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The title of the topic, I took directly from the article, I thought it was very suitable as I experienced: the reason I am tired of deleting incoming gmail from various gambling sites, during this pandemic, which hit the world / including my country., out of nowhere they got personal gmail.

Honestly, so far what I often experience is points 2 and 3, for that I conclude what I experienced I should tell my friends in this forum, to be more vigilant and stay safe while you play online gambling, Indeed many people consider this information trivial, many ignore it, but the effects of the behavior of a scam gambling site are already at full risk.

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For that if you experience something like the one below, you should increase your awareness and be more careful in responding to gmail that you don't know which offers various games and things related to gambling.

Link: https://www.kaspersky.com/resource-center/threats/coronavirus-gaming-scams

I hope that what I have to say can be more vigilant and more careful in playing online gambling during the pandemic.

Regards.

There's a lot of scams lately including which majority are in email phishing honestly turning 2fa was really a good way to make your account much secured. The tips you have given was good but even if all these were already followed let's make sure to be more observant we are not sure what or when the scammers will attack.

ya.ya.yo!

What I just know is that we should be careful online and do not share our data with just any site, we should know that one shared can be used against us, it can even be through data breach of a very legit and strong online platform, that is why it is good to limit the information we share.

Phone authenticator is safe but not as safe as 2 factor authentication through app, though sim swap attack may not be common, but it can occur. The 2fa app is best to be on another device rather than on the device we use to access the online sites.

There are lots of good to be true emails that I received recently as well. those evil people that don't have any conscience on them don't really care about us. as long as they see some opportunity to take advantage of the ignorant people, they will execute their scams no matter how small amount they can get from you. Pandemic is not a reason for them to stop what they are doing, instead, they used it as props to fool others with their fake concerns and offers that are not realistic.

Most scams using gmails are those phising links, they will make a gmail account using the name of the banks you're using or pretend as a customer service of a online gambling site you're playing. So if you don't recall any problems at all with your bank or your account in online gambling site, ignore those kind of gmails because most likely they are just phising links made by scammers.

But you could also sent a message to the legitimate account of the bank or online gambling site you're playing at and ask about the said topic.

Like the one you're promoting in your signature? What about that Adkinsbet scam you were shilling a few months ago?

Being vigilant is the best we can do to save ourselves from online gambling scams.

However, I would also emphasize that we should not trust a very new gambling website popped out of nowhere. If you are a regular gambler, then stick to your regular gambling website which you know and you are comfortable dealing with them.

Testing absolutely new gambling websites may lead to bigger disasters. Also it is important not to deposit a huge amount of money when you are testing out a website. That's what I follow and thankfully didn't fall for any scam till date!

I have an very old email which I usually use for gambling so I receive a lot of spam and scam emails. Over the last 6 months the number of email promotions increased dramatically. This partly due to the pandemic and the larger number of online gamblers, so casinos want to be more competitive in fighting for new customers. Just by looking at the header of an email we can't really say if it is legit or not. The title and name always look very professional, but there is one way to always check. Just looking on the actual email adress. Scammers usually use very long addresses that sound already fake and are not something like promotions@casino.xyz

Thank you for reminding us about this and it seems not only in online gambling casino that has a scammer, even though on an exchange or any website that has a valuable asset inside that possible can be hacked will need to be careful though.

Regarding receiving an email message that comes from a source and has a link that you don't familiar with, we should be careful about that. Most likely you will receive it in the spam box and I recommend be careful about it.

If there is a new gambling site that runs 2-3 weeks, that's a red flag to us. Never trust quickly unless they had run for almost a year.

Even 2FA isn't effective as it was before so I am not sure if what to do anymore. Good thing that I am really paranoid with my Internet security and so far it's doing great and I haven't been victimized by this gambling related scams. Plus, I don't gamble online anymore so I know that something is fishy when I check my emails.

These are very important reminders not just in crypto gambling but in gambling in general. In fact many of these reminders are safety reminders in general which apply not just in gambling but on the overall online experience. For example, sharing personal information online should be avoided as much as possible. Setting 2FA is also very important inside and outside gambling.

Also, these reminders are applicable regardless of whether there is or there is no pandemic.

Social engineering and phishing attacks were at the roof in the year 2020 because of the peak of the pandemic.Still even in 2021 the attacks are on and going.From many cybersecurity resources I read daily in Linkedin the "user" is the weakest point,no matter what antivirus,firewall,security you have in place if you click the links on your email you,the user pretty much destroy every other defense.I think everyone should take a ten bucks course on online platforms like Udemy and learn computer security basics.

Those points in the first post are really good and as said by OP point 2 and 3 can have bad critical impact on anyone clicking the links in your email.

That's right we must practice to always activate our Two-Factor Authentication because by just activating it we will be able to add security on us by just activating this kind of security practices. Including my Email account, twitter, Facebook and other social media accounts is activated by 2fa to ensure the safety of my accounts including all of my gambling accounts by inputting 2fa on them so that if I will be able to login, I will just open my 2fa to get the code that is needed.

Sometimes I get annoyed with emails I receive from gambling sites that I never play and register, many of which I report as spam, but that doesn't stop them from sending again and again.

I have never experienced this, recently I have experienced things like this, this is very annoying for me, as far as I know, I have never sent email to the web that I do not know what else is personal, this is a weird thing to me, it seems like i have to reset everything from email, password, completely confidential and secure, it was a bad experience.

I thought what happened to me, maybe some friends here have experienced it, for that do something really safe for yourself including me, in order to avoid things that we don't want, to be safe and comfortable.

Yes, I also feel the same way a lot of incoming foreign email including online games and it is very annoying and makes the incoming email messages full fast because almost every day even more.
I also never reply or send emails on unfamiliar websites, and your suggestions are very helpful and I also need to change all my related emails for safety before anything untoward happens.

thank you YOSHIE for the advice.

About notifications from email, it often happens what you experience like me too, but I always ignore it and never click on anything that I suspect, I better go to the website directly by typing instead of searching on google This is according to the safest and only official email, which I usually see what the email message offers, so I will not just click it carelessly, especially during the pandemic, there are now more and more frauds of various types, including gambling, which is very much in demand.

