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Internet poker site
not taken over by FBI
 Those
close to PokerHost.com claim "inside job" results in
bogus message on website claiming FBI agents take
over internet poker site
Poker players
worldwide have been freaking out over a message they
received upon logging onto the PokerHost.com website
Thursday morning.
After being prompted
to supply all their personal information due to
"unusual activity on their poker client", players
were then provided with the following alert:
"Thank you for your
cooperation.....Poker Host has been caught taking
illegal wagers for United States citizens.....
residing in jurisdictions with laws prohibiting such
activities. As well as these suspicious gambling
activities, other charges include tax evasion and
racketeering.
Your data, including phone number, address and IP
location, has been sent to the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) to check if gambling is legal in
your jurisdiction.
If you think you have been a victim of fraud or
identity theft by PokerHost please contact your
local chapter of the FBI."
Sources close to
PokerHost.com confirmed this afternoon with
Gambling911.com that employees with password access
to the domain name had hijacked the PokerHost.com
website, adding the ominous message.
Poker players are
advised not to enter their personal information when
accessing PokerHost.
"Unfortunately the
owners of PokerHost.com and SBG Global (the well
established gaming company that manages PokerHost)
are having a tough time getting the domain name back
due to the fact that this occurred overseas," a
representative disclosed. "The minimum time
period we anticipate for this to be switched back
over will be two days."
The General Manager of
PokerHost.com was terminated a few days ago.
He and another suspect
are currently under investigation.
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Christopher Costigan,
www.gambling911.com
Originally published
June 8, 2006 4:57 pm EDT |
