Person to person transfers. [OP is a "MUST read", or be scammed!]

[Mike Haven]

Every time someone alleges they are scammed I will copy-paste this post and add the new alleged scammer's name, (as long as it appears to be a genuine and non-malicious allegation). So far, we have alleged scammers:

ace_acehigh on UB

aces_acehigh on FTP and Stars

alan227 on Stars

annathedonk on Stars

beckysdad on AIM [added 080307]

bosox7477 on AIM

caraudiojunkie3 on AIM

cash11money1 on AIM [added 080307]

dethrone on UB

DonovanMD on FTP and Stars

dyarbs on FTP

Frankie_696969 on FTP

ginger1984 on Stars

grlbflo07 on Stars

HateToFold33 on FTP

holdempkr27 on FTP

ipl4yp0ker on AIM

JamesBond_AA on Prima, Stars and FTP

joshman on Stars

limitninja = limitninja on Stars and FTP = limitninja15 on Absolute

lockplayer13 = ginger1984 on stars

Longtrail099 = oneouterson = Robbiekid5 on AIM = thechinacat on FTP = oneouterson on FTP and Stars

Low_Card2

mojavedesert on Abs

mrblond21 on Stars = apeslammer2255 on AIM

oneouterson = Longtrail099 = oneouterson on FTP and Stars = thechinacat on FTP

pokerlife2 at Stars [added 080307]

pokermuck35 on AIM

p0kerpl4yer2007 on FTP

pokerplayer4352 on FTP

pushdonkey on Absolute

rags4sale on Stars

Randy Hickey on Stars

Rick305

Robbiekid5 on AIM

Runthemill

Sk00l4m3nts

strongbad311 on Stars

SWERVY54 on AIM

thechinacat on FTP

TiltHappens on UB and FTP and Stars

WEBMAN27 on Abs

wsucoug2010 on FTP and Stars

xxxslicknick on Stars

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(limitninja has repaid part of the money he owes to readers and confirms it is his intention to repay all as soon as possible)

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Please pm me with the playing names of alleged scammers, so that I can add them to the record. Thanks.

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Please read the OP and all earlier warnings. Either we ban all mentions of transfers, period, or you must accept that they are entirely at your own risk; people are trying to scam you; you should obtain real life details, (name, address, phone number), about people in order to inform the police if you are scammed; exchange full details of the proposed transfer by e-mail; you should only transfer in amounts you are prepared to lose; google and Search the other person's name; ask here for references; a record of a few successful transfers can be a setup to scam on the next one; it seems likely but not definite that most scammers are newer posters; if the other guy won't transfer first, transfer in a number of small amounts; ask the other guy to sit at a table with his bankroll in front of him; etc; etc.

If you are in any doubt, or unwilling to risk losing the amount of money involved, don't offer to transfer first. Realise that you are likely to be scammed if you do.

Owing to a hacker using a long-time posters 2+2 PM facility to arrange a scam, I now also suggest that before transferring first you find out the other party's real name and e-mail the poker sites' Support to say that you understand that they cannot confirm the other guy's name, but your intention is to transfer to Player ABC whose real name is XYZ, and instruct them that if this is not the case, you do not wish the transfer to proceed.

"Let the buyer beware."