pirsephone
New Member
I recently started gambling online and realized very quickly how dangerous it is and how financially vulnerable you are when you give your info to an online casino.
Anyway, let me explain why I'm asking for your help. The site I was gambling on offered "online checks," and I chose that option to deposit, since my bank card no longer accept online casino purchases to be made on it. I provided them with all my information, they did a credit check, and I wrote a couple of online checks. Then, a few days later, I found out that my bank account had been debited like 5 times for each check I actually wrote, for the same amount! They had tried to take almost 2,000 dollars! Luckily, I didn't have more than $500.00 in my account at that time, so most of the checks were declined. They continued to try and debit my account. I called my bank and told them that i hadn't authorized those charges, and my bank refunded my money after I filed the claim. They also blocked that company from making additional charges to my account. However, about a month later, the casino resubmitted about $700.00 in debits (they merely added the word "redeposit" to their business name, and got around the "block" my bank had against them. I had to file another dispute and the bank will be refunding my money today.
Now, I'm getting these scary emails from: "Manager, gametime casino" Titled: "Jail Time" (!)
Here is the body of the last email:
"We have turned over your account to a check collection agency. You must know
the seriousness in writing BAD checks!!
We have the most elaborate fraud protection on the internet. We can not
only tell what computer the deposit was made from, but the IP address, the
ISP that it ran through, and the ISP user account the person was logged in
as (i.e., aol.com, screen name). Equifax has their own fraud protection
they will use as well.
We take this fraud very serious and will prosecute whoever to the fullest
extent of the law.
Please email me with whatever questions you might have."
I have no idea what to do. I can't believe the GALL of these people. True, I ended up stopping payment on all the charges--even the six that I had actually made, but that was because they had attempted to defraud me!
Do I need to hire an attorney? I'm very angry and frightened that they are
trying to make me pay for their own fraudulent charges...
Do you have any advice for me?
Can they lie and say I made charges that I didn't make? Am i going to go to jail?
thank you.

Anyway, let me explain why I'm asking for your help. The site I was gambling on offered "online checks," and I chose that option to deposit, since my bank card no longer accept online casino purchases to be made on it. I provided them with all my information, they did a credit check, and I wrote a couple of online checks. Then, a few days later, I found out that my bank account had been debited like 5 times for each check I actually wrote, for the same amount! They had tried to take almost 2,000 dollars! Luckily, I didn't have more than $500.00 in my account at that time, so most of the checks were declined. They continued to try and debit my account. I called my bank and told them that i hadn't authorized those charges, and my bank refunded my money after I filed the claim. They also blocked that company from making additional charges to my account. However, about a month later, the casino resubmitted about $700.00 in debits (they merely added the word "redeposit" to their business name, and got around the "block" my bank had against them. I had to file another dispute and the bank will be refunding my money today.
Now, I'm getting these scary emails from: "Manager, gametime casino" Titled: "Jail Time" (!)
Here is the body of the last email:
"We have turned over your account to a check collection agency. You must know
the seriousness in writing BAD checks!!
We have the most elaborate fraud protection on the internet. We can not
only tell what computer the deposit was made from, but the IP address, the
ISP that it ran through, and the ISP user account the person was logged in
as (i.e., aol.com, screen name). Equifax has their own fraud protection
they will use as well.
We take this fraud very serious and will prosecute whoever to the fullest
extent of the law.
Please email me with whatever questions you might have."
I have no idea what to do. I can't believe the GALL of these people. True, I ended up stopping payment on all the charges--even the six that I had actually made, but that was because they had attempted to defraud me!
Do I need to hire an attorney? I'm very angry and frightened that they are
trying to make me pay for their own fraudulent charges...
Do you have any advice for me?
Can they lie and say I made charges that I didn't make? Am i going to go to jail?
thank you.
