Matt Marafioti and Samer Rahman allegedly conspire to hack other poker players - Page 18 - Poker News

The things is that i dont believe someone who randomly finds a smart phone will know what to do with the chat which leads me to believe it is more likely that it was LK then it was some stranger (who may have coincidentally known something about poker)

why do you think any of this is random....
I would be willing to bet that somehow, if a smartphone disappeared, it may not have just been lost, it may have been taken with the intent of getting at certain (suspected?) conversations. Maybe just on suspicion, maybe it had something to do with the LK breakup, maybe someone had inside knowledge, who knows... but the timing of the lost phone and these convo's becoming public reek of connection.... and I normally would be very suspicious of a first time poster, but because of the implied violence, I can understand why someone would not want to use a real name.

I will withhold judgment on this situation until more facts are available.

08-08-2012 , 11:07 PM

#427

ibleedbenjamins

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Quote:

Originally Posted by LottaNirvana

Your post correlates very well with your avatar

08-08-2012 , 11:13 PM

#428

LottaNirvana

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Quote:

Originally Posted by sba9630

"X" must have a Samer mask and can imitate his voice...

yeah, I will never stop being amazed at the creativity and determination of these slimeballs.... ("X" must've practiced the voice for months!)

08-08-2012 , 11:15 PM

#429

LottaNirvana

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ibleedbenjamins

Your post correlates very well with your avatar

you're too kind.

08-09-2012 , 12:53 AM

#430

vinivici9586

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NVG needs to step it up. not enough calling everyone sociopaths.

08-09-2012 , 01:15 AM

#431

subfocused

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“@Adzizzy: @nutsinho I honestly don't know what I would have done without my trojan though. How do you think my house was purchased? #H4X#V45UR3Y545”

Does he know about this thread? Good time to joke around...

He just found out about it, Paulgees81 just told him...response?

Last edited by subfocused; 08-09-2012 at 01:22 AM. Reason: new info

08-09-2012 , 01:29 AM

#432

Pcallinallin

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So was this a:
a.) Marketing Ploy
b.) Tax Reasons
c.) Hiding the identity of the computer from Swedish hacking ring until he could move to London.

Speculating is fun.

08-09-2012 , 02:30 AM

#433

M.C.Escher

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So if that Samer is an IT guy, maybe it's ime to destroy his reputation on the internet?

08-09-2012 , 02:44 AM

#434

needsumthin

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Quote:

Originally Posted by subfocused

he didn't just find out about it...he tweeted about it yesterday, his tweet is what originally made me look for the thread! lets not exaggerate, don't try and make it seems like things are worse than they are cuz they are already bad!

08-09-2012 , 03:03 AM

#435

subfocused

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He just seems like a you know what bag. But you are right.

08-09-2012 , 03:17 AM

#436

MadProf

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Quote:

Originally Posted by samerrahman

Hello!

My name is Samer Rahman

I must begin by thanking you for all the attention. I had no idea that this thread exist or that I and Matthew even had that conversation at all.

I got the computer hacking a while ago when I had the uncomfortable feeling that something was in my computer. But I decided to reformat my pc and then I realized that Mac is the only one I should use.

What impresses me is how trigger happy you are all here on the forum and constantly ruining people's reputation in the poker world for those who try.

I have not met Matthew more than once in my life and find the concern just how you can accuse him or me this way. I would never use my own real name and then ask someone I do not know if he wants to try to make attacks on others. I don´t know Matthew at all.

It turned out that the person or persons who have had access to my accounts. Mail, Skype, fb, etc. have been so smart that they have deleted all of our conversation between us.
This is an unfortunate situation that has caused me many headaches and problems that I have to give an explanation so that you will not continue to blow up this storm.

But I'm making an attempt to write to you and say that this is not true and has not been written by me. What efforts have been made against Matthew, I can only imagine that someone would come to him more than to get to me.

Matthew is truly a great poker player who has been around long in this and can not understand why he would want to do this. He probably has no need of money?

Then I read a lot during the thread so I can see already that he is not popular in the past and understand that you are more than happy to do the crap out of him.

But he and all players deserve respect even if someone is not always a kind person. I remembered Matthew was funny and kind when I meet him actually with Molswi and his gf. Still don´t understand why he wants to harm his friends. This is unreal and I can´t believe it myself.

I will ask Mat Sklansky to take down this thread and hope you do not create a new thread. I have had a conversation with Sklansky where he thought before he removes it he wanted to, I declare that I have nothing to do with this.

Again, this is not done by me and I have not been active in the conversation between me and Matthew.

Those of you who are uncomfortable and do not believe what I say, I think you should make a police report for that, I will do if this thread is still active. For this to be untrue and has no plans to hacking against others. And I have a good reason to do a police report.

