Kick streamer Sliker accused of CS2 knife gambling scam
Kick streamer Abraham “Sliker” Mohammed is being accused of involving his viewers in a CS2 knives scam for use in his own gambling pursuits.
Some fans are claiming that Sliker persuaded fans to give them their valuable CS2 knives under the impression that he’d repay them in the future. But it’s now been months since, and the streamer seems to have used the knives to fund his gambling without paying back the affected users.
This isn’t the first time that Sliker has been in the spotlight for such issues, previously accused of collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars from fans and fellow streamers to help him with a “frozen bank account.” Instead, he was using the money to bet on Counter-Strike 2 matches. He promised to pay back his followers, but other streamers including Felix “xQc” Lengyel stepped in in his stead to make it right.
Did Sliker steel CS2 knives from stream viewers?
Some of Sliker’s viewers say that they had recently sent him their valuable virtual CS2 knives after the streamer promised he’d pay them back for them in the future. According to a since-deleted Reddit post, Sliker told fans he’d pay them for the knives, but he then used them to gamble and for PUBG challenges, seemingly never paying any of the affected users back. That was six months ago, and those viewers are now demanding answers.
While some in the streaming community immediately jumped to blame Sliker for scamming his own fans, others wondered why anyone was still believing his promises to begin with after his previous controversies. A few even said that anyone who still watches Sliker’s streams “probably deserves it.” Other fans on X believe the situation has been taken out of context, claiming Sliker has actually paid back his followers already.
Sliker has a history of such controversies involving his fans and viewers. One of the most publicized incidents happened in September 2022. Large Kick streamers the likes of xQc and Tyler “Trainwrecks” Niknam came forward to share their interactions with Sliker, who had asked his fans and fellow streamers for money.
“I gave him a lot of money,” Trainwrecks said in 2022. “[I told him] get your s— together, I’m pissed, we’re done. That was the trade-off. I yelled in all capital letters. It’s so shameless…He came to me at first and told me he was in a bad place, asking me to consolidate his debt. I told him I’d pay it all off as a gift. It was $45,000 I believe. Two months later, same story.”
Sliker came back, the streaming community was informed, because he was using the donations to gamble and had been getting into further debt.
The following year, Sliker admitted he had a problem and did confirm that he scammed people to feed his habit. This included his own parents.
“I was a gambling addict,” Sliker said in an interview with BeckaTV. “I scammed a lot of people to fuel up my addiction, because I would gamble a lot of money every day. I had no money to gamble with — my own money — because I’d already wasted it. I’d go to streamers, every streamer I ever knew. I’d even ask xQc, Mizkif, anyone.”
While he used past tense during that interview, it seems that Sliker may not be done gambling after all if this latest incident involving an apparent CS2 knives scam is any indication.
Olivia has worked in media ever since graduating from college, with her coverage ranging from traditional newspaper reporting to digital coverage of all things gaming, online betting, and nerd culture. She has traveled around the world pursuing that coverage, from the far coasts of the United States to the busy downtown core of Tokyo, Japan. Olivia’s favorite games include Overwatch and Super Smash Smash Bros, and she has been published at Esports Illustrated, Inven Global, EsportsInsider, Upcomer, and elsewhere.
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