Robbed by friend. WTF - Page 4

This seriously put in question about the kidnapping stuff, regardless of his father involvment, the way that story developed was so insanely bizarre, many (me and ket included) called insta "lol bullshit" on that one, however it kind of turned out true but given that the bastard ran with 20 thousand his credibility is 0 and not doubting such a kidnap story would be very very naive, it did reach the press etc, so that obv happened but the circumstances as like a voluntary kidnapping etc are still in question and in my opinion extremely likely.

This makes me wonder if Ket would now trust me with like 20 k mmm

that sucks
hopefully you'll be able to get it back

This is seriously so bad. How could he just up and leave. I feel for you man. Things happen for a reason though. Keep on truckin is what I say. You tried to help someone out...you'll be rewarded in other ways don't think too much about it. GL in the future...

Im pretty sure the soah on 2p2 is different... i could be wrong though

Sorry man. You always seemed like a cool trusting guy.

meh I would like to think that he wasn't planning a scam from the beginning b/c im a pretty glass is half full kind of guy. He probably just went on a downswing tilted and lost then freaked out b/c he was broke and couldn't think what else to do. However teh way he's handling this is terrible, he should be honest with you and try to figure out how he's gonna repay you. But who knows there's lots of scumbags out there so maybe he was just really deceitful and planned this from the get go.

sorry to hear ket, but just wanted to post that soah from 2+2 is 100% a different person from kansas/vegas

On May 18 2009 21:32 Baal wrote: This seriously put in question about the kidnapping stuff, regardless of his father involvment, the way that story developed was so insanely bizarre, many (me and ket included) called insta "lol bullshit" on that one, however it kind of turned out true but given that the bastard ran with 20 thousand his credibility is 0 and not doubting such a kidnap story would be very very naive, it did reach the press etc, so that obv happened but the circumstances as like a voluntary kidnapping etc are still in question and in my opinion extremely likely. This makes me wonder if Ket would now trust me with like 20 k mmm

youre full of it now, this story involved many persons, cop interviews, airtravel, news paper interviews and whatnot. it goes way beyond soahs story. its not just some internet fabrication. that story doesn't need soahs credibility and a persons trustworthiness is not dependent on getting kidnapped.

i hope everything goes well and you get your money back
sucks there's people like this
i thought he was a very well known poster. =o

i just lol'd at Ket's blog name

On May 18 2009 17:19 Ket wrote: Show nested quote + On May 18 2009 17:13 ToT)MidiaN( wrote: Sigh. I don't think I'll ever trust anyone with $20k, things like this happen way too often. I hope this is all just a misunderstanding and he has some excuse and pays it back, but considering it's been a month and a half since he was last seen it seems somewhat unlikely. People are fags. damn lol, i'd trust you with 20k

Don't mean to kick you while you're down but maybe you can learn a lesson from this. Be more responsible with your money and you won't find yourself in this situation again.

I did joke to ket how epic it would be if soah was some random busto who pretended to have some rich dad and really was some busto scrub and just intended to scam everyone. He figured he made enough solid contacts to run the kidnapping scam but that didn't work so he made it seem real and bided his time.

A year later he hits ket up for a 20k loan, and boom finally he gets paid and vanishes.


In all seriousness, i have also met simon IRL, and while i wouldn't have lent him 20k myself i wouldn't have thought it too likely that he would ever scam. For those of you who have also met him, does anyone have any actual proof his dad is some rich balla like we were lead to believe or that simon actually made/has money? Seems pretty unlikely hes actually as well off as he let of given he effectivly stole 20k to gamble w/ and lost it. Also wonder had he won with the money was his intentions to pay back, or just a scam from the start.

Pretty shitty thing to happen, i got scammed myself the first time i backed someone and it def has tainted staking for me and there are a bunch of people i haven't loaned moeny/trade/staked because of - there still a are a bunch of people id gladly give money tho so hopefully there are still nice people out there!

On May 18 2009 22:24 Nazgul wrote: Show nested quote + On May 18 2009 21:32 Baal wrote: This seriously put in question about the kidnapping stuff, regardless of his father involvment, the way that story developed was so insanely bizarre, many (me and ket included) called insta "lol bullshit" on that one, however it kind of turned out true but given that the bastard ran with 20 thousand his credibility is 0 and not doubting such a kidnap story would be very very naive, it did reach the press etc, so that obv happened but the circumstances as like a voluntary kidnapping etc are still in question and in my opinion extremely likely. This makes me wonder if Ket would now trust me with like 20 k mmm youre full of it now, this story involved many persons, cop interviews, airtravel, news paper interviews and whatnot. it goes way beyond soahs story. its not just some internet fabrication. that story doesn't need soahs credibility and a persons trustworthiness is not dependent on getting kidnapped.

Did you even read my post? i said the "kidnapping" did took place since it was covered by some media and there were family involvement, i only talked about the inner working about kidnapping, as you might know, voluntary kidnapping is a very frequent and effective form of extortion for their own family.

yo i played with the dude and he was awful at poker yet had a tremendous ego.

basically anyone with massive undeserving ego is scum.

sorry this happened ketul. i really dont have anything to provide but my condolences. i hardly ever stake anyone cause i'm type paranoid, i think more should follow in this suit.

hope you don't take this the wrong way bud, i'm quite distressed about this, the evil inherent in the world really gets to me somteimes.

i guess people just cant be trusted. :

hopefully karma will get him sometime. Im sorry for you ket, i hope you recover from this loss. I think it's pretty clear you have the full support from the forum

? Without a doubt look into taking legal action.....since you've just been robbed of $24k.

He apparently owed someone some money. I've heard there's been a large increase in the number of normal-pillar-of-the-community-very-credible type of people who have snapped and started robbing banks, etc, because they fell on hard times due to the recent economic downturn. That really, really sucks to hear man. I hope things work out for you. It's nice that you're cool about letting him return it - being understanding and all - but this is some pretty extreme bull-shit. Definitely talk to a laywer and keep us updated for sure.

+1 on hoping he got kidnapped again

always sad when this happens poker is a trust based community so sadly we are almost all exposed to this risk at some point or another no matter how careful you can be. Chances of getting paid back right now are slim, but I have hope that within 5-10 yrs you will be able to recuperate at least some of the money, the persistance you will need to do that is another story...

can anyone link me to this kidnapping story? what happened?

ps: thank you for doing the right thing and coming forward, it takes more courage than it seems from the outside. I know that I should do this myself to 2 people who ran away w my money but i tell myself that they wont be scamming anyone else thus its not worth the hassle.

Actually he used to give pretty solid advice in the forums, I dont know if he was any good actually playing tho. I think like saki its either he just bustoed and has no way of paying or had some unexpected matter that caused him to do this, it sucks and further proves you should not trust anyone for those kind of sums no matter how credible they appear. The good part is I assume 20k isnt life changing for you, still stings tho I guess