Petition: Should Dan Please Share The Story Of The Stolen Points Or Not?

[Freddie]

That's actually why I was hesitant to post the story at all. I'm setting myself up for more of these issues.
He did it over the phone with a dumb rep.
IHG is pathetic.

If he did it with IHG that just means that they are the only ones whose reps fell for his social engineering. He probably tried it with every other program out there as well.

[Centro]

He did it over the phone with a dumb rep.

Well that the wish of every DDFer, to get hold of a dumb rep who'd do whatever you tell them to do..

[ChaimMoskowitz]

He probably tried it with every other program out there as well.

Maybe he learned what HUCA means. 

[ilherman]

That's actually why I was hesitant to post the story at all. I'm setting myself up for more of these issues.
He did it over the phone with a dumb rep.
IHG is pathetic.

Somebody has to be really stupid to pick your account to steal from out of all IHG accounts....

I believe there is no way to log in to Obama's CC account.... In the points world you are a known figure and all your accounts should be looked with double locks and pins.

[Freddie]

Well that the wish of every DDFer, to get hold of a dumb rep who'd do whatever you tell them to do..

Hello, Starwood, yes my names is Daraius Dubash. 

[menachem_m]

Somebody has to be really stupid to pick your account to steal from out of all IHG accounts....

+1
And he obviously had no way of knowing that precisely this email you don't check. Which begs the question, what the hell was he thinking!?

[Dan]

Should I send him a link to this thread?

[sillypainter]

Should I send him a link to this thread?

Definitely. I would live to hear his side of the story. I'm still puzzled as to what he was thinking....

[TimT]

Should I send him a link to this thread?

Are you gonna post it to the MS ?

[Dan]

Are you gonna post it to the MS ?

Not sure. If I do it will be condensed.

[TimT]

Not sure. If I do it will be condensed.

& maybe don't allow comments. A few people are going to make it ugly. Like the Malaysia Shabbos story.

[menachem_m]

I know it's not my place, but there is pretty good chance that a a DDMS post like this will get linked to from another website, or at the very least heavily disseminated, and it will be a huge chillul with jewish names, shabbos, Israel etc.
#Justsayin

[Dan]

I know it's not my place, but there is pretty good chance that a a DDMS post like this will get linked to from another website, or at the very least heavily disseminated, and it will be a huge chillul with jewish names, shabbos, Israel etc.
#Justsayin

The story is typed up. I was going to post it on DDMS but it was written in the heat of the moment and it's a pretty rambling and confusing post.

That was another dillemma.
Chillul hashem vs. helping people realize there are sick frum people out there.

[avremie]

Copycats are a real issue here.

[Freddie]

That was another dillemma.
Chillul hashem vs. helping people realize there are sick frum people out there.

Someone once asked R' Yoel Kahan how there can be frum people who rip people off. R' Yoel said, imagine a guy decked out in the whole "shmona begodim" but he drives on shabbos. Would you call him frum? No? Well, the guy who rips people off is also not frum.

[ChaimMoskowitz]

What about a PSA on DDMS about the pitfalls you have learned from this? You can inform others how to be more vigilant without even going into the story.

[Dan]

Copycats are a real issue here.

Next person who does it to me gets thrown to the wolves

[TimT]

Everyone already knows that there are sick frum people out there. Unfortunately it's in the news almost every day.

[avremie]

Next person who does it to me gets thrown to the wolves

Your crying wolf

[yuneeq]

Felt rambling to me.  Didn't confuse you?

Sure did confuse me.

They probably don't know who the scammer is...

Do you know which guys were in on it? Was it just Dovid, all 3 or some other combo?