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<span style="font-weight: bold">Date that scamming took place:</span> Dec 28th 2009
<span style="font-weight: bold">Method of Contact Used:</span> AIM
<span style="font-weight: bold">Instant Messenger ID of scammer:</span> VMMOSsupport/HSViper111
<span style="font-weight: bold">Your Instant Messenger ID:</span> Mikefb12
<span style="font-weight: bold">Markee Dragon Account of Scammer:</span> VipersMmoService.com
<span style="font-weight: bold">Other information: </span>
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #FFFF00">Scam Information</span></span>
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<span style="font-weight: bold">What was scammed?: Money
Approximate value of scammed property:</span> 170.00 USD
<span style="font-weight: bold">Was a middleman used?:</span> No
<span style="font-weight: bold">If yes, who?:</span>
<span style="font-weight: bold">Describe how you were scammed:</span> Paid down payment for Glad and 2 seperate toons 1800.
<span style="font-weight: bold">Other details / notes:</span> Was told if i wanted refund I would be given one.
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #FF0000">Proof</span></span> You MUST provide proof or your claim will not be valid!
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<span style="font-weight: bold">Chat Logs:</span> Have no Aim.
<span style="font-weight: bold">Pictures/Screenshots: </span> http://i873.photobucket.com/albums/ab293/mikefb12/Paypal2Proof.jpg
http://i873.photobucket.com/albums/ab293/mikefb12/Paypalproof.jpg
http://i873.photobucket.com/albums/ab293/mikefb12/EmailProof.jpg
<span style="color: #66FFFF"><span style="font-weight: bold">Additional Information</span></span>
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I was looking around for ordering Gladiator for either the end of S7 or S8. I stumbled upon Vipers services and aimed him. Now after reviewing his feedback as well as threads I was under the assumption he was a legit trader.
Once talking to him on aim he was very friendly but very prideful of how he treated his customers. He would constantly refer to how well he treated people throwing in extra things or cutting prices down quite a bit lower than other arena services and give you links to rank 1 characters he "owns". He would really buy you into his service.
I had talked to 2 other friends and we all wanted glad, i told him we wanted gladiator for either S7 or S8 most likely S8. I went over the security portion and he stated all the people who play for him he has known for YEARS or are friends of friends he has known for years, some have played games with him forever etc.
I asked him if he wanted a down payment to save a spot for Gladiator. He told me I could send one if I wanted to. After being so comfortable with him and seeing his "ratings" I was pretty confident when I sent him a 170 dollar down payment.
Now the following day my girlfriend logged on my paypal, and claimed unauthorized payment. I do take responsibility for that. He contacted me first to ask me why I claimed unauthorized payment on paypal, which i was unaware of, he urged me to check my paypal and it was an opened case. I then talked to my girlfriend who told me she had thought our paypal had been compromised, again my fault for miss-communications about that. Of course my girlfriend was unhappy to find out I dropped 170 down and would not quit bitching. I told him I would like a refund of the 170 and later on if I went through with the service I would have absoluteley no problem sending it through western union.
Before I sent the payment he had told me if I wanted a refund all I had to do was ask him. And once the payment was claimed unauthorized he restated that all I needed to do was ask for a refund and I would have gotten it. So I then tell him that I would like the refund and could just western union the money if I decided to continue on with the package.
I then told him I would cancel the unauthorized transaction or he could just choose "refund money" and it would close the claim and everything would be good. Well that was not good enough for him. He said I had tarnished his rep with paypal and that because it was opened if he refunded me my money either though the opened case option or otherwise it would be him "consenting" to stealing something he did not do.
So I in turn tell him I will call paypal and ask her if it would do anything to his paypal account. I get on the phone and she tells me that no, if he chooses refund money it will close the case and it doesnt look like he stole the money. And that if i cancelled it and he immediately refunded me it also wouldnt look like he admitted to stealing it.
Of course this was not good enough for him. He had to talk to paypal because he was sure it would affect his paypal account.
After this it went into the "Under review by Paypal" and I could no longer cancel nor could he refund. All because he had a ego complex. So paypal decided in his favor, which I was not surprised since the payment and unauthorized claim were made from the same computer.
So now that the case is finally closed I aim him and ask if he would not mind refunding me my money now.