Under no circumstance will scammers continue to do everything they can to fill their pocket with fraudulent money. This has happened all the time and their behavior is getting more and more barbaric when everyone in the world is in a bad economic situation during the pandemic. Scammers will never be knocked out, but anyone here sure required a way of avoiding and rendering all their tricks useless. I feel like the tips you shared are something that many people have been practicing for a long time, but are still quite important today.

The email scam attempt is very common nowadays and the tactics used by the thieves become smarter each new day. Something I usually experience are emails asking to confirm or just access my account otherwise it's going to be blocked or deleted from the system. So they provide a link where I should click to follow the procedure, but that is actually the bait.
Thankfully these emails usually arrive in the junk folder, and the sender email address commonly has nothing to do with the specific site they make reference. With some attention it's possible to fully avoid this scam. The problem is that some people become nervous because they have funds on these platforms and fear to lose this money due to the ban the email claims it's going to happen. So they act fast and click the bait.

The 6 is usually being done by the newbies that have the bad intention that joins the forum, asks seems to be a legit question about a certain website, and then tags a link at the end of the discussion. It's dangerous when a newbie account targets actual newbies that don't understand that they're being targeted to give those details to them and lands them on a phishing website. Because instead of deleting it, they're entertaining it out of curiosity. But it shouldn't be entertained anymore as the 2 says do not respond to those types of messages in order for them and us to avoid those situations.

Those that you have mentioned are the general ways on how to be safe on surfing over the internet.  Though some also avoid you to loose some of your money/information.

To atleast be safe playing on online casinos make some background check on the casino you're planning to play at.

It would really be just your own common sense if you do make some background research first before making any deposits.This doesnt only limit out in gambling industry but also
with other businesses or industry as well.As long it do talks or deal with money then its just normal that you would really be needing to check out first because we dont want
to lose money so its just normal or sensible to do your homework and verify things out before making any step further.
Just be aware on how thing works and if its obvious to be a scam then better stay away.

I think these are a bit too general and relate more towards video gaming rather than gambling in particular. Owning crypto (particularly from a device you control) takes the need for security to another level entirely. There are quite a few more that could be added. Some general ideas off the top of my head:

1. You need to be extremely careful about what software you download on a device that holds crypto-wallets or 2-factor authentication abilities for your exchange accounts. People who want to steal your wallet have come up with some rather ingenius hacks over the years - you should generally be ok with mainstream software provided by large companies, but anything else should be considered vulnerable.
2. As you mentioned, it may be worth setting up a separate card/cryptowallet and email address that only handles your gaming related stuff, that way if your email does get leaked from a cryptocoin casino then you will be less likely to receive phishing and other spam emails.
3. Be very careful where you share your personal documents - some fraudsters are able to setup very professional looking websites that may even have basic functionality to harvest personal data. The sole purpose can be to get private documents (passport photos/driving licenses/etc). These sort of documents can be used for identity theft and impersonation later on, so a poor decision can have years of after effects. Also be wary of the security of every casino you use that requires KYC information, as even legit casinos can get hacked and lose your details unintentionally. If you have any doubts or red flags, move on.

Thanks YOSHIE, I believe those can be considered like basic cyber-defense rules that apply to most of our online activities. They represent the kind of common sense behaviors that should be adopted whenever we deal with potentially sensitive services online.
I would add, whenever possible, the use of a good VPN.

Number 1 can be subjective because there's some that have a partnership to the other site but we must confirm things first before doing a transaction .

never been contacted thru phone call but I have received lots of scam phone calls asking for my bank details  . Scam can happen on any medium ( call , Tex , emails , others )

Number 6 , you can get the same email if you modify your account but if you don't , you shouldn't click and fill up to something . The rest don't need to be questioned and should be followed promptly .

My email is also full of links from scammers, I just 'ignore it'...

Those who like to gamble and register a lot on various gambling sites will often get emails from fraudsters. before opening the word, it is better to check carefully whether it comes from the gambling site that you are following. agree with number 5, using 2fa authentication is absolutely mandatory.

When using up emails then it should really be a new one and not your main emails because this would be a common thing where you do receive lots of spams
and scam attempts when your email got exposed since you wouldn't able to track on where you had been used it.

When it comes to 2fa then it should be a standard thing but majority of us do really just neglect out this basic security which would be helpful for you
on not to get hacked.

Again, they will really always send us emails once they knew it.
And their offering through email is always very promising, like going to make us rich overnight  ;D
And what happens is that many people still believe in them and get trapped in their scam gambling.
Moreover, if it is an advertisement in a video, game, and other platforms that sometimes drive us to click that scam platforms or phishing, this is also very often happening. Well, scammers will always send and try everything to get victims to be scammed and they will never stop.

Did you mean Google Authenticator?
Yeah, I personally always prefer to use GA than other types of 2FA. Moreover, if we are using a phone number for authentication, I will not choose it if there are some other options.

better use a different email when you are signing up in gambling sites. not your main/personal email. nowadays, it is easy to create email. so should not be a problem. most users will only apply 2fa when their account is hacked or of that sort. which is really not a good practice. better secure your account all the time. you'll never know when scammers will attack your account.
also, make sure that the emails that you are opening are coming from official sites, most of them are phishing sites luring you for too-good-to-be-true offers/rewards.

Just don't open any suspicious links tbh. It's rather easy to see if one is actually suspicious, especially if it came from your email. How to determine? Well if you never visited the site then that should be suspicious point #1 (if it came from your email). Point #2 is the name. If you were sure on visiting a site, and just found it on an article somewhere, check the link. It may be possible it's a fake site, so looking for multiple sources of the link should prove to be quite helpful.

Though tbh the easiest solution here is just to block everything, except for the gambling site's main email. Should be easy to filter.

What a confusing start of the title because I was expecting that there are actual examples that scams are happening. I think it's best to have examples so it's better absorbed by the readers of the article  (https://www.kaspersky.com/resource-center/threats/coronavirus-gaming-scams)at the start.

