Quote from: BitcoinPorn on July 13, 2011, 06:22:37 PM

Quote from: sgravina on July 13, 2011, 06:13:43 PM

That was my daughter being scammed. We never did receive payment for those bitcoins.

I am sincerely sorry to hear about that over internet forums where the person who did this sits and laughs. It seriously is a fucked up situation, and I hope this text does not come across as sarcastic or something. It is sad the draw for Bitcoin yet the draw for security among the users is not even. So let me ask, are you here on the forums just for this particular situation or do you have actual interest in Bitcoin? (and of course, did this situation effect your previous thoughts, if any).

My daughter asked me to build her a miner because a friend of hers had one. I got carried away and built a 7 GHash/second miner. Cost me $8000. Now I have a sweaty part time job keeping 7 computers running in my basement. She got scammed because she was up till 5 in the morning talking about bitcoins with her pretend bitcoins friends. I have to say, though, she bought her original bitcoins for $1 each. She made several hundred dollars off of a $40 bet.

Sam