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£708 stolen from my Unibet account
£708 stolen from my Unibet account
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RfAdux3XidM
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Excuse the 'naive' - but serious - question ...
How can 'Somebody' Open a Bank Account - in 'Your (or any other person's name) - without providing PROOF of WHO you claim you are? Thought that would be practically impossible - given Bank's (so-called) New Account Rules - be it just a run of the mill Bank Account. Don't shoot me - I am merely intrigued. |
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Give frontline C.S three chances to make it right, and then bump it up to the top table. Anything else is madness.
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So am I.
That's why I need the information of that account from Unibet. If someone out there has an account in my name who knows what they will do ? Credit cards ? Loans ? |
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I have not lost any of my cards etc...not ever.
I applied for a paasport earlier this year... I am scratching my head as to how anybody could get hold of my information. I live alone with my dog - and I don't think she has done this. I really need to know where the Bank Transfer has been sent to as this might give me at least some form of clue. |
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I think credit rating agencies could furnish one with info regarding any loan or hp in process or taken out. But, never trust bookies. They pedal crack cocaine of betting and promote offers to the hilt for losers, problem gamblers and addicts. Bookies have no scruples, end of!
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I had similar odd transaction balance gambled and lost on poker like at 3am, got money back after a week think inside job.Keep chasing it up.
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"I am scratching my head as to how anybody could get hold of my information." Could be an inside job as was the case with my friend. Could be an internal error mixing up 2 accounts with the same name. I can recall being logged in to someone else's completely random account once on Betfair due to a technical issue so these things can happen.
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'CLYDEBANK29', that's scary. It's never happened to me before. I hope it never does!
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think you can always withdraw via bank transfer regardless of the net deposits rule. they couldn't have tried this with a random card. my guess is the hacker simply gave his own bank account details and used the OPs name when filling in the details. keep calm when messaging them OP and hopefully unibet will sort this in a timely manner
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impossible it happened to loads of users at the same time. Maybe 10-15 years ago
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the problem is, that when you put through a bank transfer, if the account number you are sending the money to doesnt match the name then it pops up with a warning that the account name doesnt match the account number. if Unibet have continued with the transaction after that then thats pretty shocking really on their part
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I had my account with Coral reduced from about forty pound to pence without me using it. The bets were losing casino ones and I have never ever been a casino user. Still trying to get my money back.
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I think once the OP received the email it was already too late and the money had left unibet's end. if you can find the time of withdrawal request in your account you will probably see it was made about 2-3 hrs before your email which explains why they were so unhelpful as the money was already gone
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CALL THE POLICE. By OP's account, the money was stolen, not accidentally sent to the wrong account. This is what the police are for. We should not rely on social media shaming to counter theft.
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........ The final pishtake for me was, when I reported this to the Police via Action fraud their reply was
"You have indicated within your report that the misuse of your personal details or that of a company trading style played a part in the matter you are reporting. The use of another person’s identity, often referred to as identity theft, is not a police recordable crime." |
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If your bookmaker doesnt have TWO FACTOR AUTHENTICATION (everyone reading this turn it on now everywhere ) I would close my account down immediately.
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Finds out ure login and password.
Then opens bank account in ure name. To withdraw by bank transfer to an account Like a savings not connected to ure bank card Any news tyran |
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Dear Jamie,
This is a notification that your recent withdrawal of £708.00 has been cancelled and the money returned to your betting account. The withdrawal was denied by our payment provider. Please make sure that your withdrawal details are correct and complete and request another withdrawal. Kind regards, The Unibet Team Obviously I did not request a withdrawal but at least the money is back now - is it pure coincidence that, as of this morning, my local Police (Glos) are treating this as a crime and are investigating...? |
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I want to thank the community here for the support and advice.
This is obviously not the end of this but at least the money is back |
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Good News.
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Well-done
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great news but youve probably lost 1 year of your life, stress related
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Glad you have your money back.
