Comments on: Avoiding Online Poker Scams

By: bj moore

bj moore — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 18:12:07 +0000

full tilt an all the rest are total scams people call raises only a pure moron call an ends up winning . an the % of these bad beats leave you with know chance of ever winning money in the long run. yes you may win even a few thousand dollars, but if you dont withdraw they will get it back plus more. then try an go to a forum an let people know. thell try an make you seem like a cry baby even stupid . an if you get past that point an they know your a player by the stuff your writeing they will banned you . rounders radio does the same thing . you go to the radio chat room an start talking bad beats youll be kicked out or even banned. mr ace jones will try an make you look stupid .but he knows he work for a online site yrs ago. an who knows he still might. ace has his listeners brain washed .im i right on or im i really just a bad player???????? lol

By: Arto

Arto — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:11:27 +0000

I played on Bodog poker yesterday, and was quite suprised when I tried to take my money out. Impossible!!!! It´s a fucking SCAM!!! I have mailed them a 100 times – no answer!!! They will rip you off for chump change even! Don´t ever deposit any money what so ever at BODOG POKER. It´s a guaranteed fraud! They will never give you your winning or even the money you deposited!!!!! A LOT of people have this experience!!! I have never had any problems at FTP, Partypoker, Titan, Ladbrokes . . . .

By: poker rakeback

poker rakeback — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:53:59 +0000

I have come across a lot a scams in this online poker games.We must really have to keep our eyes wide opened against these ones.

By: Trixies7s

Trixies7s — Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:45:05 +0000

US players beware of FTP! It is nearly impossible to get your deposited money back from them. I tried canceling a deposit, they said no. I tried retrieving my money via their site, it wouldn’t let me. Told them I was disputing the charge with my cc company as a result, they threatened to ruin my credit, and take legal action, etc. Total BS of course, and my cc company ruled in my favor on the dispute. If you use a credit card, the merchant name they use to process the “deposit” is INTERNET SALES and the category is Merchandise. It makes it much tougher to fight because then they are claiming that you actually bought something. I never played a single hand, and they never gave me anything, but they did expect to keep my money anyway, and reiterated this in several emails. They are in France (supposedly) which means it could be more challenging to go after them legally. Based on all of the posts I’ve read on FTP, one would be wise to avoid this scam completely. I hope they do get shut down.

By: cc1

cc1 — Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:53:07 +0000

I was playing online for years, and the scam finally caught me. I was transferred $1700 for 1000, thougt it was good since I receieved the monies first, and since the site was kicking my butt. I figured why not. The site then froze my account and are investigating me for fraud. Prior to this I have invested over $20,000 in this site over the last 4 years, legally. I also, had qualifed for an important chip leader freeroll, based on points for a periord of 6 weeks. The site UB also suspened me from participating. Dont know what to do. but online poker is fun, and yes I feel that something is going on behind the scene

By: ceo full tilt poker

ceo full tilt poker — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 22:17:56 +0000

thanks for your money keep it comming mugs

By: DDAY813

DDAY813 — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 19:03:10 +0000

absolute/ub are a scam as well i bought in for 200 bucks got up to 400 very easly and cashed out original 200 after that point i could not win a hand to save my life i have heard ppl ,talk around the site saying the same has happened to them as well i lost the other 200 and deposited the 200 back in won 150 ontop and cashed it out once again could not win until i lost original buy in and redeposited the 200 then started to win again this is over the course of a year. i also signed up for rake back and could not win until i was sent denial from rake back then the cards came back around the loses where unbelieveable AA vs 45 flop come A 2 8 turn 3 river 6 i pushed all in on flop player calls with gut shot? that is just one example of many hands that ended that way until denial was sent to me from rake back

