E-PokerScams Exposed

blackmoon poker pisses me off

2010-11-09T04:39:00.000-08:00

another one

2010-09-05T16:11:00.001-07:00

ckew1 aim - he will scam for anything, he goes around scamming everyday

walker.warren69@yahoo.com does big credit reversal scam - does big big scam like +200$ and will reverse it

officialzyngachips@hotmail.co.uk acts like a seller, but he is a scammer

Dont trade with sharky77799 on FTP

2010-08-29T20:42:00.000-07:00

This scumbag just burned my buddy in a play chip trade; dont be next. The dooshbag put some info out there, so hopefully this thief wasnt brite enuf to lie... here is the info...

sharky7779

Mathieu Dostie

MatDos25@hotmail.com

http://www.facebook.com/people/Mathieu-Dostie/786383094

Current City: Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Hometown: Laval, Quebec

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Extremium-Lost-Tomahawks/139615821909

the moron even left a facebook page. You better believe he is gonna get some unwanted friend request from me....

if you guys have it in ya, send old sharky the scum bag an email and tell him how we feel bout chip scammers!

the privacy paradox

2010-08-17T05:40:00.000-07:00

[size=18][font=Comic Sans MS]I think this may become a recurrent issue that US players are going to see more often in the autumn of the pre-regulatory days in the US online gaming market...While its merely conjecture, I feel this way because the rouge groups who stand no chance of licensing in a post regulatory US online gaming world are squeezing all the profit they can out of the remaining and largely unknown time frame.

The issue at hand centers around the automated 'risk management' systems currently in place with many of the top tier (Ethically Sound) RTG's, and it has one huge intrinsic flaw. ((Yeah, and it used to have 28 huge intrinsic flaws before April when all the Domain Holding's sites publicly abandoned their RTG and Cake based platforms (For re-licensing and software manipulation issues that were not so public) and moved to the oft-accused but never convicted Merge gaming platform)) The question is; How can you trust info that was purchased from a source contractually obligated to secure said info?

Ok, here is the situation I have recently encountered. In early May I was playing on a site called PlayersOnly a newly turncoat skin on the repopulated small to medium poker network called Merge Gaming (Home of Carbon Poker, WASSPOKER, PDQ, LOCK, ETC) They had just jumped ship from the Cake Network (My bread n butter; which was tough cookies for me BC industry word was leaning towards this being bad for the cake site with less loose traffic and worse for players migrating to the less than ethical merge platform."

I was playing some mid limit SH FL games when I busted the guy on the Heads UP table I was playing and I decided to kill my aDhD and the wait time til a new player sat in with a lil NBA Pachinko.
[size=18] I was playing and playing when a connection error occurred on the casino platform (It didn't happen on the poker platform) and I had to restart the casino. Well I had hit three of my first 5 balls, 2 in the 5x slot and one in the 15x slot, but from previous Domain Holdings Sites Exp., I knew I would return to the state of my game before I bought the 20 balls that just had been in play when the system malfunctioned (Or ran perfect from their perspective, as I now believe). Boy was I wrong. My acct. had $40 bux left in it.

Well I still had a lil bit of a BR on the poker tables, but my account was a couple hundred US dollars light. Something was fishier than a clambake! So I went to the casino live chat....Pretty quickly I had a casino rep...He wanted to know my issue and he quickly had a reply... "The system had corrupted the "wager review" section and bla bla bla"...likely story..."blablabla"...

I had heard stories and read horrors of Domain Holdings nightmares, so I knew it was time to shift into 'end game' plan. I spoke with the VIP consultant and he told me he would start a withdraw to my 'useMywallet' that night but it couldnt be processed til monday when the financial folks where in... I went to bed with just over $400 in my acct that night.
When I woke up to see if my withdrawal had been started, I was delighted to see only the amount above $400 from the night b4 was in my account, about ten bux. So I went to the cashier to see about my withdraw...

And he said he was sure I was kidding.? "I had lost all of my funds playing NBA plachinko", came his text, "I had even complained last night about a system error, he said, which never happened, he added, and lost every dollar down to the last $9.27 in $40 dollar increments. I dont drink! WTF? I dont sleep'n'cyber wager all simultaneous like issac hayes! WTH? AND i dont take the popular pRx ambiem which is known to cause the former two scenarios with complete memory loss in some patients... I knew they had ripped off 2 hundo plus just hours before...

