I'm Glad I've Never Gotten Into These Facebook Games...

[davidschroth]

http://consumerist.com/2009/11/mafia-wars-ceo-brags-about-scamming-users-from-day-one.html

Comments

[buttonlass.livejournal.com]

I was tempted to play poker but held out and now feel real good about it.:)

[mrsmodew.livejournal.com]

I do play a bunch of fb games, but I don't give them my money. Well, ok, one did get my money, but I really needed to have glow in the dark fish! :)

[davidschroth.livejournal.com]

My recollection of the article wasn't that people were giving the scammers money, it was the scammers were *taking* money from players. The business practices that were admitted to were enough to ensure that I'll never knowingly do business with the people behind Mafia Wars et al