Nate requesting a pardon for off-site scamming/ban evading

Your profile link: @Nate

Report/post/reason that got you banned: Scamming on Powerbot and then returning to the black market (Powerbot and Sythe) without appeal.

Proof of contacting victims for repayment or repayment of victims: Gen/Panda both told me to post right away and that proof of at least initiating the repayment process would be enough for now. Wortel also informed me that I should create a report and get things in one place in order to start things moving, so here I am. Will start this off by saying not all victims actually made posts. In terms of reports with actual proof, Powerbot moderators can only help me dig up 2. I hold my hands up to all of the negative feedback being true and will therefore be happy to pay it all back. However, I'm unaware as to the amount that 'ghosttkenn' claims I took - Have sent him a Skype add/message (below) to try and work that out with him. In terms of reports, what Powerbot mods have me down as owing and the Skypes/contact details still available, I am currently only able to reach out to three people; the two that made full reports with evidence and one person who just gave me negative feedback. The others don't have their Skype IDs on their profiles and are now so inactive that I can no longer look through old posts to find their contact details. I asked Jamal (PB super mod) and they can see no more than I can with respects to this (picture of PM below).







Contacting the 6m victim:



Contacting the 10m victim:



Contacting ghosttkenn (unknown amount):




Anything you weren't banned for but want to confess to now: Nope

Detailed description of the events that took place and why you think we should forgive you: This wasn't a scam solely for monetary gain - the amounts I took wouldn't have changed anything unless I was literally homeless. At the time I wanted to force myself away from RS and essentially everything online as I didn't have the self-control to just do it out of my own will. I figured this would be a way to do that and just took from a few people I had trades lined up with at the time. I then decided to come back later without pardoning, which is where the 'Naaaath' account came from - this was mentioned in the Powerbot appeal I submitted today but, as you can see from the screenshots, I was caught relatively quickly and didn't even complete a single trade, never mind scam. I then left things for a while and decided to come back. With the knowledge that I'd previously been banned and had made mistakes like keeping the same Skype etc, I started operating under 'Kreaated' and also made a Sythe account to start offering services here. It has gone from there and until today had been operating just fine with what had happened previously way behind me. I honestly thought that, due to how long it had been, as well as the insignificant amount it was, things would be fine and it was less a case of trying my best to escape the past and serially ban evade; incredibly stupid of me in hindsight.





EDIT: Forgot to mention that I also logged into an IRL friend's account a few times and it was therefore banned -




Why should you forgive me? I'm not quite sure where to start or how to structure this part, but I can list the general/'go-to' things that I'd say make a case for myself:

1. I've, until now, operated for just short of 2 years on Sythe, gaining 440+ vouches and managing to receive not one VALID scam report. My crimes here go as far as a single infraction for excessive bumping.
2. Have donated $200 back into the site, co-sponsored CDT events and helped to anti-scam & pay back a decent handful of people.
3. Created multiple guides to help people stay safe when operating and trading on Sythe, showing the good of the community really is at my heart.
4. Used to be on the CDT/PR teams, helping to bring in new members and then engage/entertain existing members.
5. Facilitated the safe-trading of thousands of dollars worth of goods via my middleman service.
6. Reported 30+ ban evaders, trying to keep the site safe (I guess there's some irony there now).
7. I think it's fair to say that I've built up a lot of relationships here - I interact with just about everyone & anyone daily and I don't think it'd be ridiculous to say I'm a 'regular' on Sythe.

There are more things that could probably be listed if I spent longer going into it. However, from the points above and most of you guys knowing me very well, if I can't convince you by now then adding more bullet points won't help. This was a one-off, impulse thing 4 years ago and my crimes since were not owning up to them and repaying, which I'm now being faced with and rightfully so.

Did you fully read and follow this sticky thread in the pardon section?: Yes

Previous pardon link(s) if applicable: Not applicable.

A big apology to those that I've disappointed and thanks in advance to the mod(s) who deal with this.
~ Nate

 

User: Nate - Off-site scamming
User: iNathanP - Not banned (will be now)

Off-site ban evader profile: Naaaaaath - powerbot

Scam reports:
Scam Report - iNathanP - Skype: inathanp
- Scam victim: Akhand - powerbot
- Scam debt: 10M 07GP @ February 2014
Scam Report - iNathanP - Skype: inathanp - "6M 07GP"
- Scam victim: Rykid3 - powerbot
- Scam debt: 6M 07GP @ February 2014

Oldschool gold price rate in February 2014:
*February 2014 [Oldschool price] - $2.5/m - $3/m
Taking the middle of this seems fair; so $2.75/m.
10 x 2.75$ = ~27.5$ to Akhand
6 x 2.75$ = ~16.5$ to Rykid3

You do not need to repay those users claiming to be scammed without having any proof, unless you admit to scamming them. I do however doubt that all those users are trying to extort money from you, so it might aswell be true that you scammed them too.

Ban appeals:
iNathanP - Ban appeal

Listing emails and skype usernames aswell:
Nate: [email protected] (live:kreaated)
iNathan: [email protected] (inathanp, live:nathan.p100 & respawncentral)
Found in one of your posts: [email protected]

Currently requesting more information from @chuckle.

EDIT. More email addresses:
[email protected] (live:lumleyfc_1 & zmlgboi)

 

Spoke with Yoshiki and he calculated that they'd want 172m back to cover GP after price changes etc...





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Thread as further proof: iNathanP - Ban appeal

 

@Wortel Nate came to me on discord with updates on repayment (172M 07), and it checks out so i'm going to go ahead and move his pardon.

@Nate
I'm moving your pardon to staff voting as you have no more debts offsite. Please be patient as it may take up to two weeks for a decision.

You will find your pardon decision here: Pardon Decisions Thread [Updated 4/17]