WOW. I SAID, ur JOKING RIGHT? UNA BROMA GRANDE!??? I was SURE THIS WAS A HUGE JOKE or ...

I knew I was gonna lose it when I talked to the guy on the phone, so I waited a lil, tried not to life tilt, and made the call. He of course could not provide wager history as the system had 'wiped clean' but he could see the losses in my comp handle "losses" section. ten straight (-$40) bets at nba plachinko (Not very freaking likely for those who have never played that game; with 20 balls a bet and $2 wagered on each ball U can do the math but as I said, I started with 3 out of my first 5 balls going into various slots...It more likely to hit a str8 flush in 5 cards (approx 1:72000) than to lose 200 straight shots at nba plachinko. Gosh I tangent a lot, sorry if ur still with me.

I demanded to speak with a supervisor. I knew casinomeister and other watchdogs would laugh if I brought it to them, (BC they told me not to mess with the casino's from DHLtd, to play poker on just a few of the now nearly 40 skins on MERGE, and keep minimal amounts in the BR wallet..." SO after listening to the super's bull snit for 10 min's I went PokerBrat ballistic as if he had just cracked my AA with pock 33 all in pre flop and had the audacity to felt the winning hand after I threw my AA over. If ur not a fan of watching Hellmuth embarrass himself, It was a very uncharacteristic meltdown including many choice pieces of seldom used lexicon.

I calmed a bit after the rep, Mr.J@#$# threatened to hang up and this is where I get to the bottom line... I threatened to place chargebacks with netspend and usemywallet to the exact amount I had been cheated... And there was my mistake...

HE said he would talk to his supervisor and do an account review If I would just hold on the line.

I had 14 accounts on the merge network a.t.m. he put me on hold.

Within 7 days I could log in to 0 of them.

With 10 minutes I was locked out of all 8 Domain Holdings sites I belonged to. A sum of $765 was confiscated by those crooks. Not including the $600 plus that players only took. And excluding the hundreds and thousands of vip points I had amasses on the various DHL merge poker skins.

To be fair, My balances at pokerhost, lock, and reefer poker where all promptly paid. And those skins apologized but seemed reluctant to say anything else less DHL (who I have learned now owns a controlling stake in the Merge Network) choose to scorn them too.

But that is not where these guys ended it. This is where I tie in to the first paragraph. They reported my name to one of the few casino industry "risk management' lists and yesterday, when I tried to deposit at iNetBet, I was not allowed to do so..........I contacted inetbet, and they were unaware the automated system had done so and where gonna turn the security feature off for me, and see if they could get the blackball list to remove me from the list... WE SHALL SEE...I know inetbet will do the right thing, but how many other times will this come up in my future??? Probably quite a few until regulation pushes uniform structure and licensing into effect and excludes all domain holdings sites...

BUT on to the paradox.... A site makes a deal with a client. The client will act according to the TOS, and site among other responsibilities will protect the clients privacy... Isn't it a touch illogical to [size=24]A) Buy info from... and B) TRUST info from....[/size] someone who bought info from somebody who[size=24] PROMISED[/size] to never sell said info? Risk management? or Risk acquisitions? A lesson learned for me and a case study in why regulation will be swell.... Good gosh I go :offtopic: a lot, tyvm for reading...[/font][/size]

Well a little affirmation feels great, but I just got a ruling from the management at inetbet; they will not comment on integrity or lack thereof of Domain Holdings (See cardspike scandal to start and try their blackjack if u need more proof) but they will admit they are sorry to hear that the "risk management suite will not be moved; but usemywallet will remain my only deposit method''

Okay, fine, I am not tripping 'bout it, I just want to make one more point.

Quicktender broke their relationship with the Jazzette Holdings (a white label branch of Domain Holdings) sites and Domain Holdings sites in June. They wont comment as to why, but the forums at CM and elsewhere seem to suggest that too many legitimate complaints were lodged against their slew of crooked sites demanding restitution that Quicktender was losing coin... I just am beside myself that these crooks are allowed to join the info sharing party with these respectable sites, it doesnt make sense.

