It's time for the books to protect our info!!!!

[joe blow]

Man i was away all weekend.Read a few forums[this is the only one i post at]And it seems to me that if a scammer can get all my info from a book.How can i [we] feel safe with a large amt of funds in it.I always figured that my money in my chris acct was almost as safe as a bank,,not anymore.Now i am worried that someone can get into my netteller acct.Am i the only one worried
I noticed that nothing was mentioned about this in this forum,is this a subject i should not of posted about???

The guy told the forum owner how much he had in all his accts
It freaked me out
What do you guys think??????

[SBR_John]

Its a terrible problem I agree. I can tell you we handle 100's of complaints a month and malicious stolen idenity complaints come up about 3 times a year. But certainly the potential is there and we may have only scratched the surface.

[Bill Dozer]

There are new security concerns because of the poker boom and chip dumping. In theory, crooks have a way to funnel someone's money out of their account. But, a player shouldn't be cheated this way from a good book. Theses site are expected to have IP reporting, records of a computer name (like you see in an email header), a GUID sw barcode, and of course, hand history.

I know a lot of players won't use the 'ewallets' to go to affiliated poker rooms or casinos. They use a different site for each purpose just to eliminate the potential for headaches.

You don't have to worry about Neteller because the book never gets the security info on their system. The form you type passcodes in is from Neteller's system. I've never heard of an unauthorized charge by Neteller or even a player try to fraudulently claim there was one. There are also safeguards to protect bank deposits and credit cards. I believe US banks by law, can't hold you responsible for unauthorized charges beyond $50 and most of us are aware how the player's credit card deposit isn't official for six months or until he/she signs documents.

That said, it still creates issues and I'm not saying it should be downplayed. The First Fidelity fraud thread was a perfect example. A player scored a password at one book and used it to access an account at another site. We could and do end up on marketing lists and then there is the core issue that some joker has knowledge of you and your account.

Security is another good reason to use an accountable third party like Neteller and to maintain independant passwords for each account.

[DamianDunlap]

my neteller has been hack two times. they correct the problem, but it took a few days. Long as u have under paid workers and greedy people , your stuff will never be safe, u just have to keep checking your info

[Bill Dozer]

my neteller has been hack two times. they correct the problem, but it took a few days. Long as u have under paid workers and greedy people , your stuff will never be safe, u just have to keep checking your info

Hi Damian,

I would assume your info was obtained on your end or by low tech meand such as emailed info? Could you elaborate on what happened and how?

[joe blow]

So mostly it's the clerks that steal your info and sell your info to other books???Is that the reason i have been getting alot of e-mails from books that i never heard of???
One thing i don't understand is how a guy like that ak was able to get info on how many accts you have and can tell you how much you have in each book and he even posted peeps last bets there?
Seems to me there's more to it than one or two clerks selling your name....I assumed he was able to log on to peeps accts everywhere...How is that possible???