Oh man, you guys are bringing back some highly emotional memories for me.  Mine was slightly different, but with the same result.  In my case it was Diablo I and rather than giving away my items, some guy tricked me into taking a town portal that led to a tight room packed full of higher level mobs that he had kited back to the portal.  Of course, I died instantly.  And in Diablo I, being killed by monsters (as opposed to being killed directly by another player) made you drop all of your equipment.  Internet Jerk, being high enough level to handle the mobs, then popped in, killed everything, and stole my gear.<p>I was devastated at the time, but now I can look back on it and laugh.  It was just a game and it definitely taught me some hard lessons about trusting people online.  (And also some lessons about how creative people can be in exploiting weaknesses of a system.)