Max Silver has been stung for $140,000 after being caught in a Bitcoin sportsbetting scam, the English highstakes poker pro and sports bettor losing 2.55 Bitcoin to an affiliate scammer. He is now offering a 20% finder’s fee to anyone who can help recover his stolen money.
Dag/jdagger/daggerman//Droopydog/Joseph Temon stole $140k from mehttps://t.co/1O7M6N9cLX
— Max Silver (@max_silver) March 23, 2021
Max Silver vs Joseph Temon
Silver posted his tale of woe to several sites, including a tl;dr on BitcoinTalk’s forum, outing the apparently fake affiliate.
“Dag/jdagger/daggerman//Droopydog/Joseph Temon gave me sports betting accounts with supposed higher limits, I funded the accounts with 2.7 bitcoin (~150k), after approx 8 days he blocked me, withdrew the entire remaining balance of 2.55 bitcoin (~140k) and is refusing any contact or the return of the money.”
As with many poker pros, Silver uses cryptocurrency regularly, but on this occasion he was seriously bitten after being introduced to “Dag”, who he describes as “a big player in the crypto gambling affiliate space.
At the beginning of March, Max Silver made an initial deposit of 1 Bitcoin on Betcoin, a company that operates Bitcoin and Litecoin gaming, including poker, casino, and sportsbook.
Max Silver heard flimsy excuses
That was soon followed by another 1 Bitcoin deposit, Silver revealing: “He then told me had had a high limit bitsler account and encouraged me to deposit there. A further 0.7 bitcoin was deposited.”
Max Silver became suspicious when he couldn’t contact the affiliate, but he soon found out that the money he had deposited was gone.
“I also learned all his actions up to this point were premeditated in an attempt to steal as much money as possible,” says Silver, claiming the funds have: “since been deposited to other nitrogen and bitsler accounts, either to wash the money clean or just gamble with it.”
Warning others to beware of the scammer, Silver explained: “I have his real name as Joseph Temon (possibly fake) and his online alias’s as Dag/Jdagger/daggerman.He is still an active affiliate with several crypto gambling sites, primarily stake.”
Max Silver also says that although he has “managed to hear his “side of the story”, it’s full of excuses and no valid reasons as to why the money is his, or he won’t return it.”
“I’m calling for any affiliates to terminate all ties with this thief,” stated Silver. He added: “On the off chance anyone is able to assist with more information that leads to the recovery of any funds I am offering a 20% finder’s fee.”
Further crypto-related scams
Max Silver’s story is similar to that of English poker pro Lynne Beaumont, who last month outed US pro Terik (Tizzy) Brown. Beaumont claims that Brown owes her close to 4 Bitcoin after investing $40k with him for cryptocurrency trading.
Beaumont stated:“Frankly, he has sold his soul for $27k – almost 4 BTC [at the time of investing]. That is now worth over $200k. I feel genuinely very sick about this. This should be a very exciting time for me, and he has spoiled that. This money is incredibly significant to me.”
Terik Brown has more than 100 cashes totalling almost $400,000 from mid-stake tournaments in Las Vegas.
Beaumont, who has almost $600k in tournament cashes, ended her expose on Brown by stating: “DO NOT TRUST THIS MAN. It is hard to come to any other conclusion other than he is a thief and/or a conman.”
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