In the article, the examples are listed below.

• Directing gamers to third-party websites
• Targeting gamers’ IP addresses
• Phishing
• Fake mobile versions of popular online games
• Targeting children

Knowing those type of things, people tend to have a sense of skepticism on how they act on the internet. Thanks for sharing OP.

No wonder when there is a problem, that is where the scammers start their action and they always use any trend and / or issue to take advantage. But yes, whether there is a problem or not, the scammers will continue to act and we should be aware of this. Also, this is an email which would certainly be very interesting if there was a good offer but yes, I personally never respond to emails I don't recognize even if they are in my inbox and that way at least I'm safe from any scams.

Lately there are hundreds of gambling sites circulating on the internet, various modes, sending messages via email, telegram, and so on, indeed there are no real victims yet, I hope it doesn't happen both for me and for others.

Points 2-3 is something that is often experienced especially for me personally, but I ignore it, to never do things that endanger myself, Therefore, regarding the content in the article, it doesn't only happen to children's games, if you are not careful and do something suggested in the article, on the contrary, most likely in online casino gambling mistakes can happen that we do.

Because of the rise of gambling sites today that we don't know officially, this topic reminds us to be more careful and alert to emails, sites that come in for us, meaning: remembering means safe, either third parties, web leads etc.

This is commonly understood by many players who have been in online gambling for a long time but not infrequently those who also underestimate it, especially for number 6 when they see a very tempting offer can be careless by not checking whether the link is from the right source or leads to a phishing site.

I think there are victims. It's just that we do not know it. Maybe it's not that large, or it's negligence for thorough research on the user's part. I hope no one gets victimized by these types of scams or ANY scams in any matter.

This is the part that we need to share with everyone that we know, knowing that it's pretty much everywhere. Targeting kids is bad, but they are the most vulnerable on the internet, and the parents would be part of that catastrophe and save the day.

I instantly remembered the ads that I saw in CMC, there is a specific site known here to be a scam, but it's still being shown on the site. It makes it even scarier for newbies to be baited into the bad sites easily.

I am not specifying on any 2fa, but some people are not using Google authenticator because it is close source. Also google authenticator is not protected with password or pin which is another reason some people are not using it. There are some better open source authenticators someone can use with gambling sites which are also passward protected, Aegis is a good example, andOTP is another good example. But for exporting conveniences, some people will prefer google authenticator.

I agree to this I think it's much more secure if the google authenticator can be locked because if someone managed to get on your computer they can easily open up the google authenticator app and copy it unlike when it is lock. There's really a lot of vulnerabilities the only thing we can do is to keep our computers clean from viruses avoid clicking anything on websites especially if we are not familiar with this.

Most of the time I don't open the promotions and any other email from the bookies on where I play with not unless that I ask to change password I know that an email will come to my email but any other than that don't open unexpected emails from bookies for our safety.

With online gambling becoming a trend since the start of the pandemic, its already expected that those scammers will swarm the online gambling industry again :D.
When I'm still gambling back in the days, I used 2FA to secure my gambling account even though I'm depositing not that huge amounts of money into it. Luckily, I didn't received any emails or private messages into some random people/scammer out there.

Although these tips are already common, these are very helpful to those who want to start gambling online and for those who aren't aware with this tips but even though we are sharing this tips to everybody there will be still some gamblers out there who will fall into the trap of these scammers for some reasons. Well, I just hope that those who have read this tips will be more vigilant when they are gambling and might be more picky when they are choosing a gambling site :).

Gamblers are into Online betting since the pandemic happens so scammers knows that Noob is there to take care off.
they even know that not all gamblers are knowledgeable about online and their stepping here comes a luring point from those scammers.
best that we knew where to enter and knew where to goes out,

Man, I feel so so safe with OTP through my mobile number or my email.
I don't know If all gambling websites, exchanges, and even crypto wallets are allowing this account security options.
I'm not so techy but I don't trust google authenticator that much.
If were so concerned about our account security better not engaged when someone is asking for your account and financial info. That's the best way to keep yourself away from being scammed. One thing to remember, If it's too good to be true then that's probably a scam.

There should be some online gambling sites that can even support more than one option, it is also more secure and safe to enable more than one type of authenticator, though one can be enough but two or more is safer. Like for example, to enable sim, email and 2fa app authenticator at ones, this will make the account safer. About the Google authenticator, I can not also trust it because it is close source, but like I said before, you can use the open source ones like Aegis and andOTP.

The only safe way we can do for now is to Play in legit and established gambling sites now , like those who had been in this Forum advertising for years now , check my signature and those that has proven their legitimacy and truthfully .

People who found this forum can get the right gambling site to play, but it will be difficult for people who do not know about this forum.
They can get in the trap by the scammers who use a scam gambling or other site and offers them a big bonus to the newbie.
They know how to treat the new player involved in the gambling industry, so they will not miss that and will use many ways to convince them to play on their site.
Only be careful that we can do to avoid that sites always double check the site domain and else.
Using VPN can help us avoid tracking from the scammers to be safe from them.

The problem is that you wouldn't know because even legitimate sites have been proven wrong, look at 1xbit, they were a trusted site back then but look what happened, they scammed a lot of people. My advice is to never put a lot of money when you are gambling because there will always be the chance that they will lock you out and you don't want to be locked out with a lot of money in your account.

Those pointers shared by the OP are actually common. Generally, those aren't just applied to online gaming but for our other private stuff as well.

The best security is still using our common sense. I hope newbies today aren't newbies in the past where everything is spoonfeed.

That is true. However, even if such rules are common and can be applied to at least anything, there are still people who fall in the same trap of scams in the internet.

The best way in order to prevent from being scammed is by being vigilant by your personal information. Lots of phishing and fake websites cloaked themselves with 'legitimate' information but then are rotten to their very core.

Remember, anything that exists in the internet is always prone to scamming. Prevention is always better than solving this problem; that is why you should always be vigilant and aware of the information you post on the internet.

