dbelinfante
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- Joined
- Sep 24, 2005
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- Magrathea
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- Freelancer
- Avatar Name
- Sage
The story in short:
A friend and socmate of mine, Hopkirk, was approached by a player (we will call him X, his name may be found on other forums) who also has been a member of a top 10 soc. This player said he had an Imp Fap in the bank that he wanted to sell. Hopkirk and X agreed to a deal, the negotiations of which took place over a period of time.
Because X has a somewhat checkered past, Hopkirk alerted MA support that he was about to enter a deal with this person. He specifically told them that he would call upon them if the deal went sour.
Now the catch in the deal was that X didn't have the 80K peds that were supposedly required to retrieve the Fap from the bank, so X convinced Hopkirk to give this money as a first installment. This final phase of the scam took place while Hopkirk and X were in an MSN session as well as live on the phone with each other. Hopkirk felt pretty secure having some RL contact data of this person.
So Hopkirk handed over the 80K peds. After which the phone was hung up, the MSN closed and X logged off.
And Hopkirk knew he'd been had. A classic scam. But here's the twist to the story. Hopkirk is no noob. He had the presence of mind to warn MA Support in advance. He thought he had at least this base covered.
And now MA comes back with the default "All trades are final." reply.
Player X has been locked before, for scamming allegations. Hopkirk has been expertly given a false sense of security, but nevertheless had enough wits to try and buy some insurance in the form of MA Support. He's been politely told to p*ss off by them, after the fact.
Now all recriminations towards Hopkirk may be in order and correct - he should have known better, "All trades are final." etc, etc. - but none of it takes anything away from the purposefully criminal behavior by X. He is well-known to MA. And they will not lift a finger to help Hopkirk. They will not lock X.
Hopkirk is now trying several other ways to retrieve what is rightfully his. Mindark are being as unhelpful as they possibly can. They are more fickle than Greek gods. Sometimes they lock everyone even remotely suspected of having touched teinted money or items, and now they have the clearest case ever, and they're not even at the office.
I'm interested in what the community thinks of this.
A friend and socmate of mine, Hopkirk, was approached by a player (we will call him X, his name may be found on other forums) who also has been a member of a top 10 soc. This player said he had an Imp Fap in the bank that he wanted to sell. Hopkirk and X agreed to a deal, the negotiations of which took place over a period of time.
Because X has a somewhat checkered past, Hopkirk alerted MA support that he was about to enter a deal with this person. He specifically told them that he would call upon them if the deal went sour.
Now the catch in the deal was that X didn't have the 80K peds that were supposedly required to retrieve the Fap from the bank, so X convinced Hopkirk to give this money as a first installment. This final phase of the scam took place while Hopkirk and X were in an MSN session as well as live on the phone with each other. Hopkirk felt pretty secure having some RL contact data of this person.
So Hopkirk handed over the 80K peds. After which the phone was hung up, the MSN closed and X logged off.
And Hopkirk knew he'd been had. A classic scam. But here's the twist to the story. Hopkirk is no noob. He had the presence of mind to warn MA Support in advance. He thought he had at least this base covered.
And now MA comes back with the default "All trades are final." reply.
Player X has been locked before, for scamming allegations. Hopkirk has been expertly given a false sense of security, but nevertheless had enough wits to try and buy some insurance in the form of MA Support. He's been politely told to p*ss off by them, after the fact.
Now all recriminations towards Hopkirk may be in order and correct - he should have known better, "All trades are final." etc, etc. - but none of it takes anything away from the purposefully criminal behavior by X. He is well-known to MA. And they will not lift a finger to help Hopkirk. They will not lock X.
Hopkirk is now trying several other ways to retrieve what is rightfully his. Mindark are being as unhelpful as they possibly can. They are more fickle than Greek gods. Sometimes they lock everyone even remotely suspected of having touched teinted money or items, and now they have the clearest case ever, and they're not even at the office.
I'm interested in what the community thinks of this.
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