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"great news but youve probably lost 1 year of your life, stress relatedExcitedExcited"
Absolutely !! |
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Good to hear this. Also good to know the intermediary payment processors are doing their due diligence. Assuming you are staying with them, I would suggest you consider opening a brand new account with them i.e. dis-associate yourself from any account numbers / names you currently use. It's not fool-proof because obviously you still have to use some of your info, but is a sensible step nonetheless.
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A good result. Am I right in thinking that the money was bounced around and then returned, rather than Unibet actually listening to you and recovering it?
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Betfair.pp,sky,366,whil.laddies,coral
None if these email when a withdrawal |
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I'm glad the money is back in your account; £708 is a large sum for a bookie account to go awol. Now, bite the bullet and open one with another bookie with a history of representation on the high street. Something incredibly dodgy had happened no doubt someone was trying it on.
Bin Unibet. Once bitten, twice shy. |
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I'm not keen on using Unibet any more but...I already have an extremely large volume of ante-post World Cup bets with them. I have been buying WC bets are there since January
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Yes, the money just bounced back - Unibet did nothing to stop this. Really useless Customer Services. They said that they were investigating this yet they didn't even know that the money had been returned to my account until I told them.
...and I wish I could more prominent bookmakers but my accounts are limited to incredibly small, if any, bets - ie pennies. Bet365, BetVictor, Betfred, Ladbrokes, Corals, ****, William Hill all closed my accounts completely |
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It's when you've been effectively barred by all the names on that list, and you find yourself clicking on outfits with names like Unibet, that you know the game is up. Just walk away. At some point you're going to be ripped off or welshed on by one of these online jokers, and that will cancel out whatever profit you might make by getting 20/1 about 14/1 shots.
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Yeah, I think you're right. I have been trading on Betfair since the noughties (we all remember how easy it was to earn on Betfair in those days) and at one stage was invited up to their Manchester offices for a bit of fine tuning as I had been picked by them to become an area representative - helping new customers to learn how to use Betfair. It was supposed to be a 'big thing' and I would be earning a percentage of the LIFETIME spend of each new customer that I trained. I became the Gloucestershire trainer for Betfair. All was rosy. Then the Betfair structure changed somehow and the whole idea was scrapped.
These days I can't get more than a few quid on with any bookie (bar one) and once I get restricted on that one the game is pretty much up. It has been an amazing time though - I was a (fairly) young man when I started, living in a rented house with my 4 sons and wife and labouring on building sites. Due to going full-time on Betfair I own my own home and live a really comfortable life with a share of a couple of small businesses. Ups and downs yes but TFF Betfair. Just about time to concentrate on other things though. Once again, many thanks to all the forumites who have added advice and support over my Unibet issue. I shan't be leaving money in accounts from now on. Jamie |
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Glad you got your money back. May I strongly suggest( if you havent done already) You change all your passwords everywhere to unique long passwords. And turn on Two Step Authencation everywhere you can. ( and everyone who has followed this thread)
Betfair have had Two Factor as an option for years now- You would be amazed how many dont turn it on.( Google are doing the correct thing and turning on two factor for users as default. If the problem was someone inside Unibet, who knows what other information and personal details they have collected. Hopefully passwords are coming to an end with, FIDO2 Passwordless Authentication. But this is maybe 10 years off......... |
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You must have Two Factor, agreed
Sorry to say sensitive information is too tempting for bookmaker staff and hackers |
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tyrannitar - pleased to hear you got your money back.
And they (The Racing Post) wonder why people are turning to the "the black market"  - when you can't have a bet with any of the established high street names (accounts closed or restricted) and all the peripheral scum that have sprung up (just to cash-in on slots and casino games) are of the same ilk as Unibet!Anyway, glad it worked out for you. |
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Glad you got your cash back. I would still request the personal data on your account under GDPR and check the IP addresses that have accessed your account.
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