PartyPoker.com --> Beware of Gift Certificates

I was a preferred (documented / ID verified) player in Partypoker.com for a month or so. I started out my account by depositing $5. Later on I won a sweepstakes at www.threepair.com and won a partypoker.com gift certificate of $20.

Just a week ago I was unable to login to partypoker.com. They told me that the gift certificate is purchased fraudulently and all accounts that redeemed those certificates are closed, all the funds are forfeited, and permantly barred from all casinos and pokerooms operated using the iGlobalMedia software. The customer service refuse to reopen my account (without the funds from the gift certificate) despite i am a preferred player. :( :( :(

So next time when someone send you a gift certificate, make sure you know where it comes from, or better yet, discard it.

PartyPoker.com should also put a warning on those scams to other players, as well as the consequences if you redeemed an illegitimate gift certificate.

Remember your will not be able to get your money back if your account is closed. I was just lucky to able to withdraw some of them before they freeze my account.

Don't repeat the same mistake!!!

Wow!! This is so bad it belongs in the bad beat forum. :D

It sucks when that happens because those stories spread like wildfire. Then they turn into rumors and people that have never even played start to think it's all a big scam. That wasn't your fault, and some of them are shady, but overall online poker isnt a scam.

hmm.

Isn't the minimum Party deposit $50?
Shoudln't this thread be about how threepair.com ripped you off?

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Originally Posted by cassette

hmm.

Isn't the minimum Party deposit $50?
Shoudln't this thread be about how threepair.com ripped you off?

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Yes.

It depends which deposit method you use. I use Epassporte as deposit method, and the minimum is $5.