If they have been in the industry for a long time I think they will be very careful with new or unknown online gambling sites and will do some detailed research before getting involved.
And as I know, most of the people involved in online gambling scams come from social media, because it is very easy to find targets during a pandemic because they require income and are promised big profits and so on.
so I think it is unlikely that those who have been on this forum for a long time will easily get involved with a scam gambling site, unless they are very new or newbies.

It is not really a secret why we are seeing more attempts to scam people online out of their coins, one of those reasons is the bull market that we saw that made money to a lot of people, scammers want some of that money and they are willing to do anything to get it, another reason is that due to the pandemic gambling got more popular than ever which meant that they could send those messages to a list of bitcoin holders knowing they will get a lot of interest and as long as 1% of the people fell in the scam they will make a lot of money for almost no effort.

2fa is a must but most of the time when it regards to my gambling account then I don't usually put up 2fa because once I do leave out the website I had already no balance on it.

I never intend to leave out the site if there are funds left on it unless if I do decide to go back or take some break then continue to play later on.

Im always anticipating nor expecting that things will be always lose in the end but eventually there are really times which I do make profits.

Yeah, these gambling ads can be annoying, and, sure thing, many scams in there. That's why not only I don't respond to these emails, click on the links, but I don't even open them. Why bother? If I want to find an online gambling platform I do my own research, no need for these always good-looking ads. Also, if I see something like that I always mark it as "spam". As a result, many similar emails in the future go to the "spam" automatically. This makes things a lot easier.

The world is moving to a digital age at a very fast rate and extra precautions should be put in everything we do one.

An addition to that list should never to reuse the same password more than once, 2fa should be a must. I also know most of us love to hide our identity and to some length we use vpns but truth is some of these actually expose our identity if you must use a premium VPN.

Lol, all those points are so obvious. You have to be really stupid (or careless) to fall for those scams. I mean if someone emails you or messages you and asks for your personal information and sensitive datas, and you send it to them, then sorry to say, but you deserve to get scammed. I mean this is going to be a lesson for you. I am sure once you get scammed like this, you won't fall for it. Expensive lesson, but totally worth it. Again, if someone uses weak password and doesn't use extra layer of security, then its like that guy is begging to get hacked.
This one I doubt. All cards have equal security. I don't think debit cards are less secure than credit cards. That would be a big issue.

Good thing I don't click or entertain any emails I receive since I don't care much about them I only open the emails that I need.
We should really be careful right now I think the number of scammer are increasing because they are too desperate to earn easy money or to survive,
But there are always a way for everyone to earn honestly without taking advantage of other people,
I just don't get it why they are choosing to scam rather than earn honestly.

Not necessarily for you to get scammed first just for you to learn because we can eventually avoid these things if we are really just using up our own common sense and doesnt really let yourself fall into
those obvious scam attempts. It doesnt really need to be an obvious one since scamming schemes now are bit tricky and really believable and this is why you should really be careful on dealing up with things.
Setting security measures that would help out on avoiding yourself on getting scammed or hack. Scammers or hackers are just lurking in the dark and just finding
out ways to scam out someone which do looks innocent in all aspects.

I'm like you, only open the emails that I need. Because if an unknown email comes in, I usually ignore it. Because I know a lot of victims of
scammers are not careful with clicks and are attracted to offers from unknown emails. Actually why do some people choose the path of making
money by deceiving other people rather than making money honestly, that's because tricking other people is usually easier. And being able to
get a lot of money than we have to run an honest way to make money requires a lot more effort.

So far never been into scam because I only use gambling sites that are trusted and never ever goes onto sites that are new without some good reviews especially in this forum. Here's a few tips on my end:

* Use sites that proven trusted.
* Secure your accounts.
* Don't be too quick to click unidentified emails or too good to be true kind of emails.
* Bookmark those trusted sites.

Practicing safety precautions online or offline is a must. Personal identification should be always remain secured since scammers are always creative and they always find new ways to scam people. I never entertain unsolicited messages and never open unknown links online especially when I am using my phone. With just one wrong click all your personal information, credentials and a lot more can be accessed by other people. Even when trying new website I always have a certain alt e-mail for it for security purpose.

The more safest thing we need to do to be away on online gaming scam is to play only on the gambling site which is recputable,recommended and been tested by many gamblers for so many years. We have that here and exploring to play due to promotions given is so dangerous so to avoid any sort of troubles might come stick with oldies since they will offer the same gaming experience to us.

Personally I don't respond to mails I didn't subscribe to because I know a true website would just bumb into your personal mail without you subscribing to it. But most times the content of this scam sites gets too tempting and would require extreme carefulness and dicipline to over look such adverts before been scammed.

The best is to not use your original email to register on many other sites if possible you got no option than to register. I can not get crypto related email messages because I use completely different email for crypto and I have many of the emails. Though phishing is not necessarily only on crypto emails, that is why we need to also be careful of our email account. Nothing is tempting for people that also known a scam phishing emails, they will not even bother to click on it. Like me, I do neglect many email messages while some might be phishing attempts.

But even reputable sites did become scams in the long run, look at 1xbit, pretty sure that they didn't start as a scam website for their ANN thread to last this long because they were once legitimate, my advice is to find out the reputation of the website that you are trying to play on and look if there are tell tale signs from the review if they were fabricated or legitimate.

About payment cards, I prefer to use a prepaid one for all the things internet. I only top-up when I need it for the sum of money I intend to use. Never had any troubles that way: I do not wish to expose my cards linked directly to my bank account and I find using prepaid more secure.

yes, I think so too, but debit cards have advantages and disadvantages, if you use them in transactions, the disadvantages of debit cards are very easy to be misused by irresponsible people, maybe that's the 7th point, don't use a debit card in suspicious transactions, especially on gambling sites that offer certain items.

Most of us don't know that debit cards can be used 'double swipe' unconsciously the debit card has been swiped twice on the computer where you made the transaction and the data has been copied, For that reason, don't use a debit card if you make transactions on gambling sites that we don't know.

