I'm that generous sponsor Harley. :) I'm not sure if this knowledge is useful for this discussion, and it's certainly off-topic. I've also sponsored another pawn, but this one I've known for a few years. The Cherry Bomb membership was only $10.00 USA. It's not about the money though. It's about trust, and being duped. To be honest, I have heard several different versions of the story from different people and don't know what or whom to believe. To be sure, someone is lying to my face, but how to sort out the truth from the lie? This I know: I participated in the adopt-a-pawn for BK's sake and no one else. But I did feel good for being able to give someone else a gift. Now that trust has been broken.

The worse part is that Cherry Bomb (whoever that is) wrote me and told me he knew I was the sponsor and thanked me. The writer of that message knew I had been decieved into paying for this fradulent account and was carrying the deception one step farther. That's pretty cold.

For me this is the most troubling part. As for the money, it's not important. It's the principle of the thing that matters most.