Absolute poker locked my acct and took my money

[oober]

Keep comunicatin with them and find out exactly what they mean by "fraudulant" activity.... This seems odd with what you have explained so far.

[Nick-Zack]

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If they are loosing money due to payment processors' fees I do not mind they charge me for it. Maybe 2% of 5% of my deposits. But not 50% or 100%.

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They are in the business of collecting rakes from people playing poker. If you are depositing for reasons other than playing poker don't expect them to be happy with you.

[Bagalya]

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They are in the business of collecting rakes from people playing poker. If you are depositing for reasons other than playing poker don't expect them to be happy with you.


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As I said I was going to play. I did not cashout the full amount, my friend did not cash out at all. Yes, I may have deposited more than I needed and took some back.

Is that a crime? If yes, how about denying my cashout until I play X number of raked hands instead of doing what they did?

[Guthrie]

When will people learn that poker sites are not banks where you can deposit money for a few days, write checks to friends, then withdraw what's left at your convenience?

[Rainbow Warrior]

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My friend also had his account closed and money confiscated. Interestingly, he got the same reasoning from them "is linked to other accounts that were involved in suspicious and/or fraudulent activity".

I did not transfer money to anyone else, neither did he. We know each other personally and live nearby. He never cashed out from AP. He also did not get a chance to play much. We never sat at the same table.

I can't think of what we violated. At least, the reasoning they gave us is bogus: accounts locked for being linked to one another.

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I've seen this thread a hundred times. Most are first time posters. OP is guilty until proven o/wise. Heavily odds-on.

About 95% of them end up with a convicted OP who gave incomplete or altered info to us looking for sympathy or outs.

You maybe thought this was Absolute S+L?
Absolute doesn't take action on a whim.

So what was it? Really? Collusion, multiple accounts, chip-dumping, the 'friend' who cheats with others using money you sent him, credit card fraud...what have I missed?


Skeptical me...Rainbow...

[Borgland]

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When will people learn that poker sites are not banks where you can deposit money for a few days, write checks to friends, then withdraw what's left at your convenience?

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If it's not cheating or fraud then that is more than likely the reason why. They dont like being manipulated.

Try calling them.

[cardcounter0]

So former neteller user. Spreads money around a bunch of poker sites. Drops a couple grand on Absolute. Transfers money to friend who also uses neteller. Opens click-to-pay account.

Yet, this is the first time he has posted on 2+2.

I don't know why, but something just seems to make me think we aren't getting the whole story here.

[tendog]

the fees are not the only reason sites dont want to be used as money transfer services. alot of other legal reasons.

i dont think they should take your funds though without another reason.

people do need to be careful though about transfering funds to pokersites and not actually playing any poker.

[StellarWind]

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When will people learn that poker sites are not banks where you can deposit money for a few days, write checks to friends, then withdraw what's left at your convenience?

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Nothing in OP's story even remotely justifies locking the account.

[Bagalya]

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When will people learn that poker sites are not banks where you can deposit money for a few days, write checks to friends, then withdraw what's left at your convenience?

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Repeat. I did not withdraw what was left. And my friend did not withdraw anything at all.

Maybe I deposited a bit more than I really need it. But does it constitute a ground for confiscating the money.