It's official: Shakeeb "njaguar" Kazemipur the Chino Rheem of Canada
02-18-2016
, 09:15 PM
Shak has no outstanding debts with me (as far as I know, I will double-check all the figures after this post). With that being said I will post my dealings with him in an effort to shed more light on this situation and hopefully help others who are dealing with Shak. I've provided some dates in my post to help with the timeline for all parties involved with Shak since it appears he has been trading using others' money. I would also encourage others do the same.
About Me: My name is Jesse, I am 25-years-old and I am a Canadian citizen originally from Toronto. After graduating university in 2014 I moved to Colombia. I have been residing in Medellin since then. I play exclusively (online) midstakes cash games across multiple networks. Essentially all of my accounts, including e-wallets, are registered in Colombia. While most of my C$ is invested I do need some on occasion for items such as paying off credit card bills, cash when I am visiting home, etc. It's fairly easy for me to find someone to trade funds with, that is, my site/e-wallet for their Canadian Interac E-Transfer, given the increasing difficulty for Canadians to deposit on gaming sites. For non-Canadians, Interac E-Transfer is the most common method for trading Canadian $ on 2p2. It is irreversible. I usually find a person to trade with through the HSNL xfer thread as well as a few regulars on Skype whom contact me when they require a trade of some-sort. I rarely have a need to keep more than 4-5k in my chequing account and thus I usually do small trades whenever I require C$.
Shak contacted me here via PM in early January after I requested a trade. To be clear, I have never met him in person and had not heard his legal name nor his screennames prior to our initial contact online. I am not a member of the live scene and have never even been to Alberta in my life.
There were no issues in our initial dealings. He always sent first and when I received I promptly sent Stars. After a few trades, about a week after our first trade, he asked me to float him $250 so he could late-reg some tournament. He said he would send in 30m and it took about 5h before I received. No big deal. Shak contacted me the next day for another trade for his C$ but I informed him I no longer need anymore C$. It was at this point he began offering me a vig. The first one was for 1% which I accepted. Shortly following this transaction he asked me to float him about $300 for 3% which I also accepted. I asked him to send to a new e-mail address (still attached to my online banking account) but I didn't receive anything from him. I asked Shak to send the following day and still received no Interac E-Transfer. It turns out it is an issue with the bank and not on his end since two other individuals have tried to send to that e-mail and nothing has arrived. I assume it hasn't been updated in their system.
This is when my issues with Shak began. As two(+?) others have pointed out he offered me a 'deposit' for about $2.2k Canadian. I think the banks are also partly to blame for this issue as it is not clear it is in fact a non-guaranteed cheque until it inevitably bounces. It looks like a normal deposit (such as you would receive from an employer) in your statements. I consider myself a savvy enough person not to fall for something this but again it looks like a normal direct deposit on the surface and I have never dealt with this before nor heard of anything negative about this type of transaction so I didn't really think much of it. Additionally Shak had always sent even after delaying or making excuses.
This is one of the bounced cheques, illustrating how easy it is to confuse when it's initially deposited into your account.
edit: this was actually a duplicate deposit, the actual $2,184 deposit bounced a few days later
Again, still giving me a vig for these trades he sent me another 'deposit' for just under 2.5k Canadian. I believe this was for a combination of Stars and 888. He also asked me for ACR but I don't play on ACR so we never traded that until a few days ago (later).
A couple days after these dealings, on January 29th, the larger of the two cheques (they were 2.4k and 2.2k) bounced. I told him and he said he would sort it out shortly. It took two days before he sent. Shak sent me $885 leaving exactly $1,600 (both C$). During this time he would occasionally ask me to float him a few K Stars or 888. I made it clear I would have to receive some $ before I could send him any additional funds. He sent me $1,100 C$ (via e-transfer) shortly thereafter. I sent him another $1,050 Stars/888 at 5%. A day after the sent me the remaining $500 Canadian ($885+1600+500) for the bounced cheque. These transfers, if I haven't mentioned, were via e-transfer so they couldn't bounce.
February 3rd, the following day, the original 'deposit'/cheque bounced ($2,185 Canadian). At this time I was becoming a combination of frustrated, annoyed and worried. The next day he sent me $370 C$ but still owed me a chunk of both USD and CAD. The $1,100 representing the Stars/888 $1,050 at 10.
Throughout these encounters he would continually claim he had sent me e-transfers (which with most of the Canadian banks take anywhere 30-45m to arrive) which never arrived. It became increasingly frustrating. Also his attitude seemed to be both carefree and annoyed that I was pressing him. I asked for a site since I had given up waiting for Interac.
On February 5th Shak sent me two e-transfers ($1,200 and $620) covering the outstanding Canadian amount of $1,814 (original amount was $2,184 less the $370 he sent). He still owed me $1,100 USD. On the 6th he sent me $1,143 on Stars (an additional $43 for having to wait). At this point we were finally completely squared up almost two weeks after the fact.
The most recent trade we made was this past Monday (2/15). He sent me $525 ACR for my $500 on Stars. As usual I required him to send first. He has asked me a few times in the last week or two to float for a vig but I have declined.
Until now I had just assumed Shak was lazy, irresponsible and unprofessional. I would have discontinued my dealings with him had I known about these issues beforehand. I had intended to post something about my experiences with him here but he did eventually pay me back.
