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Originally Posted by ih8pocketas
I recently had 2 unauthorized transactions over a 6 days span hit my account. After 2 days and about 6 attempts at calling the number, i finally got a hold of somebody who informed me it was a "glitch" in their system and they will reverse the charges. Took about 2 days got got my money credited back.
Sounds like the type of scam that has been around with credit cards for a long time. Protection for CCs is much stronger nowadays, but I got a $12.95 charge from some RandomInternetCompany.com a few years back. The website was full of air, but had a # that I called, left a nasty voicemail, and the charge was eventually reversed.
So they've got a phone #, they've got somebody who
eventually might answer a phone and reverse your specific charges. A lot of people won't notice it though, and a lot of people won't make a huge effort, and they profit off of those people. Looks like this is a pretty damn ballsy operation though.
FTP needs to address this immediately. I don't know how they can do it without freaking out the poker community at large. Send emails to every customer telling them they need to get a new bank account? It would be worse for poker than UIGEA.
And how could PokerStars even avoid the backlash? Might be a small boon at first where FTP degens move there, but overall the poker community will be hurt.
This is bad.