I got one of those last week, BigDaddy.
Did it strike you as an offer from a new Intertops skin, by any chance? The Deutsche Post imprint on the envelope, paper stock and font used are all identical to mailers I've received from Intertops for the past decade. Since I'd heard through the grapevine that Intertops is considering closing its doors to new U.S.-based accounts after March Madness, I thought this might be their way of shuttling current U.S. account holders to a new skin to limit potential negative exposure to their primary brand, a la CRIS moving U.S. customers to their Bookmaker skin some years ago.
I suppose in the alternative, someone involved with Intertops' direct mail campaigns went rogue (pardon the pun) and decided to try a direct mail impersonation either to steal deposits or, more alarmingly, personal info and CC numbers. You have to admit the $25 no-deposit bonus smacks of a phishing scheme, although I doubt that will deter the likes of Zeta, Patty and RyanLeaf from hounding them to receive it anyway.
I'm giving Intertops the benefit of the doubt because they've always treated me right and have such a pristine reputation among the offshores, but I'd greatly appreciate hearing an official response from them about this. At best they have a security breach, at worst they've sold their customer info to a very questionable outfit, which might indicate an upcoming move to close all U.S. based accounts in the future, rather than just turn away new business. Or maybe this really is a new skin of theirs as I posited above, although after 16 years in operation I'd think them far too savvy to acquire an already tarnished brand name for that purpose.
Either way, I think there's information behind all this which it behooves us to uncover. The AllYouBet website claims they operate out of the BVI, while Intertops operates out of Antigua, and yet there's an obvious common bond here. I still have my contact with the Antiguan Directorate of Offshore Gaming from when I exposed BetRevolution's fraudulent licensing claims, I'll give him a call tomorrow and see if their office can work with Intertops to get to the bottom of this and report back.