I am sure we already get an email like that. So far, I deleted the email directly, especially if the email looks suspicious and looks good to be true. We must filter the email like that so we do not get in the scam because we do not know which email can make us scam. The email provider gives the option to us to filter unwanted email and send it into the trash folder, so it will delete automatically after sending them into the trash folder. We have this forum to find a good online gambling platform, so we do not need to search from the other websites.

Why use a debit card in gambling site that we already know how large scammers and hackers that waiting for a bite.
yeah , My friend once  a victim of that so i am truly aware of those.

Well, unless the user is unaware of the reputation of the gambling website, that person that you are talking about are stupid, no in-between or any other description but stupid. I mean that's the only explanation as to why they will use a card on a site that has a tainted reputation.

I do not know if you use 2FA on your computer, I didn't even know that was something, mine is in my phone. Which means they would have to steal my phone to get into the website, which I am sure will not happen because let's face it.. it is pandemic and I am at home at all times :D. So, if someone hacks into my account, even gets my username AND my password, they would have to still get the 2FA which is not available to them at all, they can only try to disable it which would require them to hack into my email as well I think.

I believe these days security is at a level where unless you are doing something major that would impact a ton of stuff at the same time for you to get hacked, like both passwords and usernames plus the email plus the phone or 2FA and many other, you are going to be fine. I believe as long as you handle all the things security gives you, you will be fine.

The only problem is that prepaid card payments are not available as a payment feature for all users. Most of the time, this option is only available for countries where credit cards are not widely used or bank accounts are rare. In many developed countries, prepaid cards are viewed skeptically as they can be good for money laundering.

^ Debit card in online gambling casino? I don't think if after linked your debit card account or personal information on the gambling site is still good for you. Because some of the banks did not allow withdrawing and depositing on the gambling site and probably this could be linked to your personal data that your credit card has. So, why not using crypto instead, they are decentralized and you can easily manipulate not avoid traceable transactions. Because once you have traced that you have a huge amount in gambling, hackers will find a way just to scam you.

How does that happen? I know about the "double swipe", which can happen when someone makes purchases with the ECR, which increases the risk of card data exposure. But how does that work with transactions made online? There's no physical action, everything is done through the website.
Or do you mean something like redirection to other websites when making a payment, where you fill in all the card info in a form and then that form is sent to the frauds?

That's why we need to do precuationary measures for ourselves and only deposit the amount what we can afford to lose this is always said by so many forum members which can be say old advice but still effective to easily move on if the casino will scam you. But I think those legitimates are far to become like that since they are earning good revenue on this business so expect that they will do a good service in return.

All of us that are using the internet most often should learn how to be responsible with our private accounts especially if money is involved in that account. Some of us ignore to secure it just because of the reason that it is only a small amount and no one would take interest in it. Hackers are smart these days and even if your gambling account doesn't have anything to withdraw, that doesn't mean that they won't try to steal from you. Once they gain access to one of your accounts on the device that you are using they will attempt to send you malicious links on the email you used on that account they've hacked. If they manage to get access to your email, they can look in your contacts for more possible victims not just you.

This is the reason why we need to keep ourself consciously everything we made on the internet also to prevent getting into trouble with these scams. If there's any chance to prevent having tons of emails and other credentials given to a website if you have any chance it's better might remove if possible because we cannot say until when we are secured.



Today there are a lot of platforms that require having a KYC for their other layer of security at the same time we cannot remove the doubt of the gamblers but still it's their choice of being loyal to their platform.

As long as the user is the one responsible for the reconfirm of the password there's no trouble with it. But take note if you think it's suspicious get away already.

Establishing reputation is something that you cant really easily earn as a business owner but once you do see progress and make profits on gradual basis then its just impossible for a service to become a scam because you can initially tell if the site is serious or not basing off with several factors.

When it comes to advices then its been told for how many time and majority of those points could really be just able to find out or known with just using up your own common sense.

Scams are common because scammers would really always target or look out into those places which do involve money.So it isn't really surprising at all.

Apart from this more number of YouTube influencers are misleading people towards different gambling platforms for their benefits through the ads at the beginning of videos. By this time each and everyone are suffering financially. When people are in need, they easily give a try and few succeed and majority losses. In my view it isn't the right time for those YouTube channels to mislead people.

Misleading out people in the sense of directing people to play on a scam site? I dont usually see this one but those misleading bonuses and perks then i can say that this one is a bit common.

If influencers do really lead out people on a scammy site on the first place then that would surely take some toll on reputation and he's pretty aware of that.

So this is less likely to happen on my own view.In talks on making  yourself safe out of these scams then you should really be aware at least with those schemes. Majority would really be that obvious and some are not. Depending on how you do spot out those scams.

Your statement may be challenged when the owner has good financial power to manage, pay for service, and place advertisement in various media to increase traffic and gain reputation for the business being run. Only owners who do not have the financial strength are at risk of running away from their customers' money and that is very likely because their business is a way to fill their money pocket, IMO.

True, and the risks are much greater if done online.

Other than that I do think it's wise to change the password every once in a while. The most important thing again would be to keep your mobile phone safe and make sure you don't take that security lightly. At the same time most of the sites engaging themselves with the people here are reputable and at the same time well established. You can for sure try them but people due to some bonuses etc. Try and use some fishy sites which ends bad at last.
If a site is giving you offer that is too good to be true you rather stay away from it. It's not something that I would recommend anyone using. The debit card one is a good point since most of the times you are redirected to some other payment third party site.
Thank you for the post . It's much needed at this time

Well it all boils down to being more skeptical with whatever it is you are getting into especially if it involves you spending money on it. You don't have to be a conspiracy theorist debunking all gambling sites out there as some sort of hidden scam sites. Just be a bit wary. Do your own research. That's all you need to do.

Yep, I told about that in 1xBET topic. That many youtubers promoting everything, including scam casinos. They get paid and they're ready to promote any shit. And the most funny things is that Youtube by itself don't care about that (but this is weird to accuse video hosting service where was drug ads at some point of time)

Determining a scam campaign or promotion out of those influencers is really something hard to be done no matter what algos or rules or checks would be done but still spotting a fake or shady promotion is almost impossible since basing off on numbers of influencers specially in youtube platform alone is immense so its understandable that they cant really detect it out and would really let those promotions aired even though its already shady as hell.
People would accept out pays no matter what kind of company they are advertising on.

