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I got scammed, What do i do?

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  1. aschaal7 aschaal7 is offline

    Vandalia, IL
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    May 16th, 2008 (5/16/2008 8:31pm)

    So I was at turning stone last week in new york and was walking down the hall of my hotel and i passed a kid on his laptop who asked me if i wanted some money on poker stars for cash in person. so i said that i would do that(stupid mistake but i wasnt sober) and i had him come to my room, send $300 from what i thought was his account to my account. i made sure the $300 got to my account, got his number, and then i gave him $300 cash. the next day i went to log on to my account and it denied me to login and said to report an error message to stars support. i went to my email account and read this,

    "
    <pre>Hello <span id="lw_1210984006_0">Austin</span>,

    We are currently in the process of investigating a claim of
    unauthorised
    access of another player's account and we would like to request your
    assistance in this matter.

    Can you please explain to us you relation to player 'GtownGambler' and
    the
    reason for which this player recently transferred $300 to your account?

    I have temporarily frozen your account pending your reply.

    Regards,

    Dan
    pokerstars Security"</pre><pre> </pre><pre> </pre><pre>I emailed Stars support back and explained exactly what happened and of course</pre><pre>they are getting a completely different story from the owner of the account. I googled</pre><pre>the kids phone number and found that his real name is TJ and he is a scam artist.</pre><pre>The owner of the account 'gtowngambler' is josh as stated here on pocket5's. Poker</pre><pre>Stars hasn't made much progress and I dont know what to tell them anymore because</pre><pre>I think they believe I hacked this kids account and transferred myself the money. Any</pre><pre>suggestions? Or am i just screwed?</pre><pre>Flame Away lol </pre>
  2. ImaBustYou ImaBustYou is offline

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    May 16th, 2008 (5/16/2008 8:44pm) in reply to aschaal7

    Ah, dont take propositions from random people walking down the hall of a casino. If you want money on your PS account, ask a friend of yours or someone that you know to transfer you. Not really sure what you can do.
  3. aschaal7 aschaal7 is offline

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    May 16th, 2008 (5/16/2008 8:51pm) in reply to ImaBustYou

    well obv.. i learned a lesson. i didnt NEED money on my stars account as i already had money on there but i had plenty of cash and he said he needed some to play live. i was too trusting and non-sober. i realize this. j/w if there is anything i can do b/c i cant really think of anything.
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  4. aschaal7 aschaal7 is offline

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    May 16th, 2008 (5/16/2008 10:42pm) in reply to aschaal7

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  5. poncho veelo poncho veelo is offline

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    May 16th, 2008 (5/16/2008 11:36pm) in reply to aschaal7

    Dam, how come these sweet opportunities never come my way?

    No wait, When I was 17, I once had a bum at flea market ask me to make change for a 20, and when I took the money out, he grabbed my wallet and ran, but fell into booth and got his ass kicked by the vendor and my wallet returned.
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