Oh yeah, I forgot, I got a ruling from the KGC on my ban from the merge network too. They have been as bold as to admit that at least one of my charges should have been returned to "the client in question". But the last two paragraphs of their honorable (<<--------sarcasm) ruling deals with the fact that a network has the right to forbid any and all individuals it chooses to... So...I guess that's okay anyway, I have a negative ROI on the merge network anyways...

But just more fodder in my anti-KGC arsenal... Does anyone take them seriously, besides their revenue sharing partners the jurisdictional govt. of Quebec?

2010-08-11T16:36:00.001-07:00

Cake Poker is my favorite small poker site in the world. They feature a wide range of games, good tourney structures, an improving interface, and as of today; THE MUTHAFRIGGIN FASTEST PAYOUT I HAVE EVER HEARD OF...

It was 235 when I made a cashout of $50 to my quicktender account. I wanted to play some slots so I figured I would ship fifty over to useMyWallet and spin the video reels a lil on one of my favorite casinos; either SlotoCash or Casino-Share...
I had just completed a $9 to $90 felting of my opponent at the HU $.10/$.20 tables on cake...

Aw that was nice... So, after leaving ~bah~ chipless, I submitted the cashout, and it was 2:05pm PST when I clicked the withdraw button. I quickly emailed cake support with a 'flush' request... And I went back to filing some paperwork in the office. I glanced up at 235pm PST, and after reloading the cake cashier window, I noticed the 'reverse withdraw' feature was gone. I check my quicktender acct, and 30 minutes after I had requested the with draw, there was my money ready to donate to any of the fine casinos on the web!!! Bless u CAKEPOKER, u r my favorite!

Click here to sign up with cake poker!!!!!!!!!!

poker deposits post UIGEA June 1 deadline

2010-06-09T01:43:00.001-07:00

I saw a question in yahooanswers and decided to answer it. Now I am cutting/pasting as my next entry because, if I had a following, it would be what u need to know.

Poker service I can actually make a deposit on?

Is there any legitimate online poker service that will accept payment with my Visa Skylight One card, or is there anyway I can use an intermediary to deposit on some service?

Problem is I don't have a bank account, so I can't pay with a check.

My preferred service would be PokerStars, but I've already ascertained that there's no way I can get chips there without using Western friggin Union, and paying a hundred bucks minimum.

I just want to buy 20 bucks worth of chips and play some poker at a low stakes table where people aren't all-in every hand all willy nilly with absolutely nothing in their hand.

AND MY ANSWER

If you just want a quick place to make a deposit with ur visa, any of the sites on the merge network are taking visa gift card deposits and disguising their cc processors as mixed level marketing, or electronics, or web support sites. But beware, almost all of the sites owned by domain holdings (which makes up over half the sites on the merge network) have questionable customer fairness policy and there is no doubt in my mind that they rig their online slots. For a safe site try carbon or pdc or reefer or...

But merge is not that fun. So, if you want to get a bankroll on FTP or Pokerstars, here is what you have to do...

There are a couple of services out there that make transferring chips from one poker site to another pretty easy. And since there are still a couple sites that take visa gift cards, (ie AP/UB) and a few sites that take quicktender, You should be able to fund most popular US sites without paying too much juice.

Here's how it works. 2 ways really. 1) You can find a chip broker, and he will sell you Pstars real funds for AlertPay (you can fund with any CC) or Paypal, and he will charge for example 13.50 paypal for 10 stars. (See pokerntips.com or pokerhex.com or try a search engine but beware there are scammers out there, many more than legit business men. (see pokerscams-exposed.blogspot.com) ) Also, its against PP TOS and policy, so hypothetically, you could get ur Paypal shut down if they caught on.

2) Ur other option is cheaper and, for me at least, exposed me to some of the smaller networks, which I now play on frequently. (See everleaf network and betcris network) First you will need to set up an online wallet account. Either a picclub account (picclub.com) and then make a deposit with ur CC and get the funds deposited into an account set up at victory poker or minted poker. (ORRRRRR set up a quicktender.com account and fund with ur CC and get the funds to a cake poker account) From there you can send ur chips for a small fee to a number of sites that are hard, or expensive to deposit on. That is if you know of the next step...

Now that u got funds in an account that is affiliated with sendmychips.com (which is where you should go next) ur pretty much all set. At smc you can move ur chips from one site to another for a small fee. I did two transactions last week. I think the 20 dollar service cost $21 and an $80 dollar ship cost $83. I have been funding my FTP account (where I always lose) with winnings from my cake account for 9 months now.

