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Originally Posted by Wilbury Twist
Gotta disagree with this.
Your collective contributions to this thread have consisted of "people are stupid, they should know better" and "how does anyone fall for this stuff."
Outing scammers and warning people remains one of the few actions someone can take because – as you said –*they often don't have much legal recourse. So with few other readily available options, outing scammers and warning people is precisely how people can a) know better and b) not fall for this stuff.
I just offered a second option. For people that don't like to get their hands dirty (although I think guys like these crumble before you need to do anything) yes, warn people, sure.
By the way this situation has a lot of similarities with bullying. As long as the teachers don't really want to or can do anything the only way bullying stops is if the victim actually fights back. The victim might tell people he is getting bullied, who then care less and go on with their lives. Bullies attack weakness and in this case the poker players are the weakness. It's just so easy that when you don't have any ethics why wouldn't you do it. In the real world the bullying stops when the victim punches someone in the face.
Not saying you should beat the light out of scammers (not saying you shouldn't either) but they just laugh when someone posts on 2+2 or when someone asks his money in a normal way. NYpokerturd scammed a guy for $200 and gave it away on IG for crying out loud. He humiliated him. These people don't gaf about being outed as long as poker players are greedy and willing to take a chance. If someone takes a stand against him I have no doubt he caves in like the pathetic loser he is.
Funny how people are willing to play in illegal games for tons of money but then not willing to do what is necessary.