Odd Unban

[Punkerpunk13]

Really not sure where to put this, but it just blows my mind this guy got unbanned..

A person named: NoneofTehAbove was unbanned today. He was banned a bit ago for attempting to scam R2P on PA. Thread can be found here: http://sythe.org/showthread.php?t=1297398.

Earlier he was unbanned some how or another. He attempted to make a buying thread: http://sythe.org/showthread.php?p=10391804#post10391804. I posted on it warning people of his past.

I'm just curious as to how he got unbanned.. In like an hour or two, he had alreayd scammed 150M.. http://sythe.org/showthread.php?t=1328205.

What happened here? Did he get pardoned? Did he dispute? Did somebody accidentally set a wrong ban date?

Please somebody classify as to what happened here.. I don't see how somebody that's an obvious scammer, who was caught for scamming in the past.. Attempting to scam the most known and biggest gold seller around nonetheless. Was unbanned (without a twc) and was able to scam 150m within about 1-2 hours..

I hope this isn't going to be infraction worthy or something of that nature; I'm not trying to stir up anything. This just blows my mind..

 

[RuneScapeJJ]

He got banned already.. but it looks like a major mistake has been made - he should never have been unbanned in the first place.

 

[Punkerpunk13]

He got banned already.. but it looks like a major mistake has been made - he should never have been unbanned in the first place.

He was re-banned before I made this thread. He was banned from the 150M he scammed.

 

[RuneScapeJJ]

He was re-banned before I made this thread. He was banned from the 150M he scammed.

Yeah I realise that. Reading through the chat evidence there are some huge scamming signs. The other guy/girl would have been much better off accepting that he/she got scammed for 50M instead of giving more RSGP in the hope of getting the full amount - which resulted in a 150M scam.

Reading the sticky's in each subforum can help you avoid a lot of scams.
http://sythe.org/showthread.php?t=151801

Things from the above link that I recognize in the chat

+| Increment Scammer: This person will say things such as we will do trades in increments. Which means, the trade will start from 200k and you/him(scammer) might increase the amount as trade goes on. The scammer might ask you to go first (you might accept considering its small amounts) or say something like he will go first, then you will go first on second trade. Thereafter, the scammer will actually send you cash for the small amounts but once the trade hits "high enough" amount, he will scam you and leave the scene.

+| The Logic Scammers: These are little grown up ones. They would talk how life is balanced and how one human should trust another one (or American should trust another American, etc, etc) If you talk about bringing in a Middleman, he would then talk about how a Middleman is a simple person with normal desires and hence might scam. Again, those who act like mature and professional & deny MM should be closely watched.

+| Post Count/Duration Scammer: These scammers would ask you to go first citing their high number of post count or duration in Sythe. One should be very careful about this. Post count or duration in Sythe means nothing. It just means they are bigger no-lifer than you (xD) So never budge under these kind of scammers.

Aswell as some other signs.. but yeah I agree that he should NEVER been unbanned in the first place.

 

[Sin666]

The staff are looking into it.

 

[djweasel]

I'm pretty sure it was a glitch because Nick banned him in December and now he got unbanned.

 

[Karl]

I'm pretty sure it was a glitch because Nick banned him in December and now he got unbanned.

glitches like that just dont exist though

 

[x339]

I could have sworn I saw a pardon by him.

 

[Punkerpunk13]

I could have sworn I saw a pardon by him.

There's not a person in their right head that would pardon him. Especially all of the upper staff..

 

[x339]

There's not a person in their right head that would pardon him. Especially all of the upper staff..

Perhaps it was a dispute then, but I really do think I saw him somewhere in that section.

 

[Sin666]

It doesn't look like anyone lifted the ban. Most likely, it was just a ban duration error. I found a cache that shows his ban was only a temp:

http://webcache.googleusercontent.c...above"&cd=2&hl=en&ct=clnk&gl=us&client=safari

When mods ban a user, they have to select the usergroup and duration from a drop-down menu. If they temp someone and press the back button to enter another name, it assumes the same duration and usergroup by default.