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OK, as was found out in the Jennicide post, I scammed Gavin Griffin out of $6500 about a year ago (11 months almost to the day, actually). I am still working on getting the transaction history off of PokerStars, as it's showing that I have no transactions even though I deposited there last month. In any event, this is the story.
In May of '05, I was 18 years old, living in Columbus, OH. I quit my job working at a logistics company about a month before, but ever since I dropped out of college I was grinding my nut playing poker. I had a little over $2200 in my PokerStars account, and in the first couple days of May (I can't remember exactly, probably May 1 or 2), I was playing in a mid-day 11 rebuy tournament on Stars. My avatar is/was a decently attractive blonde, hot but not hot enough to not be a real girl. Regardless, at my opening table, I see the screen name WSOP2004 and a picture of Gavin. I knew his face from seeing the episodes on TV in the fall of '04, so like all the other railbirds, I started giving him crap. He was donking his chips off since it was the early stages of the tournament, and rebought 6 times. I doubled through on him twice, so I decided to start being nicer to him.
We started chatting it up, and he assumed I was a real girl. Of course, all the railbirds were saying stuff like "she's probably some 40 year old dude trying to scam money, etc." but I played it off very well. He ended up giving me his screen name (griff98199) and told me I should IM him sometime. Already having the scam in my head, I decided I would see if it was worth anything, being ecstatic if I even got a c-note off of him since I could tell the story to my friends.
I was on my roomate's computer at the time, but my hard drive was in his computer so I still have all the information. We started chatting on instant messenger, and I just started laying into him with all this bullshit. I told him my name was Ashley Rannebarger, from Columbus, OH. I told him that I was 22, and that I was an aspiring model at some agency here in Columbus. He asked me which one, so I google'd one up and told him. He asked me for more pics of me, so I started freaking out. I knew that if I didn't send more pictures this was basically a bust. Since I'd pulled my avatar pic off of some random porn site I was browsing, I just put it on there. I started frantically searching my roomate's hard drive for pictures of blonde girls, and lo and behold, the cocksucker got some girl to send him like 6 studio pictures of a blonde who had a striking resemblance to the one in my avatar. I sent him all the pics, and he really started to believe it was me.
We really just talked for like 4 days. I was trying to feed him the notion that I wasn't trying to get his money, I really liked him, I thought he was cute, etc. Basically, I felt like a pedophile, and I felt stupid, but money is money and I was damn near broke at the time. So, after flirting with him like I wished other girls would flirt with me, he basically fell hook, line, and sinker. I told him that I only had about $150 in my poker account and that the rent was overdue and I had no way of paying it. He asked about the modelling agency and why I wasn't getting paid from them, and I told him that during the summer the agency is completely booked and it's really hard to get a gig, and he fell for that one, too. He then did a google search on my name, and the motherfucker found the name Ashley Rannebarger, in Columbus, OH. Apparently, she was the daughter of some politician or something, and I started wondering where the fuck I had heard that name before. This girl was not the same age as me, and he started asking infinite questions, so I just assured and reassured him that I wasn't the same person, etc. He fell for that one, too.
So after assuring him I wasn't into him for his money, telling him I'd pay him back as soon as possible, etc, he transferred me $1000, and told me it wasn't that big of a deal. Really fucking weird, but whatever. I played for another day and then transferred the entire $1000 back to him, knowing that this would instill confidence in me. He then sent me this e-mail.
From: Gavin Griffin <griff98199@yahoo.com> Mailed-By: yahoo.com
To:
XXXXXX@gmail.comDate: May 5, 2005 5:05 PM
Subject: hey
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Hey sweetheart. Just wanted to write to say hi! I got your transfers, but I was thinking the backing deal would be going for longer... NBD though, hopefully you can do something with the money you have in there now. I'm not gonna be on tonight, but I'll talk to you soon. Write me back.
