WARNING: Watch out for this scam artist - Grfldno

#1 19th May 2010, 7:16 PM

Hey folks I just wanted to make you aware of a player that goes by Grfldno on both full tilt poker and pokerstars. He has been creating tonnes of gimmick accounts on twoplustwo poker forum and scamming people over the past few months. Our latest victim was yesterday that he scammed for $100.00.

Scammers in the poker community are not welcomed so please be aware of this person. Remember if you take part in player to player transfers, please do your research.

Would a mod here be able to add in his screen name into the title? We want it to be well known to watch out for him. This way, google will send people right to this thread.

Thanks

#2 19th May 2010, 7:19 PM

Great idea, especially with the google link.
Thank you.

#3 19th May 2010, 7:21 PM

Thanks for the heads up.

#4 19th May 2010, 8:14 PM

Yea - I will edit the title. We don't allow public transfer requests - but some members get them by pm so it is good to have a heads up.

#5 19th May 2010, 8:23 PM

Thanks for the heads up, its nice to know people still look out for eachother somewhere these days lol

#6 19th May 2010, 8:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dakota-xx

Yea - I will edit the title. We don't allow public transfer requests - but some members get them by pm so it is good to have a heads up.

Thanks alot for adding that to the title. It already shows up in google.

Most appreciated

#7 19th May 2010, 8:38 PM

This guy may have already tried to hit here. I got a PM a couple of days ago from a guy who said his name was Brad and he wanted to trade something. I just deleted it, but now it has me wondering if it was him.

#8 19th May 2010, 8:50 PM

Thanks for the warning, but I have to wonder why anyone falls victim to these scams to begin with? We need to be less naive, because the world is full of people eager to take advantage of you if you'll let them.

#9 19th May 2010, 9:02 PM

Thanks for taking the time to bring this to our attention. Much appreciated!

#10 19th May 2010, 9:07 PM

Thanks for the info,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,buck

#11 19th May 2010, 9:08 PM

Just to re-affirm what the OP just said. Anyone doing player-player transfers needs to be very very careful who they use, really if you have any other method (even if it takes a few days), its worth it.

You will have very little recourse with a pokersite if you get scammed.

#12 19th May 2010, 9:27 PM

There are tons of internet scammers out there taking advantage of the poker community. They make 20 accounts on all the sites (even PS and FTP do little to stop them - well until they cost PS or FTP money), they especially love to create tons of AIM/MSN accounts then add you and try to fleece you for money in a variety of ways, they even are succesful at trying to mimic well-known players in a multitude of ways.

There are a bunch who make so much I am sure it is their entire source of income. They have a ton of angles to shoot to get their money.

If you ever want a peek in how some of these guys work, you can take a look at 2+2 transfer thread, or some of the abuse threads at parttimepoker where these guys try to run off with money...

They get their money mostly from money transfers, staking arrangements, even long-term begging from rail and AIM

#13 19th May 2010, 10:14 PM

Thanks for the warning.

#14 19th May 2010, 10:15 PM

Thank you very much I think I got some email like that, i just added it to the spam folder...

#15 21st May 2010, 10:22 PM

Its funny that this person contacted me on facebook after a failure tranfer, Which only went wrong, I've never scammed a single person, And neither will I.

This person have lifethreaten me on facebook, and said that the police would get me and also that he would make my name known all over internet (That part he tries really hard to obviously, because he directly beg you to put my name on google)

Anyways, When that's said, I really do not care about what anyone thing/belive about me, I know the truth..

PS; He also told me that he had talked to Pokerstars and Fulltilt and said they were gonna ban me.
PSS; I actually called both sites, and none of them had heard of me..

So this kid either wants attention by overeacting, or he's just plain retarded.

I wanted to actually tell you the truth, So you choose wether to belive it or not,

Kindly Regards,

#16 21st May 2010, 10:50 PM

So did you accept a money transfer, and not pay on your end?

#17 21st May 2010, 10:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grfldno

Its funny that this person contacted me on facebook after a failure tranfer, Which only went wrong, I've never scammed a single person, And neither will I.

This person have lifethreaten me on facebook, and said that the police would get me and also that he would make my name known all over internet (That part he tries really hard to obviously, because he directly beg you to put my name on google)

Anyways, When that's said, I really do not care about what anyone thing/belive about me, I know the truth..

PS; He also told me that he had talked to Pokerstars and Fulltilt and said they were gonna ban me.
PSS; I actually called both sites, and none of them had heard of me..

So this kid either wants attention by overeacting, or he's just plain retarded.

I wanted to actually tell you the truth, So you choose wether to belive it or not,

Kindly Regards,

mind explaining why you're banned from 2p2 and railbirds then?

