My friend got this email this morning...he is a 2/4 and 3/6 heads up regular. The part in bold makes me think they are targeting mid-high stakes HU players. Their website makes them look like they're part of the Merge Network (Carbon Poker among others). The bad beat jackpot amount and the # of players currently online never changes. Obviously do not download anything from their website and if you choose to visit the website I would clear your temporary files.

Dear xxxxxx,

This is Larry Fry and i am the administrator of "alley poker" (don't go there) .After a review of your player nickname "xxxxxx" in various poker sites, we decide that your eligible for a sponsorship deal here at "alley poker" (dont go there)

As you may already know, Alley Poker is a new poker room established in 2008. We have an average of 2.500 players online during the day, and about 4.500 during the night. We are trying to get more players to our card room by offering this kind of deals to the poker professionals.

What you get with my sponsorship offer:

* Your Alley Poker account will be credited with $25,000 and an extra $5,000 per month.

* One Hundred "100%" percent of the profits you generate while playing on our site will be yours.

* The first contract will be valid for 6 months.

Requirements:

* You will need to play at least 2 times per week and a minimum of 400 hands "1600 hands per month".

* Your allowed to play only the following stakes 5/10 , 10/20 , 25/50 Heads up games.

To accept this sponsorship deal please follow the instructions below:

1) Visit "alley poker" (dont go there)
2) Download the poker client and register an account under the username "xxxxxx".
4) After your registration is complete please reply back to xx@xx.xxx so i can setup the contract and credit your account.

We will be glad to have you as a player in our poker room. If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact me at xx@xx.xxx

Sincerely,
Larry Fry
Administrator

i would edit links, maybe some1 missclicks, that would be nasty lol

*You're

Scammers are good at grammar, imo.

[x] scam attempt
[ ] elaborate

u should take this deal before they offer it to someone else

early bird gets the worm

the website is pretty elaborate

if somebody wants the links edited out they will have to contact a mod and edit my OP as well as quote above

If its too good to be true...

whats the scam? i don't get it...

ok so that executable is a keylogger or something, got it

ya they dont show up on pokerscout.com as a skin of any major network or anything. it is a pretty elaborate website. they should have gotten a better domain though imo, alley-poker.com sets off some warning bells.

back-alley-poker.com?

They have the Kahnawake logo at the bottom of their site but if you reference Kahnawake's site Alley-Poker.com isn't listed a permit holder.

this.

why hasn't a mod removed the links again?

i just DL seems fine havent got my 25k yet thou

mod edit: hopefully you didn't actually dl this, it's a scam / phising attempt to try and get your personal info to break into your account.
Do NOT take this as a sign of the site's security. - Surf

pretty elaborate. just look at their Ts&Cs

Street-Poker.com imo

i hope you are joking...

o hai there