party scam involving gigabett not gigabet

[poindexter]

Ok I’m a chump for doing this but this guy was pretty convincing plus I was multitabling and didn’t have enough time to bust him until after I made the transaction.

A guy named gigabett was offering a freeroll to the Party million guaranteed for half price. I inquired thinking that its possible he could have an excess of free rolls. I wrote "I didn’t think you could transfer free rolls on party" he said that as a preferred member it’s possible.
After a few questions and answers he told me to transfer it to:

Joe Collins @ party screen name aces4123

I told him I would transfer it to gigabett only and he replyed that this aces4123 was his original account and gigabett was his second name. I became suspicious so he told me that I could send the money to gigabet on poker stars if I have a pokerstars account. This put me at ease again. I didn’t want to bother with poker stars so I told him I would transfer 1/2 now and 1/2 later on party. I transferred 1/2 and he told me it would take a couple of hours for the free roll to transfer. 2 hours? Ok I was pretty sure I was taken now so I asked him a 2+2 specific question that only a 1-table tournament contributor could answer. His reply sucked so I called party investigations.

The guy I talked to stated it was my fault. I agreed but I said you should freeze his account. He said he couldn’t help me so I asked for management and I couldn’t believe my own ears when the investigations manager said "we are aware of this problem because he "joe collins" has done this to other people. So as a counter measure we turned off his chat." I laughed and in so many words told him my significant bankroll and rakes are going to poker stars. After a long on hold period he told me he froze Joe Collins account and would be returning the $138 left to my account and I was lucky there was anything left.

After his account was frozen this guy had the balls to contact me later under AOL chat again and it went like this:

EddyMarcum signed off at 11:55 A.M.
EddyMarcum signed on at 12:39 P.M.
EddyMarcum: whatd u do
DFinny1: [censored] off prick
DFinny1: your done
EddyMarcum: whatd you do tho
DFinny1: dont [censored] with a preferred player you pond scum
EddyMarcum: lol i got teh cash back anyway
DFinny1: liar i know they froze your account
EddyMarcum: im in it right now
EddyMarcum: but they wont let me use my frerroll
DFinny1: your REAL name Collins will be posted on the poker internet boards to warn everyone
EddyMarcum: good for you
DFinny1: did you ever consider picking up a book and learning to make money the honest way? is your IQ too low?
EddyMarcum: can i ask u why u reported meanyway after i said it took 3 hrs
DFinny1: im a high stakes poker player and way smarter than you. the only reason why you got me in the first place is because i was multitabling and couldnt concentrate. I will make you famous on 2+2.com congrats!
EddyMarcum: im not even gigabet
DFinny1: no [censored]
EddyMarcum signed off at 1:03 P.M.

hope no one else makes this mistake. The guy at party said that free rolls cannot be transfered like I thought. i will cross post this on the internet board.
Fishyplayer

[B1GF1SHY]

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DFinny1: im a high stakes poker player and way smarter than you.

[/ QUOTE ]

Don't know about that one...

[cardcounter0]

If any one contacts you claiming to be a widow of a Nigerian government offical with Millions and Millions of dollars in the bank and needing your help to get it out of the country ....

DON'T DO IT! IT IS A SCAM!

[amirpc]

No way, dishonesty...on the INTERNET?

[CrazyN8]

Thanks for the warning.

[Russ McGinley]

Maybe its Dutch Boyd.

[poindexter]

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Number=1653350&page=0&view=c ollapsed&sb=5&o=14&vc=1

[RainDog]

But should you feel obliged to help out some poor Nigerian...here's the e-mail I recieved:

From Mr. James Tama.

Reply to E-mail address : jamestama0004@netscape.net
Attention

I am Mr. James Tama and my sister is Miss Rose Tama,
we
are the children of Late Chief Paul Tama from Sierra
Leone.

I am writing you in absolute confidence primarily to
seek your assistance to transfer our cash of Ten
Million Dollars ($10,000.000.00) now in the custody of
a private Security trust firm In Europe the money is
in trunk boxes deposited and declared as Family
valuables by my late father as a matter of fact the
company does not know the content as money, although
my father made them to understand that the boxes
belongs to his foreign partner.

Source of the money:

My late father Chief Paul Tama, a native of Mende
District in the Northern province of Sierra Leone, was
the General Manager of Sierra Leone mining
co-operation (S.L.M.C.) Freetown. According to my
father, this money was the income accrued from Mining
Co-operation's over draft and minor sales.

Before the peak of the civil war between the rebels
forces of Major Paul Koroma and the combined forces of
ECOMOG peace keeping operation that almost destroyed
my country, following the forceful removal from power
of the civilian elected President Ahmed Tejan Kabbah
by the rebels. My father had already made arrangement
for his family that talking about my mother, my little
sister and myself to be evacuated to Abidjan Cote d'
Ivoire with the CERTIFICATE OF DEPOSIT he made with a
security firm in Europe through the aid of U.N
evacuation team.

During the war in my country, and following the
indiscriminate Looting of Public and Government
properties by the rebel forces, the Sierra Leone
mining coop was one of the targets looted and it was
destroyed. My father including other top Government
functionaries were attacked and killed by the rebels
in November 2000 because of his relationship with the
civilian Government of Ahmed Tejan Kabbah.

As a result of my father's death and with the news of
my uncle's Involvement in the air crash in January, it
dashed our hope of survival. The untimely deaths
caused my mother's heart failure and other related
complications of which she later died in the hospital
after we must have spent a lot of money on her early
this year. Now my 18 years old sister and myself are
alone in this strange country suffering without any
care or help. Without any relation, we are now like
refugees and orphans.

Our only hope now is in you and the boxes deposited
in the Security Firm, to this effect, I humbly
solicit your assistance in the Following ways.

1. To assist me claim this boxes from the security
Firm as our beneficiary.

2. To transfer this money (USD$10M) in your name to
your country.

3. To make a good arrangement for a joint business
investment on our Behalf in your country and you,
our Adviser/ Manager For your assistance, I have
agreed with my younger sister that 20% of the total
amount will be for your effort and another 10 % to
cover all the expenses that may be incurred during the

business transaction, Lastly, I urge you to keep this
transaction strictly confidential as no one knows our
where about.

Please as you show your willingness; Forward to us
your full name, address and Tel/ Fax numbers, company
name and address (if any) to me via my private email
address as indicated below, this is for security
reasons as I will only be accessing my private email.

Earnestly awaiting your response.

Thanks.

May God bless you as you assist us?

Mr. James Tama.

I will advise you reach me on my personal email box
( jamestama0004@netscape.net).

[Jurollo]

People's utter stupidity and lack of common sense or 'street smarts' sometimes is downright scary! Why would you ever give money to someone soliciting it in a chat room, any chat room, let alone one of a poker room. Yikes!
~Justin