well for one thing, I'll do my best to answer all that.when your connection is very high it might be when the phone rings u lost connection or something, that happens to me.the black screen of death i have never heard of but that may be bc the game takes awhile to load so the screen stays black until it does.Alot of ppl scam bc they want the pay(to get into rooms to play) or they just want more stuff without giving up theres.I don't think there is anything we can do about it except 1.don't do it! and 2.Report whoever did it to u or anybody u have heard of that has done it.I think the reason why there can be an uneven amount of players on each team is because your only getting how many credits of the number of ghosts u catch.i don't believe u get bonus credits if u win, but then again i haven't playing Haunted Mansion in while.To play pirates and pay might be that u have to like buy a ship, ammo, all that..i think vmk staff was trying to be creative..but that's just me.otherwise u could be right that they give those credits out anyway.\
Really hope this helps, Pixie_Magic