Got scammed by a user here at DP - How to stop him?

Discussion in 'Legal Issues' started by TromS, Sep 26, 2007.

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    Hey, I recently got scammed by a user here at DP. He sold me a script with "future updates and resell rights", but as it turned out he never had resell rights to the script himself, and now he's just giving the script out for free.

    I posted in his thread (where he says he's giving the script away), and confronted him with it, and he replied with "w/e". I woke up this morning, and my posts had been deleted, and I've gotten an infraction. Now, as I'm pissed at the DP mods as well, I realize there's nothing I can do about that, but what can I do to stop this guy?

    I don't even care about the money he owes me, I just want to stop this guy..
     
    TromS, Sep 26, 2007 IP
  2. Cal813

    Cal813 Active Member

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    I got scammed too... but it turns out he scammed many and was banned.. not sure about your issue though...
     
    Cal813, Sep 26, 2007 IP
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    AliQureshi Well-Known Member

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    Yeah DP unfortunately has a very useless suggestions section honestly, all the admins do is lock the thread. In the end DP is popular because of its users, we are what hold it together :p, I feel like they should consider our suggestions, I made one long ago but they locked my thread.. =/ And I know you'll all agree with me considering almost all the threads open there are locked... Disappointing but what can you do.
     
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  4. sawz

    sawz Prominent Member

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    what can you do? try not posting a suggestion thats been suggested multiple times already. that would be a start.

    the members police themselves more or less. if you have a problem with a deal and PM's don't solve it, leave negative feedback via iTrader and red reputation. if the offending user is banned, thats that, its pretty much over and its too bad if you lost some money, unfortunately it happens all too often.
     
    sawz, Sep 27, 2007 IP
  5. disinterested_love

    disinterested_love Banned

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    Well, I have been scammed as well, left him a negative itrader and red rep, and was red rep for that... now i'm confused as well...
     
    disinterested_love, Sep 27, 2007 IP
  6. TromS

    TromS Well-Known Member

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    If I give him red reputation, I get red reputation myself.. I tried leaving negative iTrader, but I get this:

     
    TromS, Sep 27, 2007 IP
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    Jerlene.net Prominent Member

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    What's his username?
     
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  8. tushardhoot1

    tushardhoot1 Active Member

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    You can't leave negitive iTrader on a thread outside b/s/t.

    Thats why you get an error.

    And is about that guy who is giving away the free RPG script?
     
    tushardhoot1, Sep 27, 2007 IP
  9. TromS

    TromS Well-Known Member

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    Without mentioning any names (ehm..), yeah, he is giving away a script for free.
     
    TromS, Sep 27, 2007 IP
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    TromS Well-Known Member

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    And there I got my red rep for this thread.. It's sad that DP can't protect its members.
     
    TromS, Sep 29, 2007 IP
  11. Chris Blood

    Chris Blood Peon

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    The SAME guy scammed me and i got banned for a week for speaking the truth!! Then he claimed he owned the rights to the script which he didn't he stole it!

    I'm not going to do anything because as long he can cry to a mod I'm just going to get banned. You just got to deal with these things.

    - Chris
     
    Chris Blood, Oct 8, 2007 IP
  12. tushardhoot1

    tushardhoot1 Active Member

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    Well, Dp honestly can't do something about a stolen script.

    Contact his host and tell them that its stolen with suffiecient proof. Then go for his ISP.
     
    tushardhoot1, Oct 8, 2007 IP
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    Kassi Peon

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    Unfortunately, you could do nothing to help people like that. For the future references, it is the best to work with people who have positive iTrader status and also their registration on the forum should exceed six months. I am myself trying to work with trustworthy people like that. It is OK of it is going to be more expensive. It is better to loose five dollars that to loose an order.
     
    Kassi, Oct 12, 2007 IP