Well, because Youtube did not know what is the content on the video not unless if there is someone who reported it. Same as Google ads or even Facebook ads, these two companies don't even know how to filter their video content, and perhaps if they will receive several reports about the content of the video and perhaps that the time they will take an action.
However, on the other hand, -- we can't deny there are too many scam attempts during this pandemic, a lot of don't have a job, so everything on the internet where we can find to have extra income. Our diligence to take care of our valuable asset.

Hard? ) Are you joking? The internet is full of info that 1xBET is scam and despite this, Youtube is full of 1xBET scam ads and promotions. Of course, mostly outside of english speaking auditory. But still pity enough. For example, Youtube blocking nudity very fast.


There is enough reports on casino ads i think. And as i said above, Youtubr blocking some content and ads very fast. Because this affects his interests directly.

This should be a normal routine every time you visit any site and there should be no excuse in gambling site. As this pandemic forces as to transact more often online, hackers are also doing their best to look for their victim, we should always be cautious. We have to do our research all the time, don’t believe easily on what you saw online.

If you don't want to waste time just doing research every day, you can only use famous and trusted sites. because only that way, at least you already have good security even though it's not 100%, because the security that becomes perfect is coming from yourself about how you consider every offer you receive, the most important thing is to keep high vigilance and not careless in making decisions.

Well it is for you to tell them because the very specific word i said is completely explains that i will never fall from this kind.


and besides using your card in gambling site is already a Red flag for me.

It can save our energy to select only those reputable since doing an expirement on untrusted casino is kinda a waste of resources for us. And if we don't want to get scam better not to play on unreputable casino since scams mostly happen there.

Its hard to trust new platform nowadays as series of scam already happen so if we think about playinb at them better wait for a while and let them earn a good reputation first.

You are absolutely right. It is not very logical to use your debit card for deposit if there is a possibility to deposit via cryptocurrencies.

The less you share personal information online, the less chance that it will be used by scammers.

Exactly correct mate, Only Newbie gambler do this act using their cards and let the site learn about their personality when there are tons of ways to deposit and plays.

and besides that's why we are here  in crypto is to hide our personality and all of a sudden using your cards just to deposit and plays?

yeah Not appropriate and practical also.

It's really disappointing that lots of people are taking advantage of the pandemic situation by scamming gamblers. I agree that we shouldn't use our cards in gambling sites because we might put our personal information at risk as well as our personal funds. Also, we should be mindful in choosing a good site. I would prefer reputable and trusted casino sites instead of unknown sites that offer bonuses.

Even reputable and trusted casino sites aren't save from stealing data. This did happen a lot of times before. But of course the likelihood is much lower. My recommendation: Just never gamble online. If you really have to then you should go to a analog casino.

The concept of scam can of course be explained in different ways. I don't think that has so much to do with the pandemic that is going on now (and which will also improve in the short term). The only argument you could make is that more and more online casinos are being added. There is always a risk that you will be scammed somewhere, that is independent of the pandemic. user experiences are the best indicator. Usually, personal data should be safe with the regulator.

Educating yourself summarize every guide on how to keep yourself safe from online gaming scam, if you are an active gambler you will be targeted on your email, social media, telegram channel, but if you know how these scammers operate, you'll know how to react and address this, which is ignoring and deleting all communications, I have received a lot of invitation in my telegram channel, once you ask me how am I and ask my location I'm going to delete, they are good at sweet talk so they can open a flow of conversation.

being anonymous on the a gambling site is important
try to avoid gambling sites that require KYC and do your research first

try to choose a gambling site that requires users to use a 2fa authenticator
it's important to avoid you from scammers during this pandemic

Nowadays, the gambling market is so wide that it is not difficult for you to change your usual gambling site for a similar one, but which will not have such high thresholds for withdrawal of cryptocurrency assets. In my opinion, the withdrawal threshold should not be limited to more than $100.

And yet very few people follow this advice, it is as if people are unwilling to listen, we know that sending several transactions to a casino can be a pain especially when the network is busy as not only it will take a lot of time to get a confirmation but it is also going to be more expensive but it has to be done this way, because that way in the case the platform that you are using turns into a scam then the amount of money you will lose will be very small and you will not have any regrets especially now that the price of bitcoin is so high.

You will be safe if you know how to be safe and you have a good character, during this time playing online will be like Pandora's box surprising you of the results when you get into gambling and you don't have control of yourself, even the best guide cannot help you, only your character that you build up over the years can help you not to become a compulsive gambler.

Right knowledge and right attitude is indeed the key to control yourself and preventing it from losing money. Gambling is very risky, and with scammers all over the online sites it will become more risky, so if you do know what you are doing you can avoid these kind of problem. Also, have your self-control always and don’t gamble with the money you don’t have.

Controlling ourselves will make us safe from losing big money in online or offline gambling because we will know what we need to do with our money. We do not want to see a big loss in gambling, so we will use small money to gamble and no matter the end of the result, we do not want to recover the money that we already lose because that will not be easy to do that. That is what we must do in offline or online gambling, and if we can stick to that rule, we will be safe and control the money.

Scams will keep you in all shapes and sizes. Even at casinos and gambling sites with a respectable license you can run into problems. It is best to start from your own experiences and not to be guided too much by what people write on a forum. Some players absolutely love Casino A, while other players have a bad experience with Casino A. Opinions will always be divided.

Sometimes the experience of others are enough basis for us to know on what kind of casino we are looking to go thru and its bad experience if we lose money our money then learn from it although mostly this happens all the time but we can do a research to do minimal losses or learn from the other mistakes.

Also its not surprising about divided outlook since not everyone have the same taste.

That's quite far from the idea of scams though. Scam accusations are absolutely far from comments of the experience of users. For example is Casino A has slow a f customer support compared to Casino B, but that doesn't necessarily mean that Casino A is a scam, it's just that their support is slow. Opinions are not really things you check when it comes to scam accusations, since most accusations are based on facts. They're information that has proof, that shows that the casino is a scam, it isn't an opinion anymore. It's not like users will say that, "Casino A scammed me and it was quite pleasant".

