing
[15:52] ME: its more on principle
[15:52] scammer: look bro
[15:52] scammer: honestly
[15:52] scammer: im really a good guy man
[15:52] scammer: i wanted to double your 2500
[15:52] scammer: and send you your 2500 back
[15:52] scammer: but
[15:52] scammer: i was busy doing a couple stuff
[15:52] scammer: so i couldnt even play
[15:53] ME: how dumb do you think i am man ?
snip snip
[15:59] xotremeox: look bro
[15:59] xotremeox: i will strictly play 1 2 nl
[15:59] xotremeox: 6 man
[15:59] xotremeox: and grind it out for like 5 hrs a day
[15:59] xotremeox: 2 tables
[15:59] xotremeox: trust me i will make money bro
[15:59] ME: "trust me" lol
[15:59] ME: listen you might as well save your keystrokes
[16:00] ME: i'm going to get back whatever money i'm able to
[16:00] ME: if you feel like you want to make things right feel free to get a job at mcdonalds and save your monies and redeposit and transfer the rest back
[16:00] xotremeox: alright
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It's just pretty amazing how awful, self serving, and flat out conniving people are. I'm trying hard to turn the other cheek, be the bigger person, etc but it's hard to do. It's pretty obvious though this guy's life must be shit in order to have to resort to things like this. So while I might be the "victim" here, I feel much worse for him as the long run implications of living a life like that are far worse than losing a few bucks. This guy is obviously the scum of the earth, so I can't get too mad about losing some cash considering how fortunate/blessed my life is.
Still fucking pisses me off though ;-)
Aaron
Some interesting stuff has happened within the last week. KRANTZ came out to visit for a few days so we could work on our latest DeucesCracked.com series: pr1nnyraiding. We got about half the series done while he was out here and played a bunch of HU poker and did other random DC stuff too. It was a good time. I got to watch the HU master himself wreck some fools at 25/50nl HU and make a bunch of cash as well as degen it up a bit at nosebleed plo. I keep telling him he barely knows how to play plo but he doesnt care hahah ;-)
But beyond that some really interesting things developed. I actually got scammed out of some money doing a FTP to PS trade with a guy who was impersonating a trustworthy friend of mine. Because of the font on full tilt poker, there is no discernable difference between a capital i and a lowercase L. Because of that, and a twisted series of events, he was able to scam some money out of me.
You can read more about it here: my 2+2 post as well as a snippet here: on KRANTZ's blog.
It was a pretty fucked up deal... but live and learn. It looks like I'll be able to get at least some of the money back, but it's unclear how much at this point. Pokerstars and FTP have been real cool and helpful with the entire deal. I must admit I'm somewhat surprised. If PS can get most of my money back then I'll definitely give them some more action as I recently dropped my Supernova status there.
As most criminals are, the scammer was/is pretty dumb and didn't cover his tracks well at all. I found his name, phone number, picture, and based on that I can track down his address if I wanted. It's pretty amazing the level people will stoop to. He should have chosen a less internet-savvy victim.
Here's a snippet of our final AIM conversation:
--------------------------------------
[15:39] ME: seriously how do you sleep at night? taking advantage of people trying to scam them
[15:39] ME: i dont think i could do it
[15:39] ME: i think my conscience would eat me alive
[15:39] xotremeox: well i really am i good guy
[15:40] xotremeox: if you want
[15:40] xotremeox: i can grind the rest of the funds i have in there
[15:40] xotremeox: and send you back your doe
15:50] scammer: im not a criminal
[15:50] scammer: you sent me the money like i said
[15:51] ME: there's no reasoning with you obviously, so i'm not going to try
[15:51] ME: i just hope that someday you see the error of your ways
[15:51] ME: i'm not sure if armenians believe in karma or not
[15:51] ME: i dont wish anything bad on you
[15:51] ME: honeslty i just pity you
[15:51] ME: 2500 to me is nothing
[15:52] ME: its more on principle
[15:52] scammer: look bro
[15:52] scammer: honestly
[15:52] scammer: im really a good guy man
[15:52] scammer: i wanted to double your 2500
[15:52] scammer: and send you your 2500 back
[15:52] scammer: but
[15:52] scammer: i was busy doing a couple stuff
[15:52] scammer: so i couldnt even play
[15:53] ME: how dumb do you think i am man ?
[15:59] xotremeox: look bro
[15:59] xotremeox: i will strictly play 1 2 nl
[15:59] xotremeox: 6 man
[15:59] xotremeox: and grind it out for like 5 hrs a day
[15:59] xotremeox: 2 tables
[15:59] xotremeox: trust me i will make money bro
[15:59] ME: "trust me" lol
[15:59] ME: listen you might as well save your keystrokes
[16:00] ME: i'm going to get back whatever money i'm able to
[16:00] ME: if you feel like you want to make things right feel free to get a job at mcdonalds and save your monies and redeposit and transfer the rest back
[16:00] xotremeox: alright
--------------------------------------
It's just pretty amazing how awful, self serving, and flat out conniving people are. I'm trying hard to turn the other cheek, be the bigger person, etc but it's hard to do. It's pretty obvious though this guy's life must be shit in order to have to resort to things like this. So while I might be the "victim" here, I feel much worse for him as the long run implications of living a life like that are far worse than losing a few bucks. This guy is obviously the scum of the earth, so I can't get too mad about losing some cash considering how fortunate/blessed my life is.
Still fucking pisses me off though ;-)
Aaron
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