The only way to make it simpler is to see if ur visa will work on the scumsite of the industry absolute poker and ultimate bet. They have a number of "alias" credit card processors, so if you can deposit onto them with ur visa, then u can fund any affiliate of SendMyChips.com pretty quickly.

I know it's complicated and I am long winded. But there are ways around the current situation.

Otherwise try ur luck on the forum boards. I know for members at some of the staking sites like thedonkeyfarm.com two members can discuss and conduct trades from site to site with a middle man who is usually an admin on the forum. That way you know you wont get the shaft. Good luck!

Source(s):

pokerscams-exposed.blogspot.com
sendmychips.com
pokerntips.com
thedonkeyfarm.com
picclub.com

SEE U LATER

poker nordica makes amends

2010-05-25T10:15:00.001-07:00

LMAO. MORE PROOF IN MY INBOX>>>> POKER NORDICA ARE SCAMMERS...

2010-05-22T11:28:00.001-07:00

The Dictionary According to PokerNordica

2010-05-22T05:10:00.000-07:00

pro·to·col (pr t -kôl , -k l , -k l ): n: 1)A system of accepting payment for services and or goods never delivered, then, reporting such payments as 'declined'.

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I got an email a few minutes after I posted that last entry, from support@pokernordica... Another attempt to flim-flam me...

So I fired up their live support, and here we go again...If they are on the up n up, I will make this my last post...Thats how confident I am that they are shady Danes...

Please wait for a site operator to respond. You are currently customer 1 in queue.
Hello, my name is Aaron Jackson. I'll be assisting you today.
Your reference ID for this chat is LTK61104926824X. If you need to contact us again in relation to this matter once we have finished chatting, please quote this ID.
Aaron Jackson: Hello Dustin.
dustin: hi there
dustin: i know u guys maintain the second attempt was declined, but i was debited for the second attempt. so either ur processor is on the scam, or you guys are not being forthwith about an error, either way, I was debited twice...
Aaron Jackson: Don't you worry.
dustin: i have two reciepts from the processor, and two corallary debits in my statement.... How hard is this to figure out?
Aaron Jackson: It is not hard at all. And the resolution is extremely simple.
dustin: then why 10 hours later am i wasting my time
Aaron Jackson: We will need you to please send us the bank statement showing the two debits. We will be able to credit you back for one of the transactions that was not credited in your gaming account.
dustin: i want it in my account on nordica
Aaron Jackson: That will not be possible as it was already declined.
dustin: i showed the lady earlier the statement
dustin: so ur gonna make me wait 10 days for the money?
Aaron Jackson: Oh right.
Aaron Jackson: I can see the statement here.
Aaron Jackson: Let me see how is the case progressing.
Aaron Jackson: Just a momnet.
dustin: u ever read my blog?
dustin: pokerscams-exposed.blogspot.com
dustin: guess what this weeks topic is?>
Aaron Jackson: I really believe.
Aaron Jackson: For the sake of a healthy conversation
Aaron Jackson: And business relationship./
Aaron Jackson: That such offensive input as "scam" is no longer mentioned.
Aaron Jackson: That couldn't be more innacurate.
dustin: I wagered 1500 usd and lost it in ur casino with 3 hours of sign up and my next re-deposit is debited from ,my card, but never credited to my account; HOW DOES THAT SPEAK OF OUR BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP???
Aaron Jackson: Let's go back to your case.
Aaron Jackson: I can see that your inquiry was sent already to our poker management investigation team.
dustin: now, i have wasted 10 plus hours, more proof that the client is a mark for u guys to use and abuse
Aaron Jackson: You will be emailed once this case is updated. I can assure you one thing, a 100%.
Aaron Jackson: If the overbilling issue is clear in your statement, you will be refunded to your card. The funds will not be added to your gaming profile.
dustin: ok, well let me assure u of one thing, whether or not its a scam or a mistake, the way u guys have handled the situation with back talk and hoops to jump thrun speaks volumes to ur valor and integrity
Aaron Jackson: This will be resolved. I guarantee that.
dustin: meanwhile, I have spent countless hours in an attempt to recoup money that in the best case scenario wont hit my account for 10 days
Aaron Jackson: You have spent around 10 hours in this and I am very sorry to read that. The case itself though, requires around 24/48 hours to be fully resolved.
dustin: any respectable site would have comped me a chip or two already, instead of accusing me of being dishonest and making me PROVE what is YOUR error
Aaron Jackson: At any point. During this, or any other communication from our staff, we have attempted not even nearly, to imply that you are dishonest.
Aaron Jackson: This is simply a protocol, needed to reimburse funds disputed.

