Hi this is Pat Mahoney. Someone has been impersonating me on Skype and trying to scam. I'll add the account name they are using when I know it. Don't do any swaps with me (or anyone) without using extra measures of verification first.

Hey this is v2the3. Yeh the guy tried to get me yesterday his skype user is
live: pmahoney22.

[02:49:46] v2the3: sup
[02:50:02] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: whatss up ....
[02:50:34] v2the3: u added me right
[02:51:22] v2the3: u add by accident?
[02:51:46] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: you do not know who I am?
[02:51:52] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: pmahoney22 in stars
[02:52:07] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: I added to ask you if you are in las vegas right now?
[02:52:21] v2the3: nope how come
[02:52:34] v2the3: have we been playing hypers on ps
[02:53:26] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: sometimes ..
[02:53:38] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: Although now I'm more dedicated to the mtt
[02:53:53] v2the3: yeh I don't play live so no vegas was me
[02:53:59] v2the3: i was close to playing main for first time actually
[02:54:10] v2the3: but decided to go England enxt week instead which is home
[02:54:27] v2the3: for semi break
[02:55:33] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: Oh, okay ... I told you it was to know if you were here, to buy a balance in Pokerstars .. since I have a team of students, and I need to buy $
[02:55:47] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: Look for me on facebook patrick mahoney
[02:56:06] v2the3: i don't follow
[02:56:47] v2the3: i don't want to do anything against pokerstars rules though fwiw that's not something I'm interested in
[02:56:58] v2the3: i just play poker
[02:57:25] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: No, you understand me maybe
[02:57:39] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: What I need is to buy dollars in Pokerstars do you understand?
[02:57:52] v2the3: ahh yeh i see
[02:58:13] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: cool
[02:59:19] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: I have a team of players that I coach, and I sponsor them, but since I am in Las Vegas, I can not lock my account to transfer them to them to play, so I wrote that I need to buy dollars. Is it possible that you can sell me?
[03:02:55] v2the3: no sry
[03:03:13] v2the3: again pokerstars are not keen on players doing this anymore afaik
[03:03:25] v2the3: but gl finding some1
[03:04:14] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: I do not understand...
[03:04:31] v2the3: your only meant to transfer on ps to people ud irectly stake
[03:04:38] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: Do you use neteller? For there I can also buy 2k or 3k
[03:04:50] v2the3: what r u swapping for it?
[03:04:53] v2the3: i have net dollars yeh
[03:05:38] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: I can buy you what you have in neteller, I make a bank transfer, what I need is to buy dollars so I can leave my students and play ..
[03:05:47] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: How many do you have in neteller?
[03:06:00] v2the3: how much u need
[03:06:06] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: 3k aprox..
[03:06:08] v2the3: and what bank transfer uk?
[03:06:53] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: If I can do it, I have a bank in Spain, and it allows me to transfer to Europe, but my account is in euros, I imagine that the
[03:06:55] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: libras
[03:07:05] v2the3: yeh nvm man i cant help u
[03:07:28] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: why?
[03:08:22] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: I deposit the money to you immediately, it is only to pass me an account number, name of holder and I make the deposit
[03:08:41] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: I am a very well-known person in the world of poker, you can ask for me ...
[03:09:02] v2the3: this seems weird whys your English terrible aswell with the most Irish sounding name ever
[03:09:07] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: It's just that I really need balance with a lot of urgency.
[03:09:32] v2the3: situation is strange all of it
[03:09:37] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: I have lived in Mexico for many years,
[03:09:53] v2the3: but why did u add me specifically
[03:10:03] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: I was born in minesota, but since I was 6 years old I live in Mexico, everyone knows me ..
[03:10:48] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: It adds you thinking that maybe you could be here in las vegas ..
[03:12:10] v2the3: no ask some1 else gl bud
[03:31:21] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: ok
[03:31:34] *** Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠ would like to add you on Skype ***
[03:38:56] v2the3: I'm not comfortable with this conversation tbh
[03:39:10] v2the3: u seem super weird and feels like a hack or summit
[03:39:39] v2the3: I cant imagine you would talk like this unless your really drunk
[03:42:06] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: I think you are mistaken friend
[03:42:24] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: I am not any hack
[03:42:51] Patrick Mahoney ♥♦♣♠: I told you I was born in the United States, but I lived all my life in Latin America.
[03:42:54] v2the3: respond to ankush then on fb
[03:43:22] v2the3: it still doesn't make sense why u would add me from nowhere

He tried to send a picture file at the end at which point I deleted him. Then Ankush Mandavia confirmed it wasn't Patrick on facebook.

You might want to post about this in the Internet Poker player to player transfer thread or the high stakes one, if you trade in either one. I'm going to move this thread to the Marketplace -
Transaction Feedback/Disputes forum as it really doesn't belong in NVG, but there will be a redirect left for 24 hours.