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11-29-2011 , 10:25 PM

#176

collincapone

adept

Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 806

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Originally Posted by JohnnyDrama030

max pretty much destroyed some poker players. for example there was a player who normally played 2000$ hunsg got crushed by max and had to move down again and again. but max followed him down in the limits (everytime with a different account). this went so far that the players bankroll was so small he had to play 100$ husngs and even then max kept playing him (again with different account).

That is so fn cruel and disgusting I hope if it's true he gets caught and spends a few years in prison. In prison I hope his roomie gives him some cruel and disgusting punishment.

+1 to Mods needing to edit the title to reflect how big of a scam this is

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11-29-2011 , 11:10 PM

#177

rokdafunk

journeyman

Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 341

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Originally Posted by jspill

so disgusting

which HUSNG player? Trader?

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11-30-2011 , 12:23 AM

#178

luckychewy

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Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 7,707

met max at ept madrid this year and thought he was a cool/social guy, pretty scary stuff but just reminds you that trust is a dangerous thing to give out. hope he gets caught and punished. people need to realize that this is not okay and some real life consequences would speak volumes in this regard.

be safe fellow playas.

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11-30-2011 , 09:02 AM

#179

RRRR

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Join Date: Apr 2010 Posts: 378

Wow pretty sick, in the interview Jedlicka states he lost 350k, but he isn't too worries because that represents just a small part of his roll.

Leaves me wondering where he made so much money...
Baden cashgames over the years?

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11-30-2011 , 12:45 PM

#180

Videopro

Making TV

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When suggesting a title change, how about suggesting a title.

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11-30-2011 , 01:05 PM

#181

Zaarg

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Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 735

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Originally Posted by RRRR

read somewhere that he has rich parents but cant remember correctly

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11-30-2011 , 02:31 PM

#182

ToDeepToFold

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Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 515

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Originally Posted by Nacek

Can somebody suggest what is the smoothest way to protect our laptops if we do plan on leaving our laptop for example in a house with unknown poker players.

Safeboot(encryption)...........ainec.

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11-30-2011 , 06:15 PM

#183

plexiq

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Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 2,577

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Originally Posted by RRRR

RealAndyBeal (Stars)
Niki Jedlicka, KaiBuxxe (FTP)

He had a sick run on the KaiBuxxe account before he got red pro.

Last edited by plexiq; 11-30-2011 at 06:20 PM.

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11-30-2011 , 07:04 PM

#184

sajeffe

banned

Join Date: May 2010 Posts: 5,058

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Originally Posted by Professionalpoker

When suggesting a title change, how about suggesting a title.

Max Ashkar fugitive from law after scamming huge sums from online poker world via trojan.

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11-30-2011 , 07:29 PM

#185

pianospike

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Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 1,081

Suggested Title:

MASSIVE ONLINE POKER SCAM--Max Ashkar Scams High-Stakes Players for Millions

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11-30-2011 , 07:58 PM

#186

Jzo19

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Originally Posted by Professionalpoker

When suggesting a title change, how about suggesting a title.

can we change the thread title to alleged or accused . nothing has been proven yet , i havent seen any hh's / trojans that can screen capture or any evidence against maximilian ,are we to believe people acting irrational , locking him in a room and trying to coerce a confession as people who shouldnt be questioned themselves ...

unless im completely missing something , the thread title change is a bit irresponsible .

Last edited by Jzo19; 11-30-2011 at 08:03 PM.

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11-30-2011 , 08:36 PM

#187

RYO

banned

Join Date: Aug 2011 Posts: 185

Can I get a trojan just by reading this thread?

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11-30-2011 , 10:01 PM

#188

JamieD88

centurion

Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 108

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Originally Posted by RYO

Can I get a trojan just by reading this thread?

No but you can at the store

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11-30-2011 , 10:05 PM

#189

Gregg777

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Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 2,952

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Originally Posted by Ringo

Apart from preventing physical access to your poker machine and paying an armed guard to watch over it - how do you intend to spend your $1k protecting from a newly crypted trojan that's fully undetectable by all AV engines? What about a 0-day exploit launched against your machine? Do you really think when there's millions to be gained that just throwing $1k on a vague "protecting your computer" idea is going to be effective?