So now we wait some more. I will tell you folks out there, one thing is for sure, 100%; scam or error; they are not taking care of this situation in an acceptable manner.

Poker Nordica Charges Me Twice

2010-05-21T18:55:00.000-07:00

FML. I thought I was playing at a reputable site. Merge has tons more traffic these days. But just because they have traffic, and therefore customers, doesn't mean they are not stupid or greedy enough to resist scamming their clients. I knew enough of their new master to know I should have realized there is not a skin on the network with a clean pair of hands.(I will write on the deceptions of Domain Holdings another day) And PokerNordica proved it today.

I made a deposit for 40 usd and lost it. So I made another one. And all this verification stuff came up. So I completed it, a phone code, I printed out the cc verification form, etc. Then went to my email and saw a link saying I needed to complete the transaction. Okay, I did that on the first deposit, makes sense. So I completed the transaction, a form needed my personal info. And then the processing screen, followed by an approval. Normally on most merge skins when you complete a deposit transaction, you get the lobby window popping up saying transaction ____ approved. But this didn't happen. So I went to my email and there was a receipt, identical to the one I had from my first deposit, and hour earlier.

After waiting awhile I emailed support@pokernordica.com. After a 15 minute wait and no response, plus no funds in my account, I checked the debit card just to be sure and searched out the pokernordica live chat... I documented the chat, and of course the receipt sent to my email and a screenshot of my debit card... Here is how it played out...A link to the complete copy of the chat is on the bottom of the page as well...

*Please wait for a site operator to respond. You are currently customer 1 in queue.

*Hello, my name is Paula Sherwood. I'll be assisting you today.

Paula Sherwood: Please hold for a moment while I look up your account...

DUSTIN: I HAVE TWO DEBITS AND TWO RECEIPTS, BUT ONLY ONCE DID THE FUNDS COME TO MY ACCT,. WTF???

Paula Sherwood: The records shows:

Paula Sherwood: Deposit ID #3051397

Paula Sherwood: 21 May 2010 16:26:16

Paula Sherwood: Approved

Paula Sherwood: $40.00

Paula Sherwood: And

Paula Sherwood: #3051403

Paula Sherwood: 21 May 2010 16:33:00

DUSTIN: JUST WAIT A MIN, ARE U SAYING I AM WRONG?

Paula Sherwood: Pending

Paula Sherwood: Correct.

Paula Sherwood: The other deposit is pending.

SURE DOESN"T SEEM LIKE A PENDING TRANSACTION ACCORDING TO THIS RECEIPT. SO I go to my netspend account...Both transactions are pending... And the money gone for both. It doesn't ring true that it would decline and debit the money...Heres what happened next...I caved and said I would send the netspend statement...

So I shipped her the statement, and she finally consented to the audit that is now underway. Do I get interest on this 40 bux? I mean, If I had used a gift card, or for some reason could not show my statement I;m SOL? This is not how the house should treat a player less than 12 hours old on the site, who has already wagered and lost over 1500 usd and whom is trying to re-deposit!! Heres the rest of it...

full text of our chit-chat

More to come real soon

Ship ur Chips with SMC(SendMyChips.com)

2010-04-25T04:40:00.000-07:00

Here is the scenario. You make ur standard Thursday depo at the site founded by the Prof. and Jesus, you know, Full Tilt; and have a pretty good night. Friday morning, ur bored at work and you need a lil Slotfather on UltimateBet to get u through the morning...Or maybe u wanna play in the great cash games the fine folks at MintedPoker offer 24/7? Two roads diverged in the yellow wood; And the jackass chose the road that led to trading on some forum, wasting a bunch of time and getting ripped off by some HyperDouche for a huge percentage or more likely; for all of the trade. Ouch! Wrong road buddy! The smart choice was the road that led to Sendmychips.com You can ship ur chip from one site to another. And its 100% safe. Obvi, there is a lil fee... But you are about to to get an offer from the Slotfather that you can't refuse, plus ur at work, so its all gravy, ur getting paid to play... (author not responsible for loss of employment) (see smc for more details) (later f0lks)