I am a public figure in Sweden and this not only hurts me as a public figure but also in my personal life. So I ask you again, do not post a thread about my real name because it ruins a lot and does not look good when you google the whole world knows how to google.

All my accounts are restored and changed the password and hope this does not repeat itself again on my part or anyone else.

Samer Rahman

lol pure comedy folks.

08-09-2012 , 03:19 AM

#437

skudroc

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Quote:

Originally Posted by M.C.Escher

So if that Samer is an IT guy, maybe it's ime to destroy his reputation on the internet?

i honor the idea of it, but this seems a little bit too early.

08-09-2012 , 03:26 AM

#438

punter11235

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Quote:

I am a public figure in Sweden and this not only hurts me as a public figure but also in my personal life. So I ask you again, do not post a thread about my real name because it ruins a lot and does not look good when you google the whole world knows how to google.

It reminds me of:

Quote:

I am not interested in going public

08-09-2012 , 03:34 AM

#439

M.C.Escher

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Quote:

Originally Posted by skudroc

i honor the idea of it, but this seems a little bit too early.

guess you're right. maybe later on

08-09-2012 , 04:01 AM

#440

subfocused

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That sounded pretty threatening to me.

08-09-2012 , 04:48 AM

#441

InBetweenerZ

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08-09-2012 , 06:42 AM

#442

peterpoker14

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maybe a stupid q but how do we know Samer Rahman is his real name?

i cant imagine that if u scam this big u do it with ur real name

08-09-2012 , 07:55 AM

#443

TouchOfEVil

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Quote:

Originally Posted by peterpoker14

maybe a stupid q but how do we know Samer Rahman is his real name?

i cant imagine that if u scam this big u do it with ur real name

Not only stupid, you went full ******.

08-09-2012 , 08:59 AM

#444

sauce123

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Quote:

Originally Posted by Mark275

i guess if mods reopened this then they found concrete proof this was semi true/true?
something as serious as this shouldnt be said about someone unless it was true.

I know 2+2 loves gossip and drama but this is affecting people IRL at their expense ust to entertain you guys and thats what people on these boards dont understand

This is also affecting people in real life who are either the targets or potential targets of ADZ/Samer. Given ADZ said some stuff was true, I think that gives 2p2 carte blanche to continue investigating (provided it is in a reasonable way), and tough titties to adzizzy if his precious reputation is tarnished a bit along the way.

08-09-2012 , 09:09 AM

#445

auralex14

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Quote:

Originally Posted by peterpoker14

maybe a stupid q but how do we know Samer Rahman is his real name?

i cant imagine that if u scam this big u do it with ur real name

lmao

08-09-2012 , 09:19 AM

#446

~Caligula~

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I smile when I see these arrogant ****'s who "hate poker" (despite having made millions) and yet who are stuck in the game because of:

1) Lack of intellect
2) Lack of education

Nobody will hire you, and you possess no skills to start a viable business. When poker eventually caves in, you and your ilk will be begging on street corners once your bankroll runs out.

Karma.

08-09-2012 , 09:32 AM

#447

Andz

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Quote:

Originally Posted by ibleedbenjamins

I can see the justification here but F that imo. Give me liberty or give me death. Why not hire a rival gang for protection, then the issue is between them. It's not like the Bandidos run everything. They just got their paws in online poker. The gangs would likely handle things domestically, doing anything else wouldn't be worth it for either side. Certainly a messy situation in Sweden but I'd bet doing so is +EV for high stakes players getting their pockets picked by gangz & living in fear at the same time. Also I'd definitely be worried if I was Samer unless he has legitimate family ties to the organization & has already made them a bunch.

Not a bad plan but one thing is to debate this on a forum and another when **** like this happens to you and somebody knocks on your door IRL.
Belive me you would insta do whatever they wanted you to do and forget about "Give me liberty or give me death" in a second.
Also. Do you really think it would be a smart thing to get involved with another gang. Nothing good comes out of doing such things.

08-09-2012 , 09:41 AM

#448

accumulator

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I know Matt personally very well. He is a ridiculously arrogant bi polar person. Its funny because he says a lot of stupid offensive **** that derives from a deep seeded insecurity. I realize he is a Rick but I take great pleasure putting him in his place, it's actually a lot of fun.

On that note:

I know for an absolute fact Matt didn't right that. It's funny because if you know Matt you can see the person who fabricated it is actually making fun of Matt while he is chatting. The style of writing is not Matt's, and the way Matt mentions certain things is starkley different from the way he actually has discussed those same things to me in the same setting. The individual who fabricated this makes multiple digs at Matt, and they are quite funny he kind of deserves it. But let it be known, he did not write that.

The accumulator has spoken.