tldr warning -- cliffs at bottom
I had hoped to avoid ever making a post like this, but unfortunately, I feel that I have run out of options and at this point, I believe I need to warn the community about Jeffrey May of Seatac, Washington who played as SilentNut (FTP)/SilentNut2 (Merge/Hero) among other names on Merge skins.
I began staking SilentNut in May 2011 on Hero. Our deal was I would stake him in 44+ FOs and 30+ rebuys and he would play the lower stakes on his own roll.
In August he asked for the first of several loans and promised to repay the loans through profits from his roll or from the stake. I gave him several loans in August and September that in total amounted to around $7,000-$8,000. All of these loans were paid back from his winnings and everything went smoothly.
In September, I provided another loan of $1,500. Since he was in significant makeup, we agreed he would repay that loan through profits on tournaments not included on the stake. In mid-October, he had run out of money to play low stakes tournaments on his own roll, so I agreed to loan him an additional $1,500 with the same conditions.
In late October, he was having a prolonged downswing and needed cash. I agreed to loan him an additional $3,000 at the end of October. Since I began staking him, he had talked about a large inheritance he expected to receive in fall 2011. Between his profits from low stakes tournaments, his past history of repayments, and his expected inheritance I thought it was a reasonably safe loan and trusted him. He agreed to repay that loan with $2,000 interest no later than when his inheritance was received, which was expected in the next 2-4 weeks. None of these loans have been repaid.
It was around this time that significant problems began to develop. He left Hero and moved to the Stride network due to a deal he was offered on Stride. He agreed to buyout his makeup (at 100%) and pay off the loans when he received his inheritance. In the interim, he would pay me by giving me 100% of his profit earned on Stride. When he left Hero, makeup was $19,000 and there was $2,025 of stake funds in his account.
I requested that those funds be returned, but he said due to a misunderstanding between him and the Hero CEO, the money had already been removed. I continually asked for that money from early November through December and he provided a variety of excuses as to why he had not received it. When he finally received the money, he claimed he was broke and unable to send it to me. Instead, he offered to send me the money when his withdrawal from Stride of $2,500 was received. That money was never sent. In my opinion, this is outright theft of $2,025.
His “deal” on Stride didn’t pan out and in December he asked to continue the staking agreement, but I refused to do so until the money withdrawn from the stake was returned. Since he was unable to do so, our deal remained suspended. He played on Hero intermittently in December (about 7-8 days), but did not profit as far as I can tell (based on OPR). In addition, he told me on 1-2 occasions that he was not playing elsewhere. Although I don’t have definitive proof, I highly suspect it was an outright lie. I believe in December or January, he played on RPM. I have heard that he attempted to use a third party to remove money from RPM in January.
He contacted me one week ago and said he “was begging” to continue the stake. I agreed to let him play 60 FOs and below as well 30rs and below. I sent $1,000 on January 26 and he played his first session on January 30. He profited approximately $1,750 and at the end of the session told me via skype he was transferring the $1,750 profit to me. I still have not received that money and believe he may have withdrawn the profit and initial $1,000 I sent.
For the past 4 days, I have requested the profit be transferred. The day after his session, he told me his internet died the night before and he was unable to submit the transfer. The next day he said there was a family emergency and he would send that night. Since then, he has repeatedly mentioned a family emergency and said he was unable to log on and send me the profits. I offered an alternative – which was for him to email the Hero CEO and request the transfer be made. His latest excuse was that he could not figure out how to send an email from his phone and therefore couldn’t email the Hero CEO. After receiving a series of excuses for the past 4 days, my patience has wore out. Based on recent history, I do not believe any of his excuses are true and I now believe he is just attempting to give me the run around.
At this point, he owes me $5,900 from loans (plus $2,000 in interest), has stolen at least $2,025 and up to $5,000 from the stake and has an additional $15,000-$18,000 in makeup (total makeup is $20,000 minus the stolen money).
Cliffs:
- Provided multiple loans to SilentNut of $7-8k in August/September; all were repaid
- Provided 3 loans for $6k total in September/October and have not been repaid
- He removed $2,025 from the stake without authorization in November and has failed to repay
- Restarted the stake 1 week ago and I suspect after the first session removed, without authorization, the $1,000 initial amount and all profits of around $1,750-$1,800.
- Owes me a total of $7,900 from loans and $20,000 in money removed from the stake/makeup
I would warn everyone in the community to be cautious when trading/dealing with SilentNut. I’m hoping this situation gets resolved and he pays up, but at this point, I’ve heard too many excuses and believe he is outright stealing/scamming.
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