Anyone want an update?
Today, I spoke with John (holdemstewart). We've been going back and forth for a few weeks now. He told me that the money was in the mail as of today, because his mom was waiting on a check to clear. Call me crazy, but I believe him. He knows what's going to happen if I don't get the money, so we can hold off on that.
If you go back and read my earlier posts about what happened, that basically brings you up to speed. It's been a while, so I'll try to get the story right:
My accounts (Stars, Yahoo, and Neteller) were taken over sometime between 6:30 - 8:30 am on a Saturday. I was able to pinpoint the timing from emails I received from Stars and Neteller. I logged onto TP.com to see who was active during that time, and luckily enough for me, the only poster who made a post during that time period was holdemstewart at 8:07 am. It's not enough evidence, but at least it was something.
I threatened Stars with a subpoena, and they released his IP address. I verified this with Neteller. I traced this IP to "holdemstewart" on the forums, and finally the picture was making sense.
(Again, I'm not going to explain the methodology for doing this, because it could happen to someone else...)
1. I got my Stars account back, but eventually deleted it and created a new account.
2. I have a new Neteller account.
3. I retook back my Yahoo account, on my own and without the help of Yahoo.
Now, let's get to Monday. Accounts were jacked on Saturday, and I get home from work Monday around 6, and go online. holdemstewart is on AIM. How could I pass up confronting the criminal?
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