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Matt Marafioti and Samer Rahman allegedly conspire to hack other poker players Matt Marafioti and Samer Rahman allegedly conspire to hack other poker players

08-10-2012 , 07:53 AM
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Originally Posted by NightSky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QPDA...eature=related

Interesting watch in the light of this thread "he is a good kid" "has a real good heart"
Just lost all the respect I had for Will Reynolds
08-10-2012 , 08:34 AM
Baffles me how stuff like this is happening in Sweden of all countries.
08-10-2012 , 08:45 AM
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Originally Posted by CZI
Baffles me how stuff like this is happening in Sweden of all countries.
Why?

All our women are not blonde and our houses are not made out of pink fluffy clouds as the rumor has it. #TEAMUSA go to war, where do you think all the crazy distressed arabs migrate to? lolsweden.

The guy suggesting buying protection from Hells Angels made my day. Too much sons of anarchy, not enough reality, for you.
08-10-2012 , 08:49 AM
This wouldn't of happened in Sweden in the 1960ies
08-10-2012 , 08:54 AM
Thanks Ibleedbenjamines for awesome cliffs. Crazy situation and ADZ and Samer are scum. Maybe NVG should create a 'scum hall of infamy' where a certain number of votes is required to get in--with pics, bios, and so on.
08-10-2012 , 08:58 AM
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Originally Posted by NightSky
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_QPDA...eature=related

Interesting watch in the light of this thread "he is a good kid" "has a real good heart"
This is just sad, even without this thread (but infinitely more so with it). To glorify money-obsessed punks who give nothing to the world but seek to take endlessly is so typical these days and so wrong.
08-10-2012 , 09:03 AM
solid cliffs! thx.
08-10-2012 , 09:09 AM
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Originally Posted by HighSteaks
Did they give you any money from their accounts?
No.
08-10-2012 , 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by SCHWEDEN
Why?

All our women are not blonde and our houses are not made out of pink fluffy clouds as the rumor has it. #TEAMUSA go to war, where do you think all the crazy distressed arabs migrate to? lolsweden.

The guy suggesting buying protection from Hells Angels made my day. Too much sons of anarchy, not enough reality, for you.
Right bc I lived that was reality & no, didn't deserve it one bit... but mock all you want, it went away.

Getting back on topic, we are ready to go to war for you and all of poker. I really feel for the people who have to live in that environment first and foremost. It's obvious that not very many people in the US were or could've been aware of what the situation is like. At the same time a lot of people over here got scammed for some serious loot & suffered a good deal for it. I think we have a good idea who the main players were and for them it was rinse, wash, repeat... for years. Why is Samer ready to get out of poker... because he has no need for it anymore with all the $ he's stolen. Was going for one last big strike. My take is he's worked hand in hand w Mohammed the whole time... At this point hopefully this is getting around the Swedish forums too. I'd have to think the police over there would take some serious interest now that this info has all leaked & we're getting an idea of how much $ was involved & how large the scope of the operation is.
08-10-2012 , 09:32 AM
This was written in February by Mohammed "TheTerrorist" Kowssarie on pokerforum.nu

Translated with google translate. If something is unclear just ask and some Swede will probably help. "2006-2007 by:" means he wrote that in 2006/2007.

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My answer is generally not the forum threads and do not consider myself having to defend myself usually just to talk from 7-8 years back.

But in this case I make an exception when I hung out in a different category of very serious crime.

Here is a section that is not on the other thread I replied.

I want atleast to emphasize that I have NOT been in contact with this guy who is talked about in any way and this will be another very serious allegation we seem to have the right to speculate, or feel the freedom to determine who did what.

I would first of all to those who responded to this thread saying that I do not judge anyone for posts when it is actually talked a lot and discussed back and forth earlier in this forum and other U.S. example 2 + 2

Poker Magazine article with Antonius does not make things so much easier for either me or the truth to come out as it actually is:

The first is that Patrick, Lodden or some / many other players judge me as a bad player and that I must have cheated to win with my "loose / bad" game as it is called.