That means we need to find what we are looking for and not depend on other people's reviews. That is good, but maybe we can get more information if we can try the casino based on the other members here because member here will give their honest reviews to the casino. Besides that, we always suggest to the casino or the owner to fix or solve the problem and help the casino become better in the future.

And this is the importance of making your own research first when you are in doubts because there are people who are really very keen towards engaging on certain things.Some would be mindful and some would be just careless and make out deposits directly without seeing or making some research on whats the reputation if its good or currently have lots of complaints and accusations. Making some search wont cost you an arm and leg because this should at least be on standard where someone do make out some verification first before proceeding any deposits.

You are contradicting what you just said here.

It is said that scammers are everywhere and the best way to avoid them is not to entertain someone that you don't know or if their offer is too good to be true then start searching it for yourself. Some reviews are made up only just to boost the rating of a certain casino it happens to different store too and reviews somehow are made up, they paid people to say nice things about this and that but most of them didn't actually tried or visited the site yet. It happens a lot to some fake online store that's why I'm too meticulous about looking a legit reviews.

It's like you the same pattern they did to make it more like appealing to new audiences yet that's all BS. Trust your guts if you do your own research and always look for a legitimate website that has a working and responsive tech support all the time.

Correct, those two things are completely different, if a user says good things about one casino and your experience was different but you were not scammed and many users have the same opinion as the other user then it is likely that you were just unlucky or you got in contact with a bad employee or a person having a bad day, scamming is a completely different topic and as long as there is even a single case brought against a casino and that was judged by the community as a scam then we need to stay away from that casino.

Then you like can't trust anything? I don't think it's the right way to deal with it. Normally, good sites are getting good reviews and bad sites are getting bad ones. Also, it's not that hard to distinguish a genuine review from a paid one, biased in this or that direction.

It's not about opinions, it's about facts with some proof. Spotting a scam is easy, you just have to spend some time on that.

Making up more research doesnt really cost an arm and leg and with just your own common sense you can able to determine which one is fake and which one is legit when it comes to reviews and feedback hence this community alone is really keen when it comes on spotting out possible or shady websites even though they do have some positive feedbacks or sentiments but basing up with real user experience.So asking out on the community
wont really be that much of  problem and if you are in doubt then you can ask out everytime.

You can have various problems with legit casinos but that's a vague comparison if it's about the topic of scam casinos. Scam casinos won't give you any resolution for the trouble that they'll bring.
But those legit casinos, they'll find a way to help you solve what you're experiencing badly with them. That's just a really odd comparison if it's all about saying a casino is a scam and a casino that can have a problem to their users which are solvable.

Be safer by limiting your bet, don't bet in just one casino, learn how to minimize the risk because we never know when they will close shop and take our money. There's a lot of reputable casino in the past that goes dark after years of operation, so it could happen again in the future as crypto casinos, in general, are not really well regulated, and that's where it's considered as a high-risk activity for us.

Well, you think a gambling site that has a licensed will barely scam its users or take the money and close the shop?
It is really hard to trust a gambling casino that we did not know but I think it will consider if the gambling casino is reputable enough and perhaps you will never have a deposit of thousands of millions in dollar value. However, if I going to choose a gambling online casino, I prefer to deposit a large amount of money after knowing that they already operated at least how many months, not just a week.

When dealing up with new casino then it isn't ideal to deposit big amounts directly and some do still test out waters before putting big amounts into their gambling account.

Its just part of our common sense and able to tell that there are factors which you can directly tell if a site is shady or not really good at all in terms of UI and
other factors.

You can easily spot it out if you get used to play into those reputable and good looking sites.You can just it for yourself if its really worth to make out a deposit
or not.

Lots of new casinos have appeared online since the pandemic occurred, because the demand for online gambling must be admittedly increasing.
And what's scary is that not all new casinos can be trusted, even quite a lot of new casinos end up being scams. Therefore, it is not recommended
to deposit large amounts when trying to play gambling at new casinos. Just in case the new casino doesn't have a problem, or it's safer to avoid
playing at a new casino without a good reputation.

You understand very well what is happening in the current situation, moldy new gambling sites.

Update:
I just remind the members of this forum, especially for gambling addicts, that you must have a strong and solid commitment and stance, towards the online gambling sites that you trust that you have been playing.

I have seen lately that there are many topics that bring each other down, fair and trusted gambling sites, by many beginners, I remind you, don't be fooled by their actions dropping each other, you stay on the stand/play on gambling sites that you think are safe and reliable.

Stay careful in doing something that can harm yourself.

Experience is the best to make yourself more successful because in the end, you are the player you hear the different experience and knowledge of other people but not all the time you immediately apply those skills unlike you experience this by yourself, if you may experience those winnings good to you because you learn if you experience those losses still good to you because you can now prevent those might happen again. There's no much difference on gambling casino and gambling platform right today because come up with different knowledge and experience.

It is always good to take these types of premises into account, although basic, it is incredible to think that the statistics in those who do not take them always remain in trend, there is always someone who does not use some of these tips because they believe that it will not happen or because of ignorance .

So although many are simple common sense, they must be promoting.

On the other hand, I think that tip seven , please avoid them, neither credit card or debit card; just use crypto deposits in any casino.

I only gambled with well established gambling site who had been in the gambling system for a long time, I am unmoved  or attracted by the new ones who always promises bogus bonuses in a bid to lure newbies gamblers, I had been very careful, vigilant and try to  avoid signing or gambling with scam sites unfortunately  many of those casinos and gambling sites are unregulated thus capitalized on this anomaly to scam newbies, it's up to gamblers to follow the steps itemized by the OP to avoid falling into scam.

Scammers and hackers will increase when the market is increasing also , they Knew that because of casino Houses being closed because of the pandemic then Newbies in Online gambling will also increase so what they need to hunt are those Newbies and Noobs .

