Why start "Asif Zamir Owes Me Money"?

So, you may wonder why I would have started a blog like this. Ok, there’s the obvious point that Asif Zamir actually does owe me $1190… but now, my chances of getting that money back without a judge’s decree are as close to nil as me winning the 6/49.

There are a few reasons why I write, I suppose. One is that I honestly hope that at least one person will Google Asif Zamir before sending him the money. If a website such as this one existed before I sent money to Asif, obviously I never would have sent it.

My second hopes are really twin hopes: I hope that Asif Zamir is reading this blog and I hope he is not a sociopath. I know it’s a faint hope, but I hope that Asif reads this blog and that his conscience is assaulting him day and night for the money he took from me, Pat, Jakub, Mike, Raymond and all of the other people of whom I am not yet aware. So, this tiny little hope that I have is that Asif Zamir will come clean, and take all of the necessary steps to right the wrongs that he has committed.

(A side note: I don’t know what Christian sect Asif Zamir belongs to, but I really hope it is one where his actions threaten his eternal salvation.)

My third hope is that he realizes that he is not the victim. He has referred to the “hacking” of his account as something that has done him great harm. Asif Zamir, if you are reading, even if you had your identity stolen, you still have the primordial responsibility to repay your customers. We are your victims. There is only one bad guy in this story, and it is you. Everybody else sent you money out of a misplaced trust in your character.

My fourth hope is that this body of evidence might reveal to authorities that Asif Zamir is committing fraud. If I cannot get my money back, I would be somewhat consoled to see a fraud charge laid against Asif Zamir. I will go testify, and I know others who will too. At what point can we consider the repeated soliciting of money and the subsequent failure to provide the promised merchandise a crime?