I do not think any of these deliberately created a witch hunt on me or just personal evil intent but believes that this story is very easy to build.

The fact remains that my hotmail & Microgaming account with nearly $ 500,000 was hijacked in the same systematic way as bekrivs the strings. The person behind presented to me as "Calle Martinsson" or similar. A 17 year old who then was convicted just for Neteller fraud in the District Court-

See http://pokerforum.nu/forum/datorsaek...r-hackade.html

2006-2007 by:





Let me illustrate what I would call that scamming poker world: to give an appearance that you have evidence and blame someone then you do not dare leave them out, strangely, I think when you go out in a newspaper and puts forward allegations game but are reluctant to come forward with evidence.

Is it wrong burden of proof or are you scared?


The next question is, why are you scared?

I have never before been addressed by Patrik's allegations specifically but rather heard the rumor about and I have mitt'aldrig confronted or have felt the need to confront someone regarding this, to me, this is virtually entirely unimportant what people think and thinking and guessing.

I HAVE never and WILL never try to silence someone for something that is completely useless to me, risk several years in prison for something that is completely untrue and non-existent in my world. ON THE CONTRARY my friends, people trying to fish out money in this way towards me, and failed - my personal theory is that maybe it's BECAUSE you are worried about it actually one day are worried that you are standing against the wall where someone REQUIRES proof of a correct serious accusation, and now suddenly it is twice as severe when implicating threats etc.

The only reason I say this as a reminder that things are not like a particular panel says or what anybody heard somewhere, there is a reality and I will always be able to PROVE fully to 100% of those who actually feel that I have the need , would people continue to make assumptions and negative comments on what people have concocted simply, you take it, I take no offense.
08-10-2012 , 09:56 AM
Wow. A few years back I was in the "bad books" with my citys chapter of a top MC club. Just for being the cousin of a guy that ripped them off. It was a crazy few weeks and Let me tell you, There are few things as scary as being on bad terms with a top MC / organized criminal syndicate. ie messing with one of their income streams.

If I was ADZ Id be keeping his public outbursts to a minimal. Coz airing out LK is one thing but messing up MCs business is a whole nother ball park.
08-10-2012 , 10:14 AM
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Originally Posted by ibleedbenjamins
Things may be different in Sweeden than the US but based on personal knowledge of similar groups (with international ties), this is how I would approach the situation. No you don't go around getting quotes lol. I'm guessing at least one or two affected Swedish player(s) know, or have friends or family who could put them in contact with the right people but who knows. Slick hatin' tho!



These gangs do some ****ed up indefensible stuff. At the same time they aren't pricks 100% of the time & the point about protecting the livelihood of their brotherhood, and extending that to friends, or friends of friends as a service or simple favor, is very important to them and obtaining help really isn't that risky compared to not having protection if put in a tough spot. When it comes down to it they're running a business & starting **** with an equally dangerous group is generally a poor decision for these guys, they realize that. Good can definitely come from doing this & it can completely kill an issue. The end result may even be you paying off the gang threatening you through the one protecting/mediating. Either way, once settled between these groups you'll be able to sleep in peace with a pretty high assurance that the issue won't come up again.

You are right if some thugs randomly showed up @ my door threatening to kill me I would probably do what they want (but maybe not if I saw an out, depends on the situation & Im different than alot of people in these types of spots). The minute they walked out the door though I'd pick up the phone. If I received vague threats beforehand, that phone call would've already been made. In the US it would be to the FBI, local police, and a third party, depending on the situation one or more of those organizations may be excluded.
You have obviously watched sons of anarchy really close and are now some expert on MC gangs. It has nothing to do with what happens in Sweden that your post is totally ******ed. I am from England and the same thing applies here and the US and every other country in the whole world.

If you are a poker player/ group of poker players being threatened by a dangerous gang that have already allegedly killed someone involved in poker then the very last thing you would ever do is start asking around for other gangs to get involved.

