Media: Mysterious 'chat room' used for online extortion racket

Another media attempt to make chat rooms look bad?

Chat room extortion in GTA 

Durham police investigating after men secretly recorded on online chat website
CBC News

Durham police are probing an online extortion trap after two incidents in which young men were secretly recorded exposing themselves on webcam.

Last Friday, a 21-year-old Whitby, Ont., man was in a chat room with what he thought was a young woman.

The woman was actually a male who convinced the Whitby man to take off his clothes and fondle himself on webcam, police said.

The suspect then sent a recorded video of the incident to the man and threatened to post the video online if $700 was not sent to a Western Union account.

Police said the amount was requested in Euros.

Police said the suspect threatened to post the video on websites and also send it to the victim's friends on social media.

The man paid the amount, but when the suspect demanded more money, he called police.

On Sunday an 18-year-old Clarington, Ont., man had a similar experience on the same chat room site, which police have not named.

Police said the man unsuccessfully tried to pay the suspect with a credit card before a parent became involved and investigators were notified.

The suspect in this case also threatened to make the video publicly available if the amount was not paid.

Police are encouraging people not to compromise their financial or personal well being by engaging in such risky online behavior.

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Just To Be Clear...

I am aware that last night, in USA Central Time that someone in Oz (I so hope it was CYRA) turned this blog in to BUZZEN.

I started this blog immediately after I left PHREIK not because I'm that interested in PHREIK but because they approached me (21 June 2013) about Hosting one of their Official Rooms.

They, (MIST & CYRA) represented to me that it was an opportunity to build up a chat room (a community), I took them at their word and  made a good faith effort to accomplish this only to come to learn that in reality all MIST wanted was a room to meet lots of men at: to "play" them from, as well as generally act a fool, cause drama and lie, while I Hosted it.

Even if CYRA was hoodwinked by MIST at first like I was, she certainly was aware by 22 or 23 July after MIST had destroyed THELOBBY and caused both GUIDE_NEKA aka GRACEE and myself to resign from that chat room to get away from her, that something about her was not quite right.

Then after PHRIEK which knew full well about all this,  to watch them extend to her HOSTING PRIVILEGE for ESPRESSOBAR anyway, which looks like she promptly destroyed in two weeks time just blows my mind.

PHREIK is or was allowing its Chatters, in my opinion, to be lied to, misled, played and abused by at least one of its Hosts and a part of that time my Chatnickname was attached to it. So yeah I'm going to speak out.

As far as BUZZEN is concerned, I joined BUZZEN on 14 August 2013, minutes after I watched SYSOP_FAYRAH extend ESPRESSOBAR Hosting privilege to MIST.

It's true that I didn't expect much at BUZZEN. If there had been no Host and the room was dead I probably would have stayed a little while X'd out and that would have been the end of my chatting days.

Apparently though the stars were aligned for everyone that day, including me, because I was greeted by BUZZEN with a gaveled Host - REBEL. I was pleasantly surprised by his skill because I really did feel welcome and had a nice chat. I didn't save the CHATLOG heh! but if memory serves I believe I did tell him that I really wasn't expecting much. I did post about it here and tweeted about it.

Since that day, as a chatter I've seen how BUZZEN operates.  I am confident that during that period of time from when I joined BUZZEN until I applied for HOSTING PRIVILEGE had I observed anything weird or untoward going on, including that first day, I would not have applied for HOSTING PRIVILEGE, instead I would have posted about it here.

But there's nothing to report. The Hosts and Staff at BUZZEN like chatting and take pride in and enjoy what they do.  

So, I don't know what else to say.  Except, that you can complain to BUZZEN about this blog all you want but you're dead wrong if you think that Hosting a chat room is more important to me than exercising my First Amendment right.

In the future if I have anything to blog about THE LOBBY and/or BUZZEN I will do so from my BUZZEN Blog.

PHREIK Chat Appoints Fart, Scat and Piss Chatter (tu) to "Caretake" its Espressobar

Last night when I was researching my previous post I wound up on the PHREIK Chat Staff Page available at www.phreik.net/staff/ .

