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Originally Posted by ThomaMon
Crap, I think I just screwed myself. I did a trade with "Pmarssouth" on AIM after talking to him for a few days. I originally searched the board really quickly and saw I guess the other spelling and thought it was safe.
I sent him $100 on PS and and he was going to send me $100 on Cake. Am I screwed or is there anything I can do?
You were not asked, here in this forum, 'who's the idiot's AIM name?"....you were asked "to WHICH poker account, specifically, on
WHICH site, did you send money? "
You can say "harryjones123, on PS" or you can say 'larrysmith321 on FTP', and of course, a lot of people will note that account. I fear that you will not note that account. But a few of us will.
Please do not say 'and he promised to send from abominable on ftp'. He was never going to send, was he? That account name is useless. But somebody GOT the money. What used to be your money. Where did the forkin' money GO? To what specific account? That information we can actually use.
We (the regulars, who try to keep everybody in line) will then say, loudly, to everyone who will listen, YOU REALLY OUGHT TO MAKE EVERY TRADER DISCLOSE, PUBLICLY, EACH ACCOUNT TO BE USED IN THE TRADE. Some traders will do this. Some traders will not.
After each account gets disclosed, who is going to Google the account names? Me? Or you? One of us really should do that. And, come to think of it, I'm not sending any money to that account. So maybe it should be you.
Google results: zero.
Are you serious? Zero? This account was made yesterday? Nobody has bitched about this player, how he sucked out, and made fifteen bux? How about sharkscope? Zero? This player has never played a tournament, and got his butt kicked, and is a forkin' loser? No?
Cash games? There are two sites, which rate cash game players? He's not a loser? He's not a winner? He doesn't exist? He ain't nowhere?
Not one mention of this MF'er on the web. None.
I just gotta send this guy some money, to that account. I surely do.
Are you serious?
I understand, that he's promised to send back, from 'Billgates@microsoft.com'....yep, that account probably has some dough in it, eh?
I'm going to close this response, because I really just don't know what to ask next.
I don't know why you did what you did. I don't know why the title of this thread is READ THIS YOU DUMB FORK, and you still didn't read it. Help me with that part. If there is some method, some code word, that would make a new person here actually read that post, before he starts sending money here or there, please tell me how to get that accomplished.
And I've got news for you: I'm on your side. I, and several other regulars here, want you to be protected, want you to be safe, want you to follow 'safe' procedures, and we have failed. Because you didn't. Please tell me what else we could do, that we haven't yet done.