It's unfortunate and obviously I came a lot closer than I realize to being a victim. Cliche but very applicable is that hindsight truly is 20/20. Hopefully he makes good on what he owes as he did pay me back in full + the vig he owed.
About Me: My name is Jesse, I am 25-years-old and I am a Canadian citizen originally from Toronto. After graduating university in 2014 I moved to Colombia. I have been residing in Medellin since then. I play exclusively (online) midstakes cash games across multiple networks. Essentially all of my accounts, including e-wallets, are registered in Colombia. While most of my C$ is invested I do need some on occasion for items such as paying off credit card bills, cash when I am visiting home, etc. It's fairly easy for me to find someone to trade funds with, that is, my site/e-wallet for their Canadian Interac E-Transfer, given the increasing difficulty for Canadians to deposit on gaming sites. For non-Canadians, Interac E-Transfer is the most common method for trading Canadian $ on 2p2. It is irreversible. I usually find a person to trade with through the HSNL xfer thread as well as a few regulars on Skype whom contact me when they require a trade of some-sort. I rarely have a need to keep more than 4-5k in my chequing account and thus I usually do small trades whenever I require C$.
Shak contacted me here via PM in early January after I requested a trade. To be clear, I have never met him in person and had not heard his legal name nor his screennames prior to our initial contact online. I am not a member of the live scene and have never even been to Alberta in my life.
There were no issues in our initial dealings. He always sent first and when I received I promptly sent Stars. After a few trades, about a week after our first trade, he asked me to float him $250 so he could late-reg some tournament. He said he would send in 30m and it took about 5h before I received. No big deal. Shak contacted me the next day for another trade for his C$ but I informed him I no longer need anymore C$. It was at this point he began offering me a vig. The first one was for 1% which I accepted. Shortly following this transaction he asked me to float him about $300 for 3% which I also accepted. I asked him to send to a new e-mail address (still attached to my online banking account) but I didn't receive anything from him. I asked Shak to send the following day and still received no Interac E-Transfer. It turns out it is an issue with the bank and not on his end since two other individuals have tried to send to that e-mail and nothing has arrived. I assume it hasn't been updated in their system.
This is when my issues with Shak began. As two(+?) others have pointed out he offered me a 'deposit' for about $2.2k Canadian. I think the banks are also partly to blame for this issue as it is not clear it is in fact a non-guaranteed cheque until it inevitably bounces. It looks like a normal deposit (such as you would receive from an employer) in your statements. I consider myself a savvy enough person not to fall for something this but again it looks like a normal direct deposit on the surface and I have never dealt with this before nor heard of anything negative about this type of transaction so I didn't really think much of it. Additionally Shak had always sent even after delaying or making excuses.
This is one of the bounced cheques, illustrating how easy it is to confuse when it's initially deposited into your account.
edit: this was actually a duplicate deposit, the actual $2,184 deposit bounced a few days later
Again, still giving me a vig for these trades he sent me another 'deposit' for just under 2.5k Canadian. I believe this was for a combination of Stars and 888. He also asked me for ACR but I don't play on ACR so we never traded that until a few days ago (later).
A couple days after these dealings, on January 29th, the larger of the two cheques (they were 2.4k and 2.2k) bounced. I told him and he said he would sort it out shortly. It took two days before he sent. Shak sent me $885 leaving exactly $1,600 (both C$). During this time he would occasionally ask me to float him a few K Stars or 888. I made it clear I would have to receive some $ before I could send him any additional funds. He sent me $1,100 C$ (via e-transfer) shortly thereafter. I sent him another $1,050 Stars/888 at 5%. A day after the sent me the remaining $500 Canadian ($885+1600+500) for the bounced cheque. These transfers, if I haven't mentioned, were via e-transfer so they couldn't bounce.
February 3rd, the following day, the original 'deposit'/cheque bounced ($2,185 Canadian). At this time I was becoming a combination of frustrated, annoyed and worried. The next day he sent me $370 C$ but still owed me a chunk of both USD and CAD. The $1,100 representing the Stars/888 $1,050 at 10.
Throughout these encounters he would continually claim he had sent me e-transfers (which with most of the Canadian banks take anywhere 30-45m to arrive) which never arrived. It became increasingly frustrating. Also his attitude seemed to be both carefree and annoyed that I was pressing him. I asked for a site since I had given up waiting for Interac.
On February 5th Shak sent me two e-transfers ($1,200 and $620) covering the outstanding Canadian amount of $1,814 (original amount was $2,184 less the $370 he sent). He still owed me $1,100 USD. On the 6th he sent me $1,143 on Stars (an additional $43 for having to wait). At this point we were finally completely squared up almost two weeks after the fact.
The most recent trade we made was this past Monday (2/15). He sent me $525 ACR for my $500 on Stars. As usual I required him to send first. He has asked me a few times in the last week or two to float for a vig but I have declined.
Until now I had just assumed Shak was lazy, irresponsible and unprofessional. I would have discontinued my dealings with him had I known about these issues beforehand. I had intended to post something about my experiences with him here but he did eventually pay me back.
It's unfortunate and obviously I came a lot closer than I realize to being a victim. Cliche but very applicable is that hindsight truly is 20/20. Hopefully he makes good on what he owes as he did pay me back in full + the vig he owed.
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