#18 21st May 2010, 11:01 PM

*** subscribing to thread ***

Now, look. No one is to stone anyone until I blow this whistle. Do you understand?

#19 21st May 2010, 11:08 PM

The person that wanted a tranfer just tranfered the money to me before making a deal, and If someone just tranfers money to me, I dont complain..

Yes, I am banned from 2p2(Which isnt a big deal for me, since I dont like the forum anyways, its full of kids)

Railbirds? I dont know about that site anyways, so if I am banned there, It really doesnt hurt me.

So go on and ban me here aswell, As I know the truth, and really dont care what any other human being thinks

#20 21st May 2010, 11:10 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grfldno

The person that wanted a tranfer just tranfered the money to me before making a deal, and If someone just tranfers money to me, I dont complain..

So did you keep his money or did you transfer it back to him?

#21 21st May 2010, 11:12 PM

seeing as (a) he asked for it, (b) we don't really want him disappearing then popping back up in the future and scamming someone and (c) a quick search of 2p2 reveals that he's talking crap i just banned him.

#22 21st May 2010, 11:13 PM

The way he said they transferred before deal was made leads me to believe the scumbag kept it.

#23 21st May 2010, 11:20 PM

Welcome to CC!!!...o bye bye i guess..dont let the door hit ya on the way out....shortest membership ever at CC?

#24 21st May 2010, 11:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grfldno

So go on and ban me here aswell, and really dont care what any other human being thinks

ask and you shall recieve, bye

#25 21st May 2010, 11:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grfldno

The person that wanted a tranfer just tranfered the money to me before making a deal, and If someone just tranfers money to me, I dont complain..

Yes, I am banned from 2p2(Which isnt a big deal for me, since I dont like the forum anyways, its full of kids)

Railbirds? I dont know about that site anyways, so if I am banned there, It really doesnt hurt me.

So go on and ban me here aswell, As I know the truth, and really dont care what any other human being thinks

Fella, you just admitted taking funds that did not belong to you...up until then, I was about to say that nobody should be acclaimed "guilty" until proven. Sounds like you are still a kid (in mind).

Regardless, if you took money that does not belong to you, you should turn around and return it ASAP...ever heard of karma.

Do what is right, Wally

#26 22nd May 2010, 12:09 AM

Glad to see him gone

#27 22nd May 2010, 12:35 AM

I'm glad this situation was handled. No problem.

#28 22nd May 2010, 1:19 AM

darn, there go this weeks lolz...

#29 22nd May 2010, 4:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grfldno

The person that wanted a tranfer just tranfered the money to me before making a deal, and If someone just tranfers money to me, I dont complain..

and really dont care what any other human being thinks

No doubt.

And I always transfer money to strangers before making any kind of deal. Who wants $100? I won't even expect a 'thank you'.

#30 22nd May 2010, 5:45 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Grfldno

The person that wanted a tranfer just tranfered the money to me before making a deal, and If someone just tranfers money to me, I dont complain..

Sounds like a confession to me.

#31 23rd May 2010, 7:11 PM

LOL. I just was able to get back online, I have been busy. Wow this is quite hilarious. Nice try Grfldno but your lies won't work here. As the moderator/admin? explained here, you are banned on numerous sites. All anyone has to do is pm a mod on 2+2 and they will simply confirm it. Although, Im sure everyone knows it's true.

By the way, it wasnt me you scammed. It was a poster from 2+2. Anyways Im going to get some of the conversations and paste them here and links that will take you to the scam. Everyone should be aware of this when googling this person.

Well done recognizing it right away dokota and banning him

#32 23rd May 2010, 7:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Dr

Well done recognizing it right away Dorota and banning him

Lol - I have always wanted to be one with Dorkus.

#33 23rd May 2010, 7:15 PM

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/28...o#post18991787

Is where his latest scam began. You can read over the next few pages and see how he tried to make it sound like Pokerstars was delayed. Within 6 hours, he was banned once we were 100% sure he scammed this member.

I also have screenshots of the facebook conversation where he admits to stealing the money. The posters older sister sent them to me. I will provide them in a few minutes.

#34 23rd May 2010, 7:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by dakota-xx

Lol - I have always wanted to be one with Dorkus.

lol sorry. I fixed it

#35 25th June 2010, 10:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by The Dr

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/28...o#post18991787

Is where his latest scam began. You can read over the next few pages and see how he tried to make it sound like Pokerstars was delayed. Within 6 hours, he was banned once we were 100% sure he scammed this member.

I also have screenshots of the facebook conversation where he admits to stealing the money. The posters older sister sent them to me. I will provide them in a few minutes.

I swore I would never go back in that thread after you were so mean to me in it.

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