Gavin
Obviously, he thought the backing deal would last longer. We never talked about a backing deal, so then that REALLY got me to thinking. We started talking again, and I was just grinding out the rent money on Stars. It ended up getting to the point where this freak turned into a sexual predator. Either I'm really sick or I was really hard-up for cash, but I didn't want to blow my cover so I was forced to play his games. I never cybered with the motherfucker, but I did drop sexual hints, etc. I was playing a role, and I was playing it to perfection. The day after that e-mail, he sent me this/these....
From: Gavin Griffin <griff98199@yahoo.com> Mailed-By: yahoo.com
To:
XXXXXX@gmail.comDate: May 6, 2005 5:34 AM
Subject: I'm sick...
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You better like these!
I don't have time to resize the images now, but I uploaded them, and should you DESIRE to look at another man's penis, here is the link to the photo album...If you DO go to the site, notice the file names. I didn't doctor these, and so it's apparent that those aren't the ONLY pictures he took of his beaster, and apparently didn't take them that night just for "Ashley." Sick fuck.
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Moving on...after he sent me those, what was I supposed to do? I played it off like I liked it. Once again, call me sick, but...I say fuck you, I was hustling. He then sent me $3000 in one fell swoop, saying that we would sign an "e-agreement." In this agreement, I was expected to pay him back when I could, I couldn't steal the money, I was liable for the money...a fucking e-agreement? HAHAHAHA. So, after he transferred me that, I quit talking to him for like 4 days. I just ignored the cocksucker. Just when I thought he had figured it out, I got this e-mail.
From: Gavin Griffin <griff98199@yahoo.com> Mailed-By: yahoo.com
To:
XXXXXX@gmail.comDate: May 10, 2005 5:25 AM
Subject: hey
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Hey, just wanted to see what you were up to. I haven't talked to you in a while... See ya
Unfuckingbelieveable. So, I in turn responded with this e-mail. Keep in mind, it's a long e-mail, but just appreciate what is said and how well it worked.
From: Ashley Rannebarger <XXXXXX@gmail.com> Mailed-By: gmail.com
To:
griff98199@yahoo.comDate: May 11, 2005 5:20 AM
Subject: Re: hey
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I'm coming at you in the worst way and I feel fucking sick about
it...Please just hear me out, and read the entire thing before you
absolutely freak out.
I'm in debt up to my ears. There aren't many jobs for me right now.
The agency doesn't really have anything for me. My bill time is coming
up, and I have nothing but you. With my girlfriend having her problems
with her boyfriend in the hospital, and my being single and not having
a job right now, all I've had is a complete stranger in my life, you,
to help me out playing poker. You have given my $3,000 to the date,
and never have I been more grateful for it.
My account is sitting at $923 right now...I'm not playing bad, but I'm
running bad. I'm playing strictly ABC poker, and with the $2,000
bankroll, there's no way that $3/$6 is out of my limit.
I really need help with my bills, mainly rent and electricity. I am
willing to give you ANYTHING in order to help me out babe...I will
give you my social security number, my address, my passwords to
everything including my e-mail and my poker accounts...Whatever you
need to trust me. I'm not trying to run a scam on you and I feel
shitty asking you for this (I threw up finding out how much my bills
were last evening). You got caught in the middle of me, but...I fell
for you between seeing you on TV, and meeting you in a random
tournament, then talking to you on AIM...You are the closest thing to
genuine a guy has ever been.
It's not just sex with you either, which is great...when we talk
online, it's like you're actually into me. You ask how my day was,
what I'm doing...I mean, you even sent me an e-mail checking up on me
to make sure I'm ok. I'm not trying to run a scam on you Gavin...it's
just...you got caught up in a bad thing. I'm not asking you for
much...I just need a little help. Even you helping me online talking
about my life problems and everything would work, I just need to make
sure I have enough to get my bills paid on time.
I already have my way to Vegas for the series, and one of my
girlfriends (one of the ones I'm staying with) is paying my entry fees
granted she gets her money on time. I know this is asking SO much of
you right now, but like I said...I'm willing to give you anything and
everything you need in order to be able to make this happen for
me...passwords, social security card #'s, anything...