Well, as you can guess he couldnt do that.
Apparently if he refunded me my money it would be him "admitting" to "stealing" my money, which he of course did not do. I have no idea how that is a logical reason but never the less he refused to refund me cus he wouldn't "admit" to being a "thief".
So i tell him just refund me 150, keep some for your troubles. Or if he did not have the funds at the moment he could pay me when they became available. Well of course he refused to pay me cash back, even when he said he would refund me if i asked before and after i sent the down payment.
He then begins to tell me hes "busy with business" and cannot talk to me. He leads me on telling me he will only need 1 hour to talk to his team, 1 hour becomes 2 hours which then becomes 3 hours.
I insist that this is a serious issue and 170 bucks is alot to just be blown off about. He keeps avoiding me and making excuses saying "sorry, nothing I can do" etc etc
Eventually he budges after me aiming him for 3hours straight and says he will never refund me the cash but will give me a service worth the 170.
At this point I have nothing else to gain, I knew he would kill over before he refunded me my cash, even though he told me he would before and after the paypal incident happened.
So eventually I just went ahead and agreed to a 1800 job on 2 toons for the amount of 170 that was sent to him.
Now after seeing all of these threads posting the same things I experienced I know my rating will not be obtained and he would put my account security at risk, since multiple employees of his have admitted to him doing no screening which HE FALSELY CLAIMS ON HIS ADs.
Just as the one scammer post where there was INDISPUTABLE evidence that he offered a guy 50 bucks for playing games, and the he somehow pulled 35 and 45 bucks out of his [censored] shows the man cannot even acknowledge plain evidence disputing his claims. I was told I would recieve a refund if I asked yet I was told either take a rating service that he thought was worth the 170 or lose my money. per quote "leave it or take it"
This man should not be allowed to do business on this site, his positive ratings are misleading and his arena service is a joke. HE FALSELY misleads you into thinking u can trust him and his positive ratings for simple transactions NOT ARENA services are misleading.
He will tell you one thing then turn around and bend it/twist it, turn it in his favor, he cares NOTHING for anyone but himself.
HE IS A CROOK. "plain and simple"
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<span style="font-weight: bold">Date that scamming took place:</span> Dec 28th 2009
<span style="font-weight: bold">Method of Contact Used:</span> AIM
<span style="font-weight: bold">Instant Messenger ID of scammer:</span> VMMOSsupport/HSViper111
<span style="font-weight: bold">Your Instant Messenger ID:</span> Mikefb12
<span style="font-weight: bold">Markee Dragon Account of Scammer:</span> VipersMmoService.com
<span style="font-weight: bold">Other information: </span>
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #FFFF00">Scam Information</span></span>
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<span style="font-weight: bold">What was scammed?: Money
Approximate value of scammed property:</span> 170.00 USD
<span style="font-weight: bold">Was a middleman used?:</span> No
<span style="font-weight: bold">If yes, who?:</span>
<span style="font-weight: bold">Describe how you were scammed:</span> Paid down payment for Glad and 2 seperate toons 1800.
<span style="font-weight: bold">Other details / notes:</span> Was told if i wanted refund I would be given one.
<span style="font-weight: bold"><span style="color: #FF0000">Proof</span></span> You MUST provide proof or your claim will not be valid!
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<span style="font-weight: bold">Chat Logs:</span> Have no Aim.
<span style="font-weight: bold">Pictures/Screenshots: </span> http://i873.photobucket.com/albums/ab293/mikefb12/Paypal2Proof.jpg
http://i873.photobucket.com/albums/ab293/mikefb12/Paypalproof.jpg
http://i873.photobucket.com/albums/ab293/mikefb12/EmailProof.jpg
<span style="color: #66FFFF"><span style="font-weight: bold">Additional Information</span></span>
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I was looking around for ordering Gladiator for either the end of S7 or S8. I stumbled upon Vipers services and aimed him. Now after reviewing his feedback as well as threads I was under the assumption he was a legit trader.
Once talking to him on aim he was very friendly but very prideful of how he treated his customers. He would constantly refer to how well he treated people throwing in extra things or cutting prices down quite a bit lower than other arena services and give you links to rank 1 characters he "owns". He would really buy you into his service.
