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Just had an email from Betfair asking for a raft of personal information including bank statements and ID etc as supposed proof of earnings. I would strongly recommend that nobody sends such information to Betfair. It exceeds the information that even a bank would require to authorise a mortgage. I suspect if fraud occurred on your bank account and it was proven that you had supplied such information to an organisation like Betfair that you would have no chance of the bank reimbursing any monies that you were stolen.
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It's probably all outsourced to some third party minimum wage agency staff on zero hours contracts - what could possibly go wrong?
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loads of acc's being closed or susp now due to new procedures.
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they can go fook themsens!
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Nosey feckers
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can you show them where your money came from without them showing the police ?
asking for a friend ... |
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If it's not too personal BigNorm - any idea what triggered it? Have you had a lean spell and/or deposited more than usual recently?
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It exceeds the information that even a bank would require to authorise a mortgage.
Lie no 1. I suspect if fraud occurred on your bank account and it was proven that you had supplied such information to an organisation like Betfair that you would have no chance of the bank reimbursing any monies that you were stolen. Lie no 2 and pathetic scaremongering |
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hulk completely obsessed with shafters finances
 cos he's got nen....wac |
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How can they possibly ask someone who has been on here 20 years for proof of funds
 Not suggesting OP is a losing account but if he is surely could say I have been betting with money that is not mine ,I want it refunded to repay , You should not have let me bet . |
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Any losing account with no proof should say I want my money back ,I clearly should not have been using your site
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money laundering regs and responsible gambling rules..all about financial accountability.
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Betfair -> Rico. Where did these vast sums of money you've been betting with come from ?
Rico -> Betfair. Bye-bye. |
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deposited 5k in 2004...never been in the red since..amassed millions...
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https://support.betfair.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/122
The scammers who sent the OP the email work on the fact "there’s one born every minute". And there’s certainly one or two on this thread who thought there was some truth in it. |
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^idiot in thread
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Dave1357, If you are referring to me as an idiot, do you not find it strange that you and I or anyone else has received this email other than the OP? |
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I received it 4 weeks ago took 45 mins last week to get all restrictions lifted on my account, wanted to know everything apart from inside leg measurement. Some pretty personal questions worse than a bank but you have to answer or be restricted account imo.
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^I find it even stranger that you are completely clueless about source of funds and affordability checks even though they have been wisely discussed on this forum, in the trade press and in the national press.
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*widely discussed (and sometimes wisely)
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It isn't a scam unfortunately, out of the 9 or 10 people I know who use Betfair 4 of us have received the same emails. You first get a daily limit of £150 deposit which is perfectly fine, then after 4 weeks you get another warning to send the docs or your account gets closed
The others I know have had that happen, I am in the final warning period. From what I've heard it isn't based on profitability it is based on deposits made, to identify fraudulent behaviour. The only way round that if it is the case is to maintain a realistic balance in your account to take you through any lean spells and don't deposit too much in a short period, regardless of whether you've been making a profit or not. |