Just FYI Western Union has strict KYC requirements.

• So the $ got degened at high stakes?
• How much of a "threat" is he to future potential victims?

I hope you truly feel the hurt you have put on so many lives Justin, but i also applaud you for your seemingly genuine feelings of remorse and the intention of making amends. I can only respect that.

I will always believe in second chances. But they don't come easy. And there are no shortcuts.

Good luck,

Very needed, about page 1 really. What about if you think it may of already happened?! I know it sounds strange but I think it may have. Don't really want to be buying a new PC after having such a good one built, and I'm not the greatest with software knowledge.....

Not too familiar with possible options. Point is, I'm not giving any information whatsoever in order to get paid and highly recommend other victims to refuse as well. The potential for further scam is incredibly high.

Plus many of us who used Moneygram/WU for UB are blackballed.

As far as the DDOS stuff goes, it takes literally only a couple of minutes to set up your browser to use a proxy and mask your IP. If you use Firefox its built in. Go to tools/option/network.

How does this work? By default the proxy option was set to 'Use system proxy settings'. I checked my IP address online, changed the proxy option to 'No proxy', restarted Firefox, checked my IP address again, and my IP address was the same.

By default you have no proxy, which means you are connecting directly. You can either manually edit this by putting in a proxy server, which your browsing will be routed through, or you can download any one of a number of firefox add-ons that do this automatically. An example is here:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fir...e-click-proxy/

There are numerous proxy add-ons to choose from in the firefox/add on section.

Look for a file named msconfig.exe in Windows\System32 and execute it.
Go to startup and look for suspicious entries.
If you are unsure about an entry look at the path and google the name of
the .exe file. Some trojans have to be removed in safe mode because unchecking the entry doesn't work and it will be rechecked automatically.

Back when I received this information, I shared it with mods on here. I'm not sure if posting numbers is allowed, but feel free to delete any information that shouldn't be shared.

I forget exactly how I came about getting this information and the name of the FB user is now gone (deleted account), but this was my interaction with whoever this person is.

Conversation started March 15, 2013
3/15, 8:29pm

Me: Your name has been associated with repeated scamming in the poker community. If you would like to work with me to clear your name, I suggest getting in touch with me. If I don't receive cooperation, I will assume guilt and take an alternative route. What is your association with Justin Archuleta?

March 16, 2013
Him: 3/16, 11:24am
Lol get real. Scammed no one.
Never heard of Justin and would love you to show me any proof of my name being associated with anything. Who the **** are you?

Him:
3/16, 11:45am
Facebook User
????????

Me:
3/16, 11:45am
A western union was sent in your name to your city as a trade and the person was never paid. Either someone is using your identity to scam people, or it is you. If its not you, I'd suggest you look into this. Both of you use twitter to tweet poker pros and there have been a ton of similarities found between the two of you. One person has already hired a private investigator and is currently sharing information with me. There is no reason to get vulgar with me. I'm not threatening you. I'm providing you with facts and giving you a heads up that your identity could be being used in multiple scams.

Me:
3/16, 11:47am
If you do happen to be involved in this, I strongly suggest you set things straight with me or any of the others involved that will be contacting you. Steps have already been taken by one individual to pursue you legally and criminally.

Him:
Facebook User
3/16, 11:50am
I know exactly who it is
Kid named Archie
Call me 469 682-5570

March 25, 2013
3/25, 4:44pm
Facebook User
Got his new number call me

Me:
3/25, 7:44pm
Hey can't talk on the phone right now. What is it?

Facebook User
3/25, 8:05pm
Facebook User
2145607982

I had his location and some other information as well, but mods were provided that. If they feel it necessary to share, feel free to post it.

The person who provided the number had some story about playing in a local poker game with Justin and that being his only association with him. I think he claimed Justin asked him to pick up that WU and offering him some money or something along those lines. He said Justin was very sketchy and whatever. FWIW, he was really fluent in conversation and came off as being honest IMO.

My conversation with Justin was quite the opposite. He was very nervous and his voice was shaky. He denied everything at first. He then owned up to it and apologized and asked me to please give him a day to get the money together to pay me and that he messed up and was going to repay the others. This obviously never happened.

Just wanted to add my story and provide the people pursuing the matter with whatever knowledge I have on the situation.

As you must already know, area codes 469 and 214 are both for the Dallas TX area.

I think the 469 number (kid I was talking to on FB) is Ian Griffin (ugottook420 is his p5s account).

Like I said, when speaking with him on the phone, his story sounded legit. If you look at Ian and Justin's twitter, they both sound very similar and tweet at known poker pros as if they know them (they don't), so who knows.

MrPadawan is now banned, but he wrote this:

The Ian Griffin of Dallas info leads to

http://forum.parttimepoker.com/members/ugottook420.html
About ugottook420
First name
Ian
Last name
Griffin

and this photo
http://www.pocketfives.com/profiles/ugottook420/

Location Dallas, Texas, United States

I met Ian playing with stolen funds at a room in Dallas. He gave me a ride home and let me stay at his house he was a nice guy. He lent out his friendship to me. He called me up and confronted me about this issue already because he found this out and I couldn't even admit it to him at the time, it was embarrassing.

I made a scam to receive western union but my name was already compromised so I had to use somebody else's name. I already used one of my friends for the micah scam. I was already dirt low. I called him and asked permission to receive $ for a trade, he was suspicious though he barely said yes, he asked me if it was clean. He's a good guy.

He has absolutely NOTHING to do with this except for having met me and me knowing his name.

Please remove his information he does not deserve this at all he was no way involved.

He was a pretty cool outgoing guy, he would loan out money at the poker table to his close confidents.

Sorry Ian.

I don't understand what you're trying to prove here...that he was in some way involved? Why are you conducting investigations? Who gave you permission to post someone's picture to the world?

Do you think anyone believes a word you write?

Hi Ian!

MrPadawan is the accomplice I met that helped supply me with 2p2 accs.
I remember that post he made we talked about it.

The photo was already posted, along with his name.

Ok . Sorry for being rude, it's my fault really.

Just getting overwhelmed by this.

I just need to start the other thread already and talk to victims only.


This was a tough thing to do. It's going to be tougher to pay back, but that's the real test, so I'm just gonna hurry up and get to it because im gonna be working overtime and can't be obsessing over this thread like I am right now. It inflicts to much emotion and I need to focus on my duty, work, and debts so I can get this behind me and live a more normal life.

I will deal/face with any consequences if they come so please let it rest, community.

Please just help me or stop trying to tear me down.

Thanks.

Justin.

Justin, how about posting a short video of yourself talking about this?

+1 this would be interesting

It was your accomplice, MrPadawan, who accused Ian Griffin of being a scammer, on this site. And the post has been here since November 2012.

The psumike thread was so much better then this one. This thread lost its luster after about page 5.

I wasn't trying to imply that Ian had any part in this. I was simply supplying the name and full story of how I got in contact with you. I already stated that I believed he was being genuine in conversation on the phone. The only thing I found sketchy was how similar your two twitter accounts were.

Two questions that you failed to respond to: 1. Do you confirm speaking to me on the phone via that number that I posted and 2. How are you planning to pay back the victims with a method that requires you to have zero information on them. I find it very hard to believe that anyone would give you an address, let alone banking information to go deposit to their account.