First, I was shocked that it had been updated.  When I read it closer I couldn't help but notice that the new "Caretaker" of the ESPRESSOBAR is none other than one GUIDE_WINCHESTER.

What's interesting about PHREIK's latest blunder is that GUIDE_WINCHESTER is also the chatter known as (tu).

Partial screen grab of (tu)'s Public Profile:

source: http://www.phreik.net/XYZ

Notice anything unusual? One thing that sticks out is that no reputable chatline or firm is going to allow a Staff Member to have a Public Profile displaying the F-Bomb. Another, is that no reputable person that you would want to have on Staff would ever conceive of doing this.

Next, all (tu) aka GUIDE_WINCHESTER can chat about is farting. When he isn't chatting about farting he's taking great delight in making those nasty bot's spew vulgarities.

I call this Staff realignment another PHREIK blunder because you don't have to be a Wharton Business School graduate to realize that you don't put someone who is in no ways qualified plus comes across like a degenerate and perv to run your Flagship Official Server Room.

Is PHREIK chat management destroying this chatline on purpose? What gives?

Oh and by the way I wonder if that SABRINA (profile deleted) that (tu) is friends with, is the new ADMIN_SABRINA the STAFF TRAINER and WEB ADMIN over at PHOENIXCHAT.NET?

Discuss...

UPDATED BREAKING...Former PHREIK SYSOP_FAYRAH Opens New Chatline

I have a tweet at FAY asking for more details.... In the meantime check it out at

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www.phoenixchat.net

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I was awfully harsh on FAY in a previous post. It is true that she deserved the condemnation for what appeared to me then to her impossibly stupid decision to promote that pathological liar and mental case Mist aka BeguilingMyst aka BeguilingMist aka Liger and StrAubree and BeguilingMyst again and BeguilingMyst again as well as Aubree Rainee and Doorman who knows how many more characters to Host EB.

I thought that FAYRAH should have been fired because the wasn't competent to run an Official Server Room. Further, I never thought that FAY was diabolically evil and rotten to the core as Mist truly is -- just thick -- and in that post it showed;

Right now, in this turn of events, I have to wonder if FAY didn't promote Mist knowing full well that she would destroy PHREIK's ESPRESSOBAR just as she'd done THE LOBBY less than a month earlier.

UPDATE 16 September 2013
Responding to this commenter: I would say that I have more respect for FAY for leaving PHREIK and starting her own gig. If she's smart she can always say that one thing that she learned at PHREIK was how not to manage a chatline.

However, FAY's role in the whole MIST incident disaster needs to be addressed.

PHREIK's MEMBERS who were and still are being mislead, abused and played by MIST whilst PHREIK STAFF, including SYSOP_FAYRAH were and are fully aware of it, are entitled to an explanation.

Why did FAY extend ESPRESSOBAR Hosting Privilege to MIST when she knew that MIST is a liar and nut case? See below email chain.

Did MIST trick FAY into extending Hosting Privilege to her only to stab FAY in the back to get her fired or forced out? If this is the case then MIST accomplished it in only two weeks time lol.

Did FAY extend Hosting Privilege to MIST knowing that she would destroy ESPRESSOBAR anyway and with her new PHOENIXCHAT.NET coming online shortly would put FAY in a good position to recruit them?

Or, are FAY and MIST working together to implode PHREIK?

FAY...U need to come clean about what amounts to one of the most boneheaded moves in the history of Hosting.

I am also starting to have doubts about the honesty and integrity of GRACEE fka GUIDE_NEKA now SYSOP_NEKA.

GRACEE of all people knows what a liar MIST is. GUIDE_NEKA resigned from CARETAKING THELOBBY due to MIST'S lies and abuse and outrageous misbehavior.

According to PHREIK'S website GRACEE aka SYSOP_NEKA has been promoted to HOST TRAINER so why hasn't she removed MIST?

Why is it appearing that GRACEE is now helping MIST?

