you see how much hassle it is dealing with an organisation like this? i don't know why they are targeting me, i have no relation to pokerstars as a business or know anyone personally who works in that organisation. all i can see is that i have obviously had my identity stolen and nothing they accuse me of makes sense. firstly i'm going to report this to someone higher up the chain to get more answers. obviously i will not be the one losing my deposit money here and i will fight until i get my funds back.

it has got to be the first time in my life i've ever been caught in a scam like this, i would advise anyone to think twice about online poker. you never know what is being done with your money, all you can see is a dollar figure in your account balance which is just a pixel coded by a programmer. i am convinced that this whole operation is a scam and i would go as far as to say a ponzi scheme.

realy frustating situation

b) at this point, i don't know what to believe, the fact that pocketfives banned me after i posted on twoplustwo makes me believe that all these poker sites have affiliations with pokerstars, its pretty obvious given their all promoting bonuses for these sites. therefore there is already a conflict of interest
c) i know what the truth is, and the truth is that i have been a victim of fraud and pokerstars have the wrong person. i admit, they might be basing it on incomplete information they have to come to that conclusion, but what made me suspicious from the start was the fact that they accepted my funds and CLEARED it from my bank account before making these accusations. do you see how a player would feel manipulated from this action, particularly when i had confirmation from one of their rep saying "you are entitled for an increase in deposit" that is what makes me angry and feel scammed

I know the pain. I was accused by eBay for being linked to some account from NY. I don't even know anyone in NY. They basically made it so I could not sell anything anymore. Even though I had sold for years with a pretty flawless history. Yet I could still buy stuff. I gave up on the fight but luckily I did not have money that I was standing to lose. I don't know how these companies link people but sometimes they are wrong. The biggest problem is trying to defend yourself. They cite things like privacy that make it difficult to determine if you know the person.

Well played, Stars.

[x] Same mailing address as a banned colluder.
[x] Same technical resources (which I take to mean computer ID and IP address).

If Stars have got this wrong, it would be a huge failure. I don't think they've got it wrong.

Was this a previous account of yours, here? chuong nguyen

This one too?

http://forumserver.twoplustwo.com/members/338057/

Also its pretty strange that this P5s account was updated about 30 hours ago, when it had no activity in months:

http://www.pocketfives.com/profiles/surv1val/

that money goes into promos right?

thanks op

Make a small deposit, grind it up and cash out -> Deposit the maximum possible -> complain that they won't even let you make a living. Seems like a legit progression.

I mean, there's no chance you created a fake account, deposited small, played a bit and cashed out to check if you could get away with it before putting more funds at risk, right?

Presumably edited by Pocket Fives' admins, since it now says "Real name: Multi-accounter on PokerStars."

Under "Stream":

I'll be sad if OP decides not to come back and keep digging the hole he's already got himself in.

Great read

Needs a "to be continued" tag

lol

So if it's $150 to attract a new player (is that figure still accurate?) that means stars can attract like 6 - 7 new players thanks to OP.

oh dear