Not just for the fact then you will be dealing with 2 dangerous groups of killers but also what if your "friend" you asked about was actually not that close to the rival gang and mentioned it to another "friend" who was close with the original gang you were being threatened by? All it would take was someone to over hear it or the wrong person to be told and you could be killed in your bed along with your whole family before the rival gang even knows anything.

But let's say for the sake of it, you did have a friend who was close to a rival gang and they did get you some protection, what if they did not want to negotiate amicably like you believe they would and were just waiting for an excuse to start a full blown war? Then you would be at the center of it all, people could die and the blood would be on your hands.


The best thing these Swede's can do is what they are doing, keep quiet and do things anonymously and nobody should out them or jeapordise their safety. People from the US and elsewhere that are safely away from these gangs should do all they can to investigate and gather evidence and then if there is a major crime going on report it to international authorities and hopefully bring these gangs down.
08-10-2012 , 10:19 AM
FWIW Max Ashkar also claimed he was working on behalf of "dangerous people who had threatened him" when he was confronted about his trojan scam last year, though he never mentioned specific names. For those unfamiliar with that story, he scammed a large group of players out of $2m+ by befriending them and installing trojans on their computers. There's a 2+2 thread about it here:

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/29...rojan-1120121/
08-10-2012 , 10:39 AM
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Originally Posted by braminc
Except you're forgetting the other part of the "trick" is convincing someone to play you after the hacking. Doubt Matt would be stupid enough to ever play HU with Samer ever again.
sorry. but this makes no sense... once a Trojan is installed, they could use anyone. create new screen names or whatever... MM would only be able to play people he knew well HU, verify it was actually them he was playing, and then hope they weren't compromised somehow. (willingly or unwillingly... ) into taking part in cheating....

Last edited by LottaNirvana; 08-10-2012 at 10:52 AM.
08-10-2012 , 10:43 AM
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Originally Posted by pissychips
You have obviously watched sons of anarchy really close and are now some expert on MC gangs. It has nothing to do with what happens in Sweden that your post is totally ******ed. I am from England and the same thing applies here and the US and every other country in the whole world.

If you are a poker player/ group of poker players being threatened by a dangerous gang that have already allegedly killed someone involved in poker then the very last thing you would ever do is start asking around for other gangs to get involved.

Not just for the fact then you will be dealing with 2 dangerous groups of killers but also what if your "friend" you asked about was actually not that close to the rival gang and mentioned it to another "friend" who was close with the original gang you were being threatened by? All it would take was someone to over hear it or the wrong person to be told and you could be killed in your bed along with your whole family before the rival gang even knows anything.

But let's say for the sake of it, you did have a friend who was close to a rival gang and they did get you some protection, what if they did not want to negotiate amicably like you believe they would and were just waiting for an excuse to start a full blown war? Then you would be at the center of it all, people could die and the blood would be on your hands.


The best thing these Swede's can do is what they are doing, keep quiet and do things anonymously and nobody should out them or jeapordise their safety. People from the US and elsewhere that are safely away from these gangs should do all they can to investigate and gather evidence and then if there is a major crime going on report it to international authorities and hopefully bring these gangs down.
I had never heard of sons of anarchy until it was referenced above & i looked it up on wiki. My situation was much different than what you're reading into & I'll leave it at that. I'm getting the vibe you've watched Sons of Anarchy a lil much.

If you'd read the entirety of my posts ITT & how information has developed you'll see I'm advocating for the same exact thing you recommend. At this point I would be thinking the authorities will take some interest in the matter

Last edited by ibleedbenjamins; 08-10-2012 at 10:51 AM.
08-10-2012 , 10:48 AM
& the reason there was no full blown war was because as I mentioned before these guys are about business & the poster above mentioning his own experience with income streams should emphasize that. The issue was nowhere near having a bloodbath over. Sometimes gangs fight, sometimes they do business. If I was ADZ or Samer I'd be making some phone calls right now trying to control some damage.

