Have you ever been a victim of fraud in here?

There was a similar thread on general betting very recently, take a look. I'm sure he said Betfair take no liability.

Good luck.

Sleep gambling ! .....It's a terrible affliction !

if they dont no way i will be back in here as i wont be able to bet with any confidence my money is safe.

Happened to me howdy but it was my son and he lost nearly £500 playing hu poker.
He's a good player but was drunk as a monkey and only came here cos his partner wouldn't let him in their house.
Didn't find it funny at the time though. (He knew my details cos he set my account up)

i only live with the mrs so i know its fraud pal. i was in bed at 12 and this happened at 1-30am

Taken on an arcade account so i am hoping as im not betting against someone else that betfair appreciate this and refund, as in effect its gone into their profit account.

If they dont i cant justify coming back here as i dont trust money is safe.

can these fraudsters withdraw money to their own accounts through these arcade games?

^^^ what i wondered or whats the point in them gambling?

or do they play against themselves and lose?  Never been to the arcade site, dont know how it works...

ive not had a bet in their for 10 years (arcades) so they must know it wasn't me or highly unlikely to have been. The IP address will tell all here, no doubt from somewhere distant in the world

been mugged by a few refs in my time Howdi but nothing as bad as that m8, hope you get it sorted.

Seems strange as they can't win. Would make sense to go on poker and lose to another account but only if that cash can be withdrawn quickly.
I remember when I first started playing I'd pay for a ticket in local shop and load my account via a code.
It was all one-way traffic at the start so no winnings but I assume you could draw out by ticket and claim winnings at the shop.

Call logged with Betfair tonight and I await a response. Halifax Fraud team were fantastic when I called them/ they cancelled my card & said, sadly betting websites are the biggest trouble they encounter these days (not specifically this one) and said they expect a positive outcome and if not they are happy to take the matter up on my behalf, which I did not expect.

Keep you posted.

H


after 11 years of 'service' in here I expect a call on time.

That's good news from the Halifax and good customer service. Hopefully BF will be the same.
No loss to them as, as you said, the money went into their account as a profit.

^^^ agree pal the fact it was done backing sports may be the saving grace. But I have been told by Halifax that they expect a favourable result.

Halifax were good to me Howdi when I had a problem. I always used to send my Gran flowers through Interflora and one day somebody had ordered £90 worth on my account, I got refunded but Halifax would not tell me who was responsible.

thanks burton....i had a quick look before betfair closed my account there was literally dozens and dozens and dozens of bets placed in the gaming room. My question how good is security if this wasn't noticed - banks notice strange transactions that were out of character. That said, I must give Betfair every chance (2 days) to investigate. I'm in Watford on Friday, so if I don't get a call I may visit their Head Office.

I thought that small amounts were disappearing regularly from my balance but wasn`t 100% sure.

Still laughing at Bula`s tale about his son losing 500 quid of his money on the Poker then claiming he`s a good player You`re very lucky mate that he wasn`t a bad player

10-00 Call from fraud team member, very good guy, had to get past 'live chat' mind , await outcome of investigation.

i believed annie was a woman

no...but did get defrauded on paypal when apparently the bank told me they got hacked last year.
someone tried to buy 1500 quids worth of computer stuff in the states.

at the end of it all paypal done me for 30 quid.
so i simply closed the account and never will use again.

wouldnt be shocked if the buying attempt was all fake tbh

Fake in what way?

also have to question how secure most gambling sites are.
employees are still human and there will always be the odd one or two who will be up to no good.

if anyone has access its a risk.
there is no way they can prove to the public that no one has access.....somemone simply has to have access imo

wont say for legal reasons leopard.

Howdi - are you sure you weren`t p*ssed and lost it yourself? Wouldn`t be the first one to do that. Mate of mine got drunk and when he wen`t into his account next day he had lost 2k on the Cricket and couldn`t even remember putting computer on, let alone make a bet of that size. If you weren`t, hope you get your cash back.

.... something just crossed my mind You don`t live near Bula`s son do you? I hear he`s quite good at these Casino games

Breaking News...Betfair have refunded the money to my account...someone hacked me in the UK and they acknowledge it wasn't me. Wouldn't be surprised if they suspect some of the coonts in here (joke)

WELL DONE THE FRAUD SQUAD...PS/ CHANGE YOUR PASSWORDS REGULARLY LADS.

PS/ NO MIGHTY MAC NOT GUILTY PAL.

good result

My Mac now doesn't save my Username and password (maybe since Yosemite OS update)

Has this happened to anyone else (on PC also)?

Well done mate, glad you got it sorted out.

cheers mate now on to my next set of problems

I don`t see the point in it since they can`t withdraw there winnings. Must just do it for a challenge. What if they hacked into one`s account, gambled one`s money and won 2k What a dilemma that would be and a challenge of one`s scruples. What would one do:

(a) Report the fraud

(b) Withdraw the winnings immediately

*their

That question was to chit chatters in general and not directed to Howdi personally.

If I were on a good run, and being an honest chap, I would take option (a) but if I was on a bad run, I would probably take option (b) and that`s being honest.

on a slightly different note
if i back something for 4/5 quid the market pushes it out
if i lay something it moves the other way
so you can never trade out straight away

if this is not happening to anybody else then i must be
the only person betting on here
if it is happening to you ,we can't all be either backing or laying
different markets so are we all seeing the same prices's at the same time?

themightymac

Still laughing at Bula`s tale about his son losing 500 quid of his money on the Poker LaughLaugh then claiming he`s a good player LaughLaugh You`re very lucky mate that he wasn`t a bad player

mac my son was a self employed builder and gave it up over 7 years ago to play poker fulltime.
He used to multi table sngs (12 at a time using a table manager obviously)then moved on to Dub ups.
He also plays high stakes HU but only 2 at a time.
He will assure you that drink impairs the ability.

Great result Howdi.

If I were you, I would have had him back out laying bricks to get your 500 back

mac he's done loads for me. My drive, wall around garden and an extension to the house all for nowt. He even paid the other workers wages so I'm still in front.
What got to me was that after years of losing I was finally in profit. Can't remember how long it took me to win that but playing £5/£10 dub ups a while I guess.

Nice result Howdi.

I missed it when you posted.

I once put around £50 in a William Hill onlin earcade, got a bonus of £25, and got up to around £90.  Tried to withdraw winnings, and was told I had to reuse my original stake 50 times or something stupid.  The chances of having anything left after spinning through that many time must be miniscule.

I believe they're all the same.

Glad you had a good outcome Howdi.