I got Punk'd.

[PShabi]

You know how Party says "never give out your account details from anyone?" Listen to them.

I just got a PM from Lou.

While I was in Vegas, I was worried about missing out on my party acceler8tor bonus. It would've cost me $480 and I had been working for 6 weeks on it.

I decided to stake Lou on my account, giving him full profits and allowing him $250 to play with. Even if he loses the $250, I make money on the bonus.

Anyway, to make a long story short, Lou couldn't make time to play for me. However, he left the email w/ my account details in his Yahoo account!!!!!!

Good thing, when I got back, I decided to change the pw. I totally trust Lou, but I just didn't feel comfortable. My thought was, if something fucked up happens to my account someday, I don't want to wonder if it was Lou.

Considering the level of spinelessness of the fucktard we're dealing with here, I'm sure he tried to get into my Party account. Needless to say, that would've been bad. Very bad.

Just goes to show, that ANYONE having your pw is potentially harmful.

I wonder if Party can tell what IP has tried to log in to my account unsuccessfully in the past week or two? If Stars won't divulge this information, I don't see why Party would but you never know.

[Van_Broke]

Problem is these e-fags are probably running through a proxy server so I doubt their IPs will be available. I mean I'm sure they can be found, just not by Party or Stars.

[Talking Poker]

I suspect it will be a lot easier than that. You're giving this guy too much credit. Top level scam artists, sure, but I've got my money on this guy being a brainless fucktard that didn't cover his tracks.

If Lou had pshabi's Party info in his Yahoo account, he likely also had his own Stars/Neteller info in there as well. That means this guy only had to get into ONE account to access all three (and however many more, based on the sensitive info in there). No keyloggers needed. Also, if he had been using some sort of keylogger, I would expect that Lou would have run into more problems by now, and not just those couple of accounts.

We'll see. As much as this situation sucks, I'll be very interested to see how this turns out. You would think someone would know better than to target an actual lawyer, wouldn't you? I mean, isn't that just asking for trouble? Might as well target the local FBI guy while you're at it.

[bunny]

I'm wondering if you ever forgot your password and had them send it to your Yahoo. This is one way someone would have access to your password.

I continually change my passwords on all poker accounts, quite often.

Another tip: If you've forgotten your password and the poker site sends it to you in your email account, be wise enough to change it immediately.

[PShabi]

Then you drag MOTHERFUCKINSHABI into it? My god, why not just go after Zeus himself!!!!!

[badblood44]

The fact that it was a Neteller account hacked too should hopefully help solve the case. Neteller requires knowledge of the numerical account, numerical SecureID and password. Guessing all 3 is not as likely as guessing a password to a poker site.

I too hope you find out who did it and take appropriate measures.

[Akverno]

I just realized it could be as simple as logging onto yahoo instant messenger and leaving it open on a friends computer. If it has access to your email they could pop it open. And if you happen to be an organized individual and have your emails organized with all of your poker emails in one folder it would be easy to pop open your accounts.

[Aequitas58]

Here's a partial update for the railbirds:

(1) Yahoo Customer Support has been no help at all. Their response time is next to shit, but it's expected as they are so big. I was kind of savvy this morning: I used some information gained from Stars, applied it to my newly-jacked Yahoo Email account and obtained access. I instantly re-changed the passwords and personal information. My account is in tact, thankfully, nothing was deleted.

(2) Talked to Stars support, obtained his IP address, traced his IP - which led me to his street address. I have requested a postal inquiry from the Postmaster of his city to verify. In the interim, I have also reclaimed "Aequitas58" on Stars. With $.02 left in my account, and feeling susceptible to future hijacks, I contacted Stars support, created a new account and transferred my FFPs. I am now playing on Stars under a name that will remain secret. This person's accounts, (three to be exact), have been shut down and (I believe) his IP banned by Stars.

(3) I have deleted my Neteller account, and I will have to create a new one before re-depositing.

(4) I know who this person is, and it is a member of this forum. I have spoken to this person, and I have been promised that the money will be returned to me. I stressed to this person that, as a lawyer, I have not yet pulled the trigger on the possible charges he might be facing. These include, but are not limited to: wire fraud, bank fraud, criminal impersonation, criminal mischief, identity theft, harrassment, and maybe some new crimes generated by this wave of new cyber-"law." This person has until Friday to get a check or money order in the mail. For the time being, I will refrain from exposing this person.

(5) How did he lose the money? LOL. I guess he was surprised to only see ~$300 in there. I'm buying a house, and poker is taking a major backseat. Nevertheless, he sat w/ all of it at $15/30 lhe, and lost it w/in 10 hands. Stars cannot refund the money.

MISC:
-Neteller and Stars support are completely top notch. I had my Neteller problems dissolved in 1 hr, and I was able to get on the phone w/ Star Security w/in 24 hrs. At least that's a positive.
-I have not had to make a deposit into online poker since depositing after taking my bar exams (when I came back from my break). TY and GG, hijacker, for making me re-deposit.
-Be careful with your personal information. Let too much out, and someone can take advantage.