I had talked to 2 other friends and we all wanted glad, i told him we wanted gladiator for either S7 or S8 most likely S8. I went over the security portion and he stated all the people who play for him he has known for YEARS or are friends of friends he has known for years, some have played games with him forever etc.
I asked him if he wanted a down payment to save a spot for Gladiator. He told me I could send one if I wanted to. After being so comfortable with him and seeing his "ratings" I was pretty confident when I sent him a 170 dollar down payment.
Now the following day my girlfriend logged on my paypal, and claimed unauthorized payment. I do take responsibility for that. He contacted me first to ask me why I claimed unauthorized payment on paypal, which i was unaware of, he urged me to check my paypal and it was an opened case. I then talked to my girlfriend who told me she had thought our paypal had been compromised, again my fault for miss-communications about that. Of course my girlfriend was unhappy to find out I dropped 170 down and would not quit bitching. I told him I would like a refund of the 170 and later on if I went through with the service I would have absoluteley no problem sending it through western union.
Before I sent the payment he had told me if I wanted a refund all I had to do was ask him. And once the payment was claimed unauthorized he restated that all I needed to do was ask for a refund and I would have gotten it. So I then tell him that I would like the refund and could just western union the money if I decided to continue on with the package.
I then told him I would cancel the unauthorized transaction or he could just choose "refund money" and it would close the claim and everything would be good. Well that was not good enough for him. He said I had tarnished his rep with paypal and that because it was opened if he refunded me my money either though the opened case option or otherwise it would be him "consenting" to stealing something he did not do.
So I in turn tell him I will call paypal and ask her if it would do anything to his paypal account. I get on the phone and she tells me that no, if he chooses refund money it will close the case and it doesnt look like he stole the money. And that if i cancelled it and he immediately refunded me it also wouldnt look like he admitted to stealing it.
Of course this was not good enough for him. He had to talk to paypal because he was sure it would affect his paypal account.
After this it went into the "Under review by Paypal" and I could no longer cancel nor could he refund. All because he had a ego complex. So paypal decided in his favor, which I was not surprised since the payment and unauthorized claim were made from the same computer.
So now that the case is finally closed I aim him and ask if he would not mind refunding me my money now.
Well, as you can guess he couldnt do that.
Apparently if he refunded me my money it would be him "admitting" to "stealing" my money, which he of course did not do. I have no idea how that is a logical reason but never the less he refused to refund me cus he wouldn't "admit" to being a "thief".
So i tell him just refund me 150, keep some for your troubles. Or if he did not have the funds at the moment he could pay me when they became available. Well of course he refused to pay me cash back, even when he said he would refund me if i asked before and after i sent the down payment.
He then begins to tell me hes "busy with business" and cannot talk to me. He leads me on telling me he will only need 1 hour to talk to his team, 1 hour becomes 2 hours which then becomes 3 hours.
I insist that this is a serious issue and 170 bucks is alot to just be blown off about. He keeps avoiding me and making excuses saying "sorry, nothing I can do" etc etc
Eventually he budges after me aiming him for 3hours straight and says he will never refund me the cash but will give me a service worth the 170.
At this point I have nothing else to gain, I knew he would kill over before he refunded me my cash, even though he told me he would before and after the paypal incident happened.
So eventually I just went ahead and agreed to a 1800 job on 2 toons for the amount of 170 that was sent to him.
Now after seeing all of these threads posting the same things I experienced I know my rating will not be obtained and he would put my account security at risk, since multiple employees of his have admitted to him doing no screening which HE FALSELY CLAIMS ON HIS ADs.
Just as the one scammer post where there was INDISPUTABLE evidence that he offered a guy 50 bucks for playing games, and the he somehow pulled 35 and 45 bucks out of his [censored] shows the man cannot even acknowledge plain evidence disputing his claims. I was told I would recieve a refund if I asked yet I was told either take a rating service that he thought was worth the 170 or lose my money. per quote "leave it or take it"
This man should not be allowed to do business on this site, his positive ratings are misleading and his arena service is a joke. HE FALSELY misleads you into thinking u can trust him and his positive ratings for simple transactions NOT ARENA services are misleading.
He will tell you one thing then turn around and bend it/twist it, turn it in his favor, he cares NOTHING for anyone but himself.
HE IS A CROOK. "plain and simple"
