Dmitriy_rus7
Visionary
Platinum Level
pokerstars doesn't need your $1800Dear CardsChat Members,
I decided writing a post here, as well as in every Pokerstars related forum, because I am right now victim of an embarassingly kafkaesque situation with Pokerstars Support.
I have been Pokerstars.com player for more than 15 years, I am from Italy but I lived most of my life traveling around the world, mostly by playing poker, online and non. I am currently registered in Kazakhstan, where I have my residency.
In December 2023 I started a solo trip in South East Asia going from Indonesia to Thailand and then to Cambodia, where I am at the moment.
In December 2023 I deposited few times on Pokerstars, played some tournaments, always lost and therefore never managed to cash out. All good.
In January 2024, present month, I started using the exchange feature of the Sport/Betting session on Pokerstars.com, betting on Asia Cup of football, African Cup of football and cricket games which I all sporadically follow. I managed to turn my initial deposit of 150$ to something around 1800$.
I requested a first deposit of 370$ on the 20th of January 2024. My account immediately got frozen.
I have been informed that I am subject to investigation in order to prevent fraudulent activities and therefore I am asked to provide utilty bills or bank account statement from my current location, which was Thailand until few days ago and now is Cambodia.
After clarifiying my situation with Pokerstars, informing in details about my movements, all holiday related, I sent so far:
- PDF receipts of all my flight tickets
- PDF statements of all my stays in Jakarta, Bangkok and Phnom Penh made on Airbnb, Hotels.com and Expedia
- Full picture of my passport
- Full pictures of all the visas I got entering/exiting Indonesia, Thailand and Cambodia
- My american express statement showing my residency address as shown on my Pokerstars account
I made clear that since I am renting hotels and airbnb I CANNOT have an electricity bill in Thai or in Khmer in my name. Yet, I am now threatened to have all my funds confiscated and my account frozen because I cannot provide the required documentation.
I don't know anymore how to get out from this situation. The Pokerstars Support automatically closes my chat when I try reaching them via the website. I need a sort of advice or explanation for any possible course of action I should take in order to fix this issue.
I didn't steal anything from anyone, I didn't use any VPN service, I didn't collude with any other players or used criminal softwares. I have just been betting on worldwide huge events followed by millions or billions of people. I have absolutely no idea whatsoever on what I am presently investigated for. Therefore I don't know anymore what to do.
I hope someone is kind enough to help me out in this.
Regards
if you've been playing there for more than 15 years, you've probably already gone through account verification, but your constant movements around different countries most likely aroused their suspicion and that’s normal.
This is a normal account verification and the sooner you provide them with the documents they ask you for, the faster you will get access to your money