If you can help me, please let me know baby. I just need to have the
money by the 24th, because that's when my bills start coming in. I
will owe my life to you, and if I can manage to make anything happen
money wise with the agency I will come out to Vegas early just to
personally see you and sweat you and spend every second I can with
you.
Please Gavin...All my heart!
And he responded with this...
From: Gavin Griffin <griff98199@yahoo.com> Mailed-By: yahoo.com
To: Ashley Rannebarger <XXXXXX@gmail.com>
Date: May 11, 2005 1:19 PM
Subject: Re: hey
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Let me know specifically what you need and I'll think about it.
I told the motherfucker I needed $1500, and he obliged, transferring it to me over Stars again. That makes the total $4500 and pictures of his penis as of May 11. So, that entire day I talked to him, thanking him, etc. He was talking about going out to the series in another week or so, and I told him that I was planning on going to. I made up the most absurb (yet ingenius) story about my girlfriend's boyfriend who was a drug dealer who was planning on going there. I said that he was going to bankroll us down there. Gavin then asked me why I couldn't just get the money from him. Then, I had to make up a whole different story about the guy having some connections down in Vegas who owed him money, and he was just going to get the guys in Vegas to give his girlfriend all the money when we got down there. Intricate, in the sense that it was so unabashed and so creative that it was almost a believeable story, at least Gavin thought so. That night, I told him I was going out, when I was really going to spend his money. He started saying how I should stay on and talk to him all night, so in an effort to not seem like a bitch, I signed offline and then got back on 5 minutes later and told him it was storming. He sent me this e-mail that night.
From: Gavin Griffin <griff98199@yahoo.com> Mailed-By: yahoo.com
To:
XXXXXX@gmail.comDate: May 11, 2005 11:07 PM
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*sigh* you have the worst electricity ever. I just wanted to shoot you an email to say have fun tonight with your movies and such. I'm about to take off for the bar. I just want you to know that I really enjoy talking to you and I think we're gonna have alot of fun in Vegas. I hope you can come out early to hang out more. I'll talk to you later, can't wait to meet you!
He told me this entire story about how he had this house his buddies rented out, talking about Dustin Dirksen, saying they were best friends, and in the meantime I had no clue who DD was. ALL the fucking prick would talk about was how he was going to fuck me to no end when I got to Vegas. Etc...Etc...Obviously there was no Vegas, and obviously I cut contact with him. It took a couple weeks until he finally e-mailed me from Vegas...
From: Gavin Griffin <griff98199@yahoo.com> Mailed-By: yahoo.com
To:
XXXXXX@gmail.comDate: May 23, 2005 1:48 AM
Subject: Vegas
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Hey, I've been in Vegas since Friday afternoon. Mostly just been hanging out with Dustin and Katherine(Dustin's PA). Dustin won a seat in the Mirage main event that starts tomorrow. Hopefully I'll get to talk to you soon.
After that, I didn't talk to him for almost a month. Then, I got online one day, once again hard up for some money, and decided to have another go at Gavin. When I IM'd him, I made up a story that is worthy of some literary award, because it was unreal. Gavin, of course, believed every word of it, and for every question, I had an answer. I guess I have a gift for remembering my lies, because without it I would've been screwed. I basically told him that my girlfriend's boyfriend beat the shit out of her, and when we went out to Vegas, she stole all the money and spent it on coke, and I tried calling him but I couldn't get a hold of him. When he asked the phone number, I gave him the number verbatim with one digit wrong. That's tech. So, he believed everything, and we started talking again for another week. Long story short, I scammed him for another $1500, but I can't remember how.
I'm still working on getting the IM conversations. They are on a backup CD I made when I had to reformat my hard drive, I just have to look for that CD. If people think I just made up those e-mail conversations, I will take screen shots and post them, but I think they pretty much speak for themselves. This is one of the ultimate scams, and I think it just goes to show that people like Gavin Griffin think that they are the ultimate because they got some face time on TV.
Flame away boys, I'm not ashamed. I made $6500 in one month, and all I had to do was social engineer some fuck. Much easier than grinding 15/30. Out.
