My account was illegally entered into...

ErnieSIrwin · #1 02-04-2006, 05:26 PM

Hey all,

My party poker account was hacked into, and a $6,000 deposit made on my credit. Immediately after, the money was lost to another account.

I call Party up today, and they tell me they will do what they can, but I might end up owing the money.

In which case, I say "[censored] you."

Does anyone here have similar stories, or know what could happen?

I closed my bank account (before the transaction processed) so that my account wouldn't be negatively charged the 6 grand.

Say they can't recover the money and they try to pin it on me.

What can Party Poker do if I don't pay?

-Ernie S. Irwin

Rick305 · #2 02-04-2006, 07:56 PM

what type of payment method lets someone deposit 6000 in your account without the money being taken out of your bank account in real time?

further if you dont pay they surely will freeze your pp account, but ofther tan that nothing will happen to you

ErnieSIrwin · #3 02-05-2006, 12:27 AM

PP was linked to my bank account, and for some reason I guess they just figured I keep a lot in it -- even though I'm a fresh out of college 19 year old.

...right.

Anyways, yeah my PP account is frozen, and they are conducting an "investigation".

Whatever. As far as I am concerned, they can [censored] themselves. I looked through their little agreement, and it mentions nothing of legal action in those regards, so I'm probably fine.

-Ernie S. Irwin

mbishop · #4 02-05-2006, 04:02 AM

Just curious, which method links directly to your bank account? I've only ever used Neteller, which requires a PIN to be entered when making a deposit.

Nomad84 · #5 02-05-2006, 05:30 AM

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Just curious, which method links directly to your bank account? I've only ever used Neteller, which requires a PIN to be entered when making a deposit.

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Sounds like IGMPay to me.

TheJunkyardGod · #6 02-05-2006, 05:46 PM

You'll probably have collection agencies looking for you soon enough. My friend lost a ton and then cancelled his bank account before the transaction could go through the next day.

Nothing happened but almost a year later he recieved a letter that if he didnt pay his balance (plus fines) he would be charged with Check Fraud.

I would do what you can to prove that this was in fact NOT YOU who made this deposit and lost the money. I suppose if you can get hand histories to look at collusion or something would help.