That's why last year , when the casinos are closed , i do posting everyday in my social media accounts for the safeties of my friends towards the possible scams and hacks they might encounter .

That's right, after all we just need to buy or exchange it to crypto and it's already quite easy and safe for us to use to make deposits. Many of them are deceived because of carelessness and do not find out in advance about the sites related to the various offers made, in this case at least everyone or novice gamblers or do not always put vigilance and consideration to pay more attention and start with money that is ready to lose. Because, a research will still lead us to fraud and by using money that is ready to be lost, at least when we are trapped we do not experience big losses.

I observe from the television and local newspaper that people tend to go to the public area when the long weekend comes, which is very crowd and some do not follow the health protocol.
I do not know what people think when they are in the public area or out there about the virus because I think they do not think seriously about the virus and that proves by disobeying wearing the mask, washing their hand, and using social media distancing between them.
It is really sad to see that they do not imagine how if they get infected by the virus, but I really hope they can protect themselves and stay healthy.
We do not have to follow what they did because it is for our health and the people around us, so we really need to care about that.

It's not the case. New gamblers still choose the popular ones and there are records for it - the reason why there are stats. If these people ended up playing in a scam site, there should be no trace of them in the statistics.

The problem is not the scam but the gamblers themselves. Since as you said, the demand for online gambling increase, lots of people, even those who are not really into gambling, test what gambling is, and some ended up worst because of lack of knowledge, emotions, and being carried away.

I agree, the problem is mostly in gamblers! They simply lose and they blame everyone and everything else, except to look in the mirror...

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I completely agree. The truth is that there are unreliable casinos that do not pay out winnings or they are simply a scam well-hidden in ads with attractive bonuses.
Getting scammed or not is in the hands of the players, and if they have the time and mental agility to check and go over the listed tips they will have a much better chance of avoiding scams.

True, maybe some of them are still active and we know that there are accusations of open scam for their site. Such site should be avoided and they should not make deposite there if they do not want to scammed.

As long as the site has no open (valid) scam accusations on this forum, then I think it will be safe to use. The reputation of the site should be seriously considered before making a deposit.

For those who have been established, they're far from scamming people. And if they're going to have a problem, they're going to secure an announcement so that their customers won't have to think about any trouble. That's how reputable casinos are working and they won't compromise the reputation that they've built for years just for small amount of bets. They'll settle it as soon as possible that's why if a reputable casino starts to have some problems, I think that they're really not going to do what you think.

And some from those new gamblers who played online use scam sites, without knowing the strategy of scammers,

they've been allured by sweet promises, with pandemic the limitations of going to any offshore gambling site are prohibited and  those
who wanted to continue playing, trying to use online casinos is the only option, without knowledge they've ended up losing more money.

Desperation would really lead into mistake this is why we should really be mindful on what are the actions that we should take and if its forbidden
then dont try to look desperately just for you to play.Always be mindful that there are lots of scam sites out there just waiting up for some noobs to lure in and play without realizing that theyre dealing with a scam until they noticed it but its already too late.
Our own common sense would tell us if we do spot something suspicious because its impossible that you wont really see it as a scam
on just basing with few factors.

I'm afraid those who are lazy to even check the "From:" link as well as not even copy the link they get in the email and directly click it, are the ones who mostly suffer due to these scams. That's because sometimes, these phishing e-mails too manage to get themselves packed into inbox instead of spam/junk area, which is why a gambler who's in a hurry to grab those blazing deals that are shown via images that the gambler gets betrayed so easily by his own brain thinking that the email came from a site he registered at.

Yes, a lot of players get lucrative offers from casinos and they will deposit without actually verifying the legitimacy of the casino and later realize that the welcome bonus offer was a trap because the wagering requirements are impossible to ever get close to, forget about achieving them.

This is the reason despite getting hundreds of offers via emails, I hardly ever click them because I am afraid of clicking a phishing email or visiting a scam casino. I know I might be missing some great offers and opportunities but there are more scam emails and casinos than legit offers.

There are people who still get trapped in scams like 1xbit (it's a scam don't ever play there) because they are advertising very aggressively and new players might be mistaking them with 1xbet.

And sometimes if the email is identical, they don't check the actual domain email where it really came from.

With a small check, they can distinguish what's the legit and what's the scam email from an unknown source that's just copying the email coming from the actual casinos that they play.

Well, I think you can set emails such that only subscribed ones are actually received in your inbox? Or you can just filter your messages at first so that you can only see promotions. Afaik, person-to-person emails aren't included in the promotions filter of emails so it would be a lot easier to see which emails are legit promotions and which are not. Wouldn't actually blame most people for not checking the "From" label tbh, most people grew up like that. Getting scammed once or twice due to that is pretty much obvious at that point, but afterward? Then blame them completely I must say.

Absolutely , those Click lover as what i called them, People that clicking everything that Goes to their inboxes and will be shocked if one day they will be a victim .

and those Curious to Earn big that will deliver them to crying days.

I have encountered once a Phishing link lucky that i realized after so i changed password automatically before The hacker enters my account and that serves me so much knowledge now.

A new normal thing to the internet this is the reason why if you have a registered email using different website its better to separate those emails for your gambling habit to your personal emails. Also as possible its better to don't click any suspicious emails came from an unknown source if you don't do any action or activity to their website as possible avoid these suspicious links. Theres no platform giving an email for their users and give them a tons of free money.

During this pandemic we'll get more and more number of suspicious emails. Directly sending those emails to the bin is good and keeps our system and data secure.

In my country in during the last one year the increase in the number of applications for the purpose of gambling has increased drastically. That too in the form of rummy, spinwheel and lucky draws. Many might've fallen for these traps where the user experience win at the beginning and keeps losing.

This has happened several times in the past, there is nothing wrong with testing a new casino but if you are going to do it then you need only deposit a small amount of capital, that way if the casino is a scam then you only lose a small amount of money, but in the past we have seen people depositing huge amounts of money in a new casino and the scammers behind it do not even think about it twice and just disappear with all of that money, and as we know it is incredibly difficult to recover your money once you have been scammed which is why we need to be careful.