Pokerstrategy members scammed by Damian Copelan…

_Anonymous_ · 2013-05-15T18:18:55Z

This is a thread about Damian Copeland (Spungeh on pokerstrategy, stars and ipoker) scamming multiple people through online and live stake deals. Here are a couple of facts: ========================================= 1. mindan sent damian 21205 EUR total for live and online staking. 2. USD500 went for coaching, which is 388EUR 3. Damian entered 2165GBP into live reporting app, which is 2557EUR 4. Damian owes mindan 18260EUR 5. Damian promised he would enter all the fluctuations about the live stake into the application, but he didn't. Therefore, we are counting only the money recorded in the app as lost. 6. Damian was asked multiple times to request hand histories from pokerstars and ipoker and forward the e-mails to mindan. He either did not request them or did not send them. In any case, mindan did not receive the hand histories, which means that the stakee cannot prove that he lost any money playing poker. He had 5 days to provide the hand histories which is more than enough, but he did not send anything. 7. Damian was asked to provide skrill transactions, poker room transactions, credit card bills and bank transfer transactions, but he refused to do so/did not send any of those things to mindan. 8. Damian kept asking for topping up the stake amounts to 100BI, because »he had tilt issues otherwise«. 9. Damian did not keep exact track of his results, he was in fact very inaccurate, late, vague and unprofessional about his updates. 10. When we were in Birmingham, there was no sign of him having a separate bankroll for poker and other living expenses, such as cabs and restaurants. 11. He said he found out that »he lost more than he thought« in live games, not providing any proof or accurate data about that. It is hardly believable that he even tracked anything himself as he didn't have separate bankrolls. 12. On multiple occasions, we have found damian providing us with inaccurate data about his living expenses. He said to one person that he has a big separate life roll while telling the other person that he's completely broke and needs more money. On the other hand, he lives in a penthouse with expensive rent and eats at fairly expensive restaurants daily. He said he has a student loan that he lives off, but we cannot know whether he is lieing or not as he is not willing to provide us with bank information and does not track the staking money data 13. When we started pressuring Damian, he started seeking excuses for being broke, ill, having problems at university etc. And avoiding returning money. 14. Damian was asked to return the remainder of the live stake roll (which should have been a couple of thousand EUR, but he avoided it by saying that there would be too many transfer fees and that he would just return it all in winnings. 15. After the stake was paused, Damian was seen playing NL50HU and also NL400HU on Pokerstars (we saw him lose a couple of thousand $ there). He said he »got money from his mother« and played with »his own roll«. So essentially he ran into some money and didn't work on returning it to mindan but rather gambled with it on his own. 16. When Damian was asked to end the stake, return the money and provide data, he asked if he could return the money in small % each month. This is completely unreasonable as he should be able to return all the money that is left from the stake immediately at any time. 17. Damian said he would provide data to other stakers about live staking in February and March, but on the other hand told mindan he would not even play any live poker in February and March. He also later told mindan that »other stakers backed out« and asked for more money from him, and the other stakers now confirmed that they didn't back out but Damian aparrently »lost all the money«. 18. Since Damian was found to have lied to many people on many different occasions, we cannot trust his graphs/hands from the PC ad they easily could have been purged/modified to his advantage. Again, this could have been solved by him sending us the hand histories, which he did not do. 19. Damian also played random Sunday Million tournaments etc. During the stake, apparrently »with his own money«. Again, we cannot know this since he doesn't have his bankrolls separated in any way. 20. Damian also asked mindan to invest into some shady businesses, asking him for 20k EUR, promising him huge returns without any real proof. 21. Once mindan wanted to get the exact hand histories and set up the skype call with Damian to discuss how the stake would progress, Damian prioritized everything over the skype call. He went out to eat, to cinema with girlfriend, etc., said he broke his headphones and didn't put in the minimal effort to get new ones (he has a shopping mall 5 minutes away from his appartment). There was always an excuse to not do the skype call and provide the staker with the required data. This behaviour was completely unprofessional and wasted a lot of staker's ti...

Dublimax

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06.02.2014, 11:36 0

Cliffs: someone else staked him for $25k few days ago... :f_mad:

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TwiceT

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06.02.2014, 19:15 0

Originally posted by Dublimax
Cliffs: someone else staked him for $25k few days ago...

Was the guy on CR serious about his post or levelling??

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EmanuelC16

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06.02.2014, 19:17 0

Originally posted by TwiceT

Originally posted by Dublimax
Cliffs: someone else staked him for $25k few days ago...

Was the guy on CR serious about his post or levelling??

The one that said he almost staked him seemed serious at least...

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_Anonymous_

06.02.2014, 19:41 0

Originally posted by EmanuelC16

Originally posted by TwiceT

Originally posted by Dublimax
Cliffs: someone else staked him for $25k few days ago...

Was the guy on CR serious about his post or levelling??

The one that said he almost staked him seemed serious at least...

The one about dollhouses looks suspect lol

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_Anonymous_

07.02.2014, 11:22 0

Originally posted by mindan
Today a warning post has been posted on several sites, warning people about Damian Copeland's scamming activity. I am still looking to post on some sites where just I freshly registered and therefore can't post. Could anybody help me? The sites in question are: 2+2

I have an old 2+2 account so I could post there for you if needed.

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mindan

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07.02.2014, 17:16 0

That'd be great, should we talk on skype or will you directly post?

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_Anonymous_

07.02.2014, 17:41 0

Originally posted by mindan
That'd be great, should we talk on skype or will you directly post?

I've added you on here so we can swaps skype if you want (or you might be able to get my skype of manu). But if its just the same post as the others I can do it once I remember my password.

Where would be the best subforum to post it?

edit: nearly 2 years since my last login lol. Once you give the thumbs up I'll post it.

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iMumu

Joined: 17.11.2013

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08.02.2014, 02:37 0

wow, just read a first few pages about this thing and ... just wow.

also, why dont you guys just send a few buyins worth of $ at first, and once he proves he lost it, you could send more instead of 20k or whatever it was as a 1 time payment

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mindan

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11.02.2014, 16:16 0

Update: two more sites added: -twoplustwo (thanks holmeboy!)
-blondepoker

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fusionpk

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24.06.2014, 13:06 0

He is currently playing NL25 zoom for anyone who is interested.

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fusionpk

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24.06.2014, 13:10 0

Also such a shame no one bothered to get him on the first page of google yet

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_Anonymous_

27.06.2014, 07:05 0

This thread took me hours to finish from start to end. It's unfortunate that the aforementioned stakers did not get their money's worth back.

I have to agree with MaxBros, this was a clear cut con. Multiple layers of excuses was a dead giveaway. Persons such as these start you out with charm, being such a delight and "cool to hang out with". Then one shortcoming with an excuse. And then another. And another.

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UPAY4DINNER

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13.08.2015, 23:32 0

Anyone seen this guy lately?

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_Anonymous_

21.08.2015, 17:07 0

Sue him. Damian owes mindan 18260EUR...
Why would people lend tens of thousand euros? It's serious.

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Pokerstrategy members scammed by Damian Copeland, "Spungeh"