Sounds like this scam came down to the human element. We all need to trust people to be near/around our machines - unless we live in a cave. Sometimes we make wrong judgement calls and that's what appeared to happen here.

I didn't read the whole thread, so if this hasn't been mentioned...

You can easily lock down your computer if it is publicly accessible.

There are security programs that prevent ANYTHING to be downloaded to your computer (hard drive or memory), without admin authorization.

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11-30-2011 , 10:16 PM

#190

bhuber2010

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this is pretty crazy, ugh, not good publicity

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11-30-2011 , 10:31 PM

#191

MrUndErcOvErRnG

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Teach me how to get cheated out of tree fiddy and just don't give a ****

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11-30-2011 , 10:47 PM

#192

runLOLArun

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Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 460

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Originally Posted by Klakteuh

Great, more good news for poker...
How many scams is it this year ? 100 ?

I think your guess was pretty close!

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11-30-2011 , 11:03 PM

#193

David123

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wow, how is the **** is this the first I heard of it?

seems super sick if true, which it seems to be.

Not much info though, only a couple nicknames have come out, and what is happening now?

Hope he gets jail, for a long time. following that SNG kid down the limits is just super evil.

a complete list of Screen names(as complete as possible) would be very good :/

Last edited by David123; 11-30-2011 at 11:11 PM.

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11-30-2011 , 11:06 PM

#194

Adiprene1

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anyone know what his ftp sn was?

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11-30-2011 , 11:09 PM

#195

MikkeD

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Originally Posted by David123

wow, how is the **** is this the first I heard of it?

seems super sick if true, which it seems to be.

Not much info though, only a couple nicknames have come out, and what is happening now?

Hope he gets jail, for a long time. following that SNG kid down the limits is just super evil.

a complete list(as complete as possible) would be very good :/

If this is true, unless he hated that guy for some reason, wouldn't the better +EV be to let him rebuild and take him again at higher stakes?

'You Can Shear a Sheep Many Times...But You Can Only Lead Them to Slaughter Once!' etc. etc.

i.e. Chasing down story doesn't add up unless personal reasons or time restrictions for installed trojan apply.

Last edited by MikkeD; 11-30-2011 at 11:14 PM. Reason: Added the sheep thing..

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12-01-2011 , 12:22 AM

#196

Howard Beale

Formerly red

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Originally Posted by dstock

Seems more like a citizen's arrest to me. Would you call someone that tackles a purse snatcher a kidnapper also?

2 different things. 'Citizen's arrest' in the U.S. can lead to serious financial consequences if the arrestee isn't convicted of anything.

If those guys prevented him from leaving his room (or used physical force) they are in trouble.

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12-01-2011 , 12:33 AM

#197

JohnnyDrama030

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they are sued for duress

Last edited by JohnnyDrama030; 12-01-2011 at 12:39 AM.

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12-01-2011 , 01:01 AM

#198

useless

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Join Date: Mar 2010 Posts: 949

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Originally Posted by MikkeD

Until he gets a new computer or finds the trojan. Guy just took all he could as quickly as possible and ran.

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12-01-2011 , 05:12 AM

#199

styx2000

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Regarding the security debate: From what i've heard Max befriended these players and then asked them to use their computers to check emails and stuff like that. They usually met at big tourneys in different cities, so it was a pretty normal thing to do in my opinion. Wouldn't you let your friends use your computer when youre abroad?

And if you have physical access to a machine and are logged in with the original users account which was most likely admin for most of them, it should not be that hard to install something.

Apparently they got suspicious when some error message popped up on their computer when it started and this was on all the computers Max had used.

Oh and going to the police was not the original plan as someone else already noted. That's pretty funny, since Baden is a very small town with 25,000 inhabitants, the police there is obv pretty clueless. They should have gone to Vienna which is half an hour away.