full tilt account used for credit card fraud

i have been notified that let alone has my full tilt poker account been hacked, but also that my account was used as a way to deposit money from a stolen credit card, full tilt were notified of the stolen credit card and have tried to retrieve the funds from my account, which are obviously no longer there. so now the heat is on me, i haven't actively used my full tilt account since near the end of last year if memory serves correct, however there are deposits from mid march up until last week. has anyone else ever had similar event occur to them, if so, what was the outcome??

They should be able to tell by the IP address if it was you or not.
I don't think you have anything to worry about.

i tried logging in to my account to check the transactions but login has been blocked, i imagine for my own protection, but now no one in my house can access their accounts, i think full tilt have blocked my current IP address, i do hope they sort it out soon

How many people in your house play at FTP?

WVHillbilly said:

How many people in your house play at FTP?

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Add to the above, How many people in your house have access to your account.

gothica090 said:

but also that my account was used as a way to deposit money from a stolen credit card

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Let me get this straight. Someone used a stolen credit card to deposit into your account, and then transferred it? Or cashed out?? I mean how are your funds no longer there??? If it was a transfer, FT will certainly know to whom. If it was a cashout, well...was your addressed changed? And FT would be aware of this too, certainly in their records.

Did you ask them if you have hand histories during that time? If it was done from a different computer, you will not have the HH on yours. Lastly, I too would like to know not only who else has access to your computer, but do you have auto-login? Or do your kids know (or have seen you type) the password?

PooffyFooffy said:

They should be able to tell by the IP address if it was you or not.
I don't think you have anything to worry about.

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Don't think so. You can go to anyone's computer and play, deposit, etc., can't you?

Divebitch said:

Don't think so. You can go to anyone's computer and play, deposit, etc., can't you?

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Well, yes, I was thinking more along the lines if the password was hacked and account logged in from a completely different area of the world.
This now is taking a somewhat different turn I think.

So are you saying OTHERS in your house played on Full Tilt? From your computer?

gothica090 said:

i have been notified that let alone has my full tilt poker account been hacked, but also that my account was used as a way to deposit money from a stolen credit card, full tilt were notified of the stolen credit card and have tried to retrieve the funds from my account, which are obviously no longer there. so now the heat is on me, i haven't actively used my full tilt account since near the end of last year if memory serves correct, however there are deposits from mid march up until last week. has anyone else ever had similar event occur to them, if so, what was the outcome??

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is gothica090 the account name that got hacked?
do you use wifi?
just wondering because a couple things dont add up.
a little more detail info plz.

sorry for the late reply. fulltilt did send me full dossier of every single deposit, transfer, game bought into and cashed out of etc, there were no cashouts or transfers, just games played on my account when i was not using it. through my own investigation in this i have deduced that a laptop that was stolen from me is the only explenation as this had auto log-in saved on most sites as i was the only user on it. what i dont understand is the reasoning behind using my account to deposit funds into, and then play them, rather than transfer them, in my opinion, i think whoever has used my account to deposit the funds into has realised this, so just decided to keep them there/ gamble them away. fulltilt and myself are still looking into the matter and i will try to keep as up to date on here with the current situation. thank you all for you replies and inputs, they are much appreciated.

how do you not notice that a laptop has been stolen from you?

i mean, do you have dozens of them lying around or something?

Oh crap! This isn't my laptop, this is a couch cushion! Where the hell did my laptop go?

How come these stories always and only come from ppl with less than 5 post's?

Vfranks said:

How come these stories always and only come from ppl with less than 5 post's?

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I believe it's usually their first post. Unless I'm wrong, most poker players are not part of any poker forums - they don't know what they're missing. Once something "interesting" happens to them, they try to find a way to hear from others with similar stories, or perhaps someone to commiserate with them, if not give them advice.

It would be great if they stuck around once the issue is resolved to become valued, contributing members. But I wouldn't count on it.

Vfranks said:

How come these stories always and only come from ppl with less than 5 post's?

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Cause they have more laptops than posts

I'm assuming the laptop was stolen a while ago and possible poker fraud did nt occur to the user at the time.

the lab man said:

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Cause they have more laptops than posts

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This made my day lol

lol....2funny

when i moved house last year somehow amongst the move my laptop went missing, it was broke at the time so i thought nothing along the lines of fraud could occur, but full tilt said my account was accessed from a point of log in i have used before, which leads me to believe that the laptop i lost may of been left in my old house and someone has got it working again. it sounds far fetched, but at this moment in time im willing to acknowledge any option available to me to try and get this matter resolved. if i only i was in a situation where i could lose a laptop and not notice it had gone due my piles and piles of them haha. again, thank you for your feedback and il will keep this up to date as much as i can

gothica090 said:

there were no cashouts or transfers, just games played on my account when i was not using it. through my own investigation in this i have deduced that a laptop that was stolen from me is the only explenation as this had auto log-in saved on most sites as i was the only user on it. what i dont understand is the reasoning behind using my account to deposit funds into, and then play them, rather than transfer them, in my opinion, i think whoever has used my account to deposit the funds into has realised this, so just decided to keep them there/ gamble them away..

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Duh. hehehehe

gothica090 said:

when i moved house last year somehow amongst the move my laptop went missing, it was broke at the time so i thought nothing along the lines of fraud could occur, but full tilt said my account was accessed from a point of log in i have used before, which leads me to believe that the laptop i lost may of been left in my old house and someone has got it working again. it sounds far fetched....

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The plot thickens. Far fetched indeed. First you say the laptop was stolen, then you just....left it?

Why would someone commit a felony from their own IP address? I mean, why not drag the repaired laptop to a Starbucks? Well, if the culprit is dumb enough to not be able to figure out in 2 months time that he can't withdraw, guess he's dumb enough to commit credit card fraud from his home.

How far away did you move? Seems it wouldn't be too difficult to find out who lives there now. I mean, you sold it to 'em, didn't you? If you use 'house' and 'apartment' interchangeably, still shouldn't be hard to find him.

Also hard to imagine that the culprit would assume you'd not be logging in for months at a time. So if it's not too personal, how much money did you have in there? FWIW, Full Tilt is not responsible. I wouldn't expect to see a dime. But I don't know how you 'miss' a computer with sensitive information, and not 1) try to get it back immediately, and 2) change all your passwords as a precaution - broken or not.

credit card fraud

Don't most sites send you a verifying email when you deposit or cash out? Seems like this would have been discovered almost immediately.

If you moved your house last year wouldn't the computer still be in it? Did someone steal your house too? (Ha ha) I don't think you can have it both ways. It's either left or stolen. I also find it strange that someone would steal a credit card just to play poker with no profit. Lots of questions. Hope you get the answers and share them with us.

For those who don't understand how this works: when you steal a credit card, you need to find a way to turn that stolen cc into money without getting caught red-handed while using it.

poker sites are a convenient way to do that. you deposit using the stolen card, either transfer money to another account, dump chips to another account, or go to 2+2 transfer thread to swap money on another site with another player, maybe even repeat that a couple of times until the money gets to an account where you can legitimately withdraw it. If you have neteller or something similar, withdrawing is immediate so you can get your funds out of the system before the credit card fraud is discovered. Bingo.

Sounds like you got a whole lotta shenanagan's going on in the homestead. So glad i don't have your problems. Fraud is punishable, and should be.