I was told by a trustworthy chatter that ADMIN_CYRA is actually stating in open chat in ESPRESOBAR that MIST is a good host and not to blame for anything....

CYRA ... you're a fool. MIST lies and lies and lies and then sits back and laughs and laughs and laughs at how everyone is so stupid to believe her.

From: Fayrah <fayrah@phreik.com>
To: "REMOVED@yahoo.com"
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 4:45 PM
Subject: Re: Nevermind They Made Mist a Host Anyway

Hi,

Thank  you for the below email.
I am well aware of mists past, and i have every faith in her in espressobar.

As stated in my previous email, as you are no longer a server host, these decisions do not concern you.
I thank you for your opinion on the matter, and it is unfortunate that you're threatening to leave for Buzzen. The last time i checked, there was an ignore feature in the rooms for if you had personal issues with and/or couldn't get along with someone.

Phreik server rooms are not the only rooms on site and you're most welcome to create your own room too where you can have complete control over YOUR hosts.

All the best and Happy Chatting :)

Yours Sincerely

Support Assistant | EB Caretaker | Staff Trainer
fayrah@phreik.com
www.phreik.net

From: "REMOVED@yahoo.com"
To: "neka@phreik.com"
Cc: "support@phreik.com" "cyra@phreik.com" "mustang@phreik.com"
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 4:35 PM
Subject: Nevermind They Made Mist a Host Anyway

lol i knew they would do it.

phreik must be the only chatline or company in the world that would promote someone who already destroyed one chatroom, thelobby, because of her lying, bizarre behavior and misconduct to promote her to host their flagship room.

they need to read my brat_prince profile and get einstein's definition of insanity. lol

since there are no other official phreik rooms for me to chat in, i will have to go to buzzen anyway. that sucks.

From: "REMOVED@yahoo.com"
To: "neka@phreik.com" <neka@phreik.com>
Cc: "skip.tracer@hotmail.com" <skip.tracer@hotmail.com>
Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 12:25 AM
Subject: chat?

hey there. sorry to email and bother you, it's just that i see your gracee profile in the recent logins but i cant find you in a (official phreik) chatroom.

i'am very sorry that things didnt work out in chitchat. i just couldnt tolerate that trashy bot. it was counter to what i wanted to accomplish.

now, i suspect that fayrah is about to extend hosting privilege in espressobar to mist. if true can you believe it? less than a month after she destroyed thelobby and we both had to leave to get away from her and her lies and insanity as well as being kicklisted from chitchat, they would allow her to host their flagship chatroom?

ive warned fayrah about mist last month - see below emails.

i would write cyra et al but they are probably tired of hearing from me. isnt there anything you can do to warn them about her?

anyway, i just feel that i have to speak out to someone so that when the mist disaster strikes my conscience will be clear in that i did everything i could to avert it.

i hope that you will accept this in the spirit its sent in and i hope to see you around in chat again sometime.

From: REMOVED@yahoo.com 

To: fayrah@phreik.com

Sent: Mon Jul 29 05:39:09 2013

Subject: Re: Complaint: Chuck_Norris™ bot profane and disgusting

hey fay :-)  thanks for your email and concern. however, i cannot work with Mist because she is a liar, engages in oddball behavior, drama, pretends to be others - for instance the Liger incident and is otherwise, in my opinion, an unwell person and up to no good. 

perhaps in time black will give up ChitChat in favor of someone else to manage.

my personal preference would be that phreik's amount of chatters increase so as to warrant the opening of more official phreik room(s).

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From: Fayrah <fayrah@phreik.com>
To: "REMOVED@yahoo.com"
Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 2:44 AM
Subject: Re: Complaint: Chuck_Norris™ bot profane and disgusting

Hi Brat :)

We at Phreik would not like to lose you as a host. If the below is not sorted out satisfactorily, would you be willing to transfer back to the Lobby?
It is under new management, and has a lot of potential, and I think it would be a beneficial move for both you, and the room.

Kindly email me directly your response.

Yours Sincerely

Support Assistant | EB Caretaker | Staff Trainer
fayrah@phreik.com
www.phreik.net

More soon...