By: kellyseye

kellyseye — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 10:10:18 +0000

offline poker scams have bin around for donkey years card fixin 2 markin cards always more than one in on the scam,one scam where a few lads were ask did they want 2come over for a game of poker Â£50 buy-in,b4 the lads turn up for the game the 2 scamers wen’t out 2 nearbye shop to buy every pack of cards that the shop had,then they opened 2packs of cards very carefuly and marked 2 of the decks of cards very well,they put the cards back in and seal them up just same way they got them, and brought em back 2 the same shop,walked in 2 the shop put em back on the shelf without no one seeing a thing,back 2 the house were the lads turn up 4 the game of poker”guess what?”the scamers” they dont have any cards, 8 ppl no cards ,2 scammers say hey there,s a shop 5 mins down the road,so one fella says ok ill go and get some cards back comes the man with the pack of marked cards from the shop sealed and not even opened”so they think”but the 2scamers only kn 2well,who won the game? lol,Â£400 1st prize not a bad nites work for the 2 scammers. thats only one of many scams that have happend 2 ppl, there’s fixed betting going on everywhere from horse racing to football + dogs slots and casino,thoes poker and casino sites a making a alot of money out of ppl’s accounts money that you worked hard 4, about 70% 2 the house/ 30% to the player,its always the house who comes out on top, the more money thats in flow and less taken out of the site the better off for them,your money is only another mans loss, you’ll get your turn but you wont win more than you should no matter what the odds say they are or how well you kn the game of poker. a real game of poker can go on all nite-well a few hours with good players at the table/than ya have the online cartoon poker that end with in less than hour becoz?A.good vs poor?/B.coz 3 or more players each time gettin gr8 hands from the dealer?C.or the longer a game goes on the less money a player is goin 2 spen’t on poker site?.con men are everywhere poker sites chat rooms e-mail lotto scams home mailing scams all over the net,they’ll lick an trick your ass he or her will make you feel bad about not givin it 2 them they will go as low as it goes 2 get what they want off you,no one should ever kn your personal or bank info, thoes kind of ppl will take an rob what you have at the drop of a hat” to late then ,the whole internet are full of con men and scams alike, ppl just have to be up 2them beware.

By: ian holden

ian holden — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 05:02:02 +0000

tulltilt is a joke iv never seen such crap, mid and low pairs beating pocket q’s and aces more than 50%, in one matrix tourn i seen q’s beat 5 times in the space of 4 mins by poo , iv played and beat pro’s, but i have a phat feeling that these sites have office blocks filled with computers and players robbing us all blind, oh and stay clear of pitbullpoker don’t signup and DON’T give them any phone number, u will be tormented by computer voice phone calls telling you you’v won stuff, just press 9 to claim wich probobly costs you a large sum eather way its not wanted, my advice is to play v small buyin tourns with large amount of players in or play headsup for medium to low stake, play for the game not for the cash, i think the most evil online scam is the 6 seater sit n goes, where 5 of the players are talking to each other on free weekend mobiles, lets say we have a group of 100 split into 20 groups of 5, as soon as they have made about $500 between them they leave 1 by 1, then the [sorter] aka the player alocater then mixes up the groups with players who havnt played with eachother that day if this is done right i can see no reason why each person carnt make $1000 a day, u could work 9 months out of the year the other 3 months you could spend on the moon from BUSTERSLUGDOG

By: dave

dave — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 20:27:44 +0000

Who has sat at a table and had people call them to the river with nothing more than two overs…im talkin big bets…bets you make to GET THEM OUT. It has happened to me ALOT…another thing is when the board reads 10, J, Q, K, 8 or something along those lines, you know damn well that player is holding a low pocket pair…you make your move…he calls without batting an eyelash…strange??? So i started taking names of players who make uncanny calls…my belief are these “people” play for the site, if in fact they are even real people. It would be FAR FAR FAR too easy for the site to create numerous users who take your $$ all day long…am i right or am i wrong???

I have emailed the site about a few of these names…i never hear a single response back…i play at sportsbook.com…i try not to play poker too much and when i do i dont expect to get rich, just to kill time…i use the site for NFL picks…which they havent found a way to rig….YET.

I am just curious as to what you all might think about my theory…could that be true?