2010 Scumbag Alert! Legalexchange.blogspot

2010-03-15T05:28:00.000-07:00

Not surprising that yet another scum bag has surfaced with another illegitimate scamsite...and as often as my laziness and schedule allows, I will hunt these crooks down, expose them, and then get their host to shut em down. In the case of these morons though, my good buddies at exchangemoneyplace.com have already done the leg work...And since these idiots are operating a gambling related site for currency exchange, its a google blogspot TOS violation, so this should be easy... There is a snapshot of there homepage above so you can get a look, and avoid them like an std... If you want some proof that these scammers have been-a-scamming, take a look at the entries from emp forum...

http://www.exchangemoneyplace.com/dont-scammed/8253-legalexchange-blogspot-safe.html#post38609

Now for me to get google involved and attempt to make a transaction with these theives...As always I will get some good snapshots of chats and choice dialouge, and try to get their site off the google blogs pages my today...

e-pokerexchange.com is done

2009-11-29T22:05:00.000-08:00

Their host finally shut them down... Get this though, I am signed up with a currency exchange community, moneyexchangeplace.com, and its legit, check em out, and anyway, one of the people responding to my ad was a fellow forum member, epokerexchange@yahoo.com... So be wary, this idiot is still looking to build ur trust and rip off ur chips...

Man I love hole in WON on ThisisVegas

2009-09-28T21:23:00.000-07:00

It is my favorite slot in the whole wide interweb. You got the golf theme, which is splendid. And the expanding 'wilds' which is the tops, but then you got the skill based bonus round...Which is mini-golf! You can't shake a stick at a game like Hole In Won. And if you could, you still shouldn't! Because as far as slots go, for those internet gamers in America, there is nothing that tops i-Slots and other video slots from the kind and gentle (not to mention super talented and creative) folks at RIVAL powered casinos.

Enough of me talking up those games though, they are so fun and loose that they sell themselves. Lets talk about the Best of the RIVAL powered casinos. I my opinion, there is nowhere to start but ThisIsVegas.com. Talk about perks and friendly service! I have asked for, and recieved so many free chips there, its amazing they even answer my chats! They bend over backwards for a regular customer; even a guy like me who never deposits more than $200 a week!

ThisIsVegas has some sister casinos that are run by the same folks and these sites rock too! DaVinci'sGold is awesome. Then there is Paradise8. and last, but certainly not least with their huge no/depo new member sign-up bonus; Cocoa Casino!. Check em out!

If your a mac user, look no further than ThisIsVegas.com. And for all u vista kids, DaVinci's gold, Paradise8, and CocoaCasino will fill all of your RIVAL powered needs.

I play a lot of poker. Infact, seperating the gambles from the lock-bets is what I do for work. And this family of RIVAL powered casinos is no longshot! For a sure bet for a fun time and great chance at some big wins... Take a look and see for urself.

potthief@ymail.com

Alert Pay Refunds My Money

2009-09-28T13:41:00.000-07:00

Well, its a cold day in Palo Alto. At least for August. Its not cold at all, actually. But... Point being, Alert Pay, the internet currency intermediary that played host to E-pokerexchange.com's latest scam had approved my fraud inquiry and said I should be refunded with 4 days.

AlertPay Customer Suppor

Hello,

Thank you for contacting AlertPay's Resolutions department.

Your request for a refund has been approved and you will be reimbursed shortly. Please note that it may take 2 to 4 business days for the credited amount to appear on your credit card. We urge you to co-operate with the seller in identifying the cause of your dissatisfaction with the product/service prior to engaging in further transactions.

Thank you for your understanding.

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Thank you for choosing AlertPay! If you have any additional questions, don't forget to consult our FAQs at www.helpdesk.alertpay.com!

How great are they? And lets hope this is just the first nail in E-pokerexchange's flim-flam coffin... This is not the end though, I intend to put them out of operation or at least get their bogus webpage booted of of their current server. Like the roaches they are, they will no doubt surface elsewhere, but at least it will make them have to scurry and hide. Good Day!

