New Posts For Thread: Funny thing happened the other dayhttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27434753/funny-thing-happened-the-other-dayLast Thursday it appears someone has fraudulently accessed my Betfair account from the UK and managed to place losing bets for just over $AUD8,000 in my account. Bets where made "in play" which is illegal in Australia but where accepted by Betfair as'Thank you for your e-mail and for your suggestion.The country restriction feature associated with customer accounts is only available to be amended by Betfair staff. Your comments have now been forwarded to our Product Development team for further ahttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27434753/funny-thing-happened-the-other-day?post_id=492616401#492616401'Thank you for your e-mail and for your suggestion.The country restriction feature associated with customer accounts is only available to be amended by Betfair staff. Your comments have now been forwarded to our Product Development team for further aFri, 15 Apr 2011 04:41:49 -0500Sorry, missed a bit from the T&Cs:If another person accesses your account, you are solely responsible for all their actions whether or not their access was authorised by you and you hereby indemnify us and hold us harmless against all costs, claims,https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27434753/funny-thing-happened-the-other-day?post_id=492616049#492616049Sorry, missed a bit from the T&Cs:If another person accesses your account, you are solely responsible for all their actions whether or not their access was authorised by you and you hereby indemnify us and hold us harmless against all costs, claims,Fri, 15 Apr 2011 04:31:31 -0500Bells may ring, but don't hold your breath on ever getting your money back - the original poster here didn't.This is what they say in the terms and conditions: "you are solely responsible for all their actions whether or not their access was authorihttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27434753/funny-thing-happened-the-other-day?post_id=492615997#492615997Bells may ring, but don't hold your breath on ever getting your money back - the original poster here didn't.This is what they say in the terms and conditions: "you are solely responsible for all their actions whether or not their access was authoriFri, 15 Apr 2011 04:30:22 -0500TheVis, I don't think it's that easy. Betfair has implemented all sorts of monitoring to avoid money laundring and frauds like this. There would be bells ringing somewhere in the Betfair towers if this was done and even if they were able to pull ithttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27434753/funny-thing-happened-the-other-day?post_id=492613141#492613141TheVis, I don't think it's that easy. Betfair has implemented all sorts of monitoring to avoid money laundring and frauds like this. There would be bells ringing somewhere in the Betfair towers if this was done and even if they were able to pull itFri, 15 Apr 2011 03:11:59 -0500The winning account who then withdraws and clears off and BF can do feck all about it.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27434753/funny-thing-happened-the-other-day?post_id=492590105#492590105The winning account who then withdraws and clears off and BF can do feck all about it.Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:33:24 -0500And who's the prime suspect in that instance?https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27434753/funny-thing-happened-the-other-day?post_id=492589933#492589933And who's the prime suspect in that instance?Thu, 14 Apr 2011 20:31:47 -0500Bayes "If you had access to someone elses account and wanted to profit from it, how would you do it? The answer is, it's very very difficult"Surely it is very easy? Go to a quiet market, put up odds of 1000 on the fav, match with your hacked accounthttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27434753/funny-thing-happened-the-other-day?post_id=492587109#492587109Bayes "If you had access to someone elses account and wanted to profit from it, how would you do it? The answer is, it's very very difficult"Surely it is very easy? Go to a quiet market, put up odds of 1000 on the fav, match with your hacked accountThu, 14 Apr 2011 20:07:28 -0500When I log on to my bank online, I have to slide my debit card into a card reader and enter my pin number. If Bf could do that, no one could log on to your account without your log on card and pin.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27434753/funny-thing-happened-the-other-day?post_id=492524085#492524085When I log on to my bank online, I have to slide my debit card into a card reader and enter my pin number. If Bf could do that, no one could log on to your account without your log on card and pin.Thu, 14 Apr 2011 09:27:36 -0500to Clydebanks list I would add:Never use betfair on a public computer...or a friends or relatives for that matter.Never use hotmail for your registered betfair account.https://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27434753/funny-thing-happened-the-other-day?post_id=492508829#492508829to Clydebanks list I would add:Never use betfair on a public computer...or a friends or relatives for that matter.Never use hotmail for your registered betfair account.Thu, 14 Apr 2011 06:31:47 -0500I've emailed them Eddie, ill post up their response herehttps://community.betfair.com/general_betting/go/thread/view/94082/27434753/funny-thing-happened-the-other-day?post_id=492506689#492506689I've emailed them Eddie, ill post up their response hereThu, 14 Apr 2011 05:57:38 -0500