Last edited by ibleedbenjamins; 08-10-2012 at 10:55 AM.
08-10-2012 , 10:49 AM
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Originally Posted by braminc
Except you're forgetting the other part of the "trick" is convincing someone to play you after the hacking. Doubt Matt would be stupid enough to ever play HU with Samer ever again.
how would he know its samer that he is playing?
08-10-2012 , 11:34 AM
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Originally Posted by CChinaman
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that was painful to watch
08-10-2012 , 11:35 AM
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Originally Posted by wsmp
This was written in February by Mohammed "TheTerrorist" Kowssarie on pokerforum.nu

Translated with google translate. If something is unclear just ask and some Swede will probably help. "2006-2007 by:" means he wrote that in 2006/2007.
Hej, do you have the text in Swedish?
When I clicked your link I got a 'page not found'. I'd rather read in Swedish than in googletranslate -English.
08-10-2012 , 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by CChinaman
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08-10-2012 , 11:57 AM
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Originally Posted by jas
No.
Stars can be stingy with the confiscated money.

Idk if this helps or not but I caught some cheaters on stars one time. Two guys were raising back and forth to trap me. They then ended up showing that they both had ace high. One of them had AK and another had AJ. I had an overpair QQ and was forced to fold believing that one of them had to have me beat. Once I saw their cards I got really suspicious and looked them up on ptr and saw that they play together quite a bit and turned them into stars. Stars ended up giving me my money back that I lost in the hand and I emailed them back telling them I deserved the whole pot ~1k. After many emails they then game me the pot up until what I had invested which was triple their original amount. I told them that this was ridiculous and if I wasn't cheated I would have continued with the hand and won the entire pot. They confiscated many times the amount of money I was asking for and they wouldn't have caught them without my help. After about a dozen emails they finally coughed up the entire pot. I know this is a much smaller scale and different situation but maybe it could help.

Cliffs: I catch cheaters stars confiscates a ton of money from them and was stingy giving me the money from the pot I was cheated out of.

Last edited by rubbrband; 08-10-2012 at 12:05 PM.
08-10-2012 , 12:18 PM
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Originally Posted by rubbrband
Stars can be stingy with the confiscated money.

Idk if this helps or not but I caught some cheaters on stars one time. Two guys were raising back and forth to trap me. They then ended up showing that they both had ace high. One of them had AK and another had AJ. I had an overpair QQ and was forced to fold believing that one of them had to have me beat. Once I saw their cards I got really suspicious and looked them up on ptr and saw that they play together quite a bit and turned them into stars. Stars ended up giving me my money back that I lost in the hand and I emailed them back telling them I deserved the whole pot ~1k. After many emails they then game me the pot up until what I had invested which was triple their original amount. I told them that this was ridiculous and if I wasn't cheated I would have continued with the hand and won the entire pot. They confiscated many times the amount of money I was asking for and they wouldn't have caught them without my help. After about a dozen emails they finally coughed up the entire pot. I know this is a much smaller scale and different situation but maybe it could help.

Cliffs: I catch cheaters stars confiscates a ton of money from them and was stingy giving me the money from the pot I was cheated out of.
i dont know why you would get the whole pot unless you were 100% to win the hand

seems like a standard spot to just recieve whatever equity you had in the pot back
08-10-2012 , 12:24 PM
Prob because 2 villain's colluded to push him out of pot. If they wouldn't collud he would most likely take it down without showdown or get his money in vs 1 villain (assuming if they wouldn't collude atleast 1 of them would let his Ace high go).
08-10-2012 , 12:29 PM
I just watched the video. I need a bit of clarification... is this a documentary or is he acting out himself? I mean seriously if I would be filmed and I was such a c***, I would at least try not to look like a douchebag.
08-10-2012 , 12:37 PM
^^
Recently I got a refund from Stars based on the fact that I was a victim of a scam? ( violation of our Terms of Service )
I didn't report anything , and there was no mention in the e mail how or in what game the problem occurred.

      
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