-email me at potthief@ymail.com to help inform the internet poker world about any other poker-scams, and together we'll expose them.

E-pokerexchange.com IM's me back

2009-09-27T16:41:00.000-07:00

This guy is such a joke. He decides that he wants to play with me a little bit... Here is the chat we had on Sunday...

Case 1: E-pokerexchange Scams me...

2009-09-26T19:36:00.000-07:00

I play a lot of online poker, and I have been trying to find ways to fund my pokerstars account because I couldn't with the debit cards I have. So after an exhaustive online search, I found http://epokerexchange.synthasite.com/ and decided to try them out with just $20 bucks.... Well I hope my experience will be enough for everyone else to steer clear... They scammed me. And, like the donkey I am, I was dumb enough to let the scammer go thru my pstars acct... Here is a copy of our chat transcript...

potthief@ymail.com: do you sell any real funds to any poker siter by chance??
sites*
epokerexchange: Hello.
Still here? Sorry about that.
potthief@ymail.com: im here
epokerexchange: Yes, we sell real funds for pokerstars and FTP
potthief@ymail.com: cool, can i buy some pstars real
epokerexchange: Would you trust Epokerexchange to login to your account (PS) and make a deposit for you using our deposit method? We will then allow you to log back into your account, and once you see the money is there, you can send the $$ to us.??
potthief@ymail.com: ok
epokerexchange: If your pw is private/personal.. You can change it to something less revealing.
Let us know.
potthief@ymail.com: fightinduck
d08860886
i think thats the password
epokerexchange: ok.. just a sec
potthief@ymail.com: hello
what is going on
this is comforting...lol
epokerexchange: Hello.
potthief@ymail.com: hey\
hello
wtf is going on
epokerexchange: No luck depositing. i will just have to transfer to you using normal transfer funds option
potthief@ymail.com: ok.so whats the deal, u want me to alert pay the funds or what?
epokerexchange: yes..
mailto:poopybutt555@live.com is email..
potthief@ymail.com: how much should i send for 20 pstars?
epokerexchange: 22.50*
potthief@ymail.com: i sent it
the money is not in my pstarts account
epokerexchange: Okay, just a second.
i am transferring from my accountrexchange
potthief@ymail.com: look at the email i just got...

"We are writing to inform you that we have suspended your chat privilege for 3 hours as a result of your chat on 2009/09/26.

The PokerStars chat facility is intended for communication between players. Advertising, flooding/spamming, and other uses which make it difficult for players is against the Card Room Rules.
Your chat privilege will be reinstated automatically once the suspension period is over. There is no need to write to support.
Our goal at PokerStars is to be a fun place to play, where everyone can feel comfortable. Abuse and other disruptions to the games takes away from everyone's enjoyment, and therefore will not be tolerated.
We thank you for your cooperation.

Regards,
PokerStars Chat Moderation Team"

potthief@ymail.com: WTF were doing on my account????
epokerexchange: Im really sorry i thought i was logged onto my account when i did that...
I will send bonus for that, i apologize.
potthief@ymail.com: hello
HELLO
so i have been had i guess
epokerexchange: what?
potthief@ymail.com: whats going on
I dont get it
whats going on
epokerexchange: 1 sec im getting ur money
potthief@ymail.com: u mean u didnt have any pstars real funds when we started this
whats taking so long
this is making me uncomfortable, i have done many transactions with many ppl, and this kinda lack of contact and delay is usually a bad sign
'1 second' was at 654 pst, its 703 pst now
Hello
hello???
i will send this whole transcript to pstars if u dont answer me
epokerexchange has signed out.
potthief@ymail.com: scammed

Anyway, I was a complete moron for going through with it, especially after I got the TOS email from pstars, but its a small price to pay if I can put this scum bag outta business. Here is their scammer website and some IM screenames to avoid. I will keep you all updated on anything further with this cyber-scum bag...

http://epokerexchange.synthasite.com
AIM - epokerexchange
YAHOO - epokerexchange
MSN - epokerexchange@live.com

The worst part about this site is that they advertise that they are starting their site because of their distaste for scammers. Thats also a huge tell that they are scammers, but you never know... Many A legitamite work-a-day types got into their occupation because of a fraudulent transaction. Not these punks though, these are just common scumbags. See you next time.

potthief@ymail.com