Technically, it's a trick that land-based casinos use and they aren't lying. The trick is saying "play on our slot machines with RTP rates of up to 99%." They don't claim all machines have RTP returns of 99%, just that some or one of them has. It's not lying, it's playing a game with words that many players overlook. They only see the 99% statement and miserably fail to read the important words that precede it.

I haven't spent too much time in physical casinos, but I doubt they would point to the exact machine that has the highest RTPs. That's simply not good business, as players would be rushing to play on it. Ultimately, it would cause somewhat more frequent payouts.

It's neither the first nor the second. The scammers are pretending that Ledger has started selling their stock to the general public. An IPO is an Initial Public Offering. It's when a stock gets listed on the stock market and investors get a chance to purchase it. The idea is to trick people into sending them money in exchange for the ownership of Ledger stocks. Obviously, there are no Ledger stocks, and investors would just be filling some scammer's pockets.

That's the normal and safe way of handling it anyway. Everything else is just risky and asking for trouble. If someone PMs you on Telegram and says, it's me Pmalek, and offers you some kind of deal, a conscious individual would want to confirm who that person is. If we have never spoken before and there is no history of previous conversations between the two of us, the standard routine would be for you to PM me here and ask if that is me who make contact with you over Telegram. If not, you only have yourself to blame for whatever happens because you believed an impersonator.   

I am not surprised to see such impersonators to be honest. You have a very recognizable name, plus the merit cycler avatar. Not to mention that you are positively rated member and trusted in the community. You also escrow funds for other people. All those are reasons why someone would try to take advantage of the situation to steal and profit.

No, luckily not. I never had something as severe as that happen to me nor did I cause it and got away.

Remember, it's traffic lights and crossroads. You don't drive at those speeds in those conditions. But enough with the traffic symbolism.
I think OP tried to cheat, and I don't buy his story that his "friend" sent him some BTC from the same casino and told him to play there. Whether or not his cheating attempt was financially worth it, doesn't matter. Hopefully it will be a wakeup call to play fairly from now on, or he will just change it up a bit and continue in the same way.

Bonus abuse is a big no-go for all online casinos. It's called a Welcome Bonus for a reason. They welcome you as a person the first time you arrive. They give you a 1st deposit bonus only the first time you deposit. A 2nd deposit bonus when you deposit a second time, etc. You can't be welcomed 10 times and receive 10 1st deposit bonuses. That's cheating and should be punished. A slap on the wrist isn't enough. That's just an invitation to try it again. Harsher punishments are needed.

Compare it to what happens on the streets.
If you drive a red light 100 km/h and the police give you a $20 ticket, you aren't going to take it seriously. When you lose your license for a few months and get a hefty fine, you'll be more careful next time. 

To be fair, it wasn't BitcoinGirl.Club that mentioned OP being Dutch. It was me after seeing the latest screenshot they posted that had both German and Dutch text. I know that Netherlands, together with countries like France, the UK, USA, and some others are generally restricted territories on Curacao licenses. BitcoinGirl.Club might have just acted on that information.

I haven't followed the developments of this case from the beginning to confidently pass judgement.

Nisam znao da zabranjuju priču o ratu u Ukraijini ali s obzirom da je to tema za Politics & Society forum, ja to svakako ne bih brojao. To mi je poslje off-topic boarda najmrža sekcija na forumu.

Baš je davno bilo kad smo bili u BestChange-u. Sjećam se da sam tih tjedana lutao među kampanjama (moguće da sam bio u Betcoin-u sa Danielom) a onda su moju prijavu prihvatili iz BC-a. Zadržao sam se samo dva tjedna jer me je već u drugom DarkStar pozvao u CM.

Kako lijepo formulisana misao u pičku materinu.  Ovo 'elegantiniji' daje poseban šmek.

OK, the bitcoin addresses are connected, there is no doubt about that. As the player says, he could have received or bought the coins from someone else who also played on the same casino. Theoretically, it's possible. Personally, I don't think that's what happened. Only a few hours after one withdrawal from Betcrypto, the coins move to a different address that deposits on the same casino. I don't believe that story and I don't think it's a coincidence. 

@Betcrypto.cr, @Little Mouse
Thanks for the clarification.

Admins aren't going to close the thread, and this situation hasn't been solved. I don't see any posts by Little Mouse where he states that OP is a multi-account abuser and that you were correct to close his account due to bonus abuse. Maybe that is yet to come. Besides, how do we know the evidence isn't fabricated to have Little Mouse and everyone else believe what you want them to believe?

Little Mouse is trusted enough, but how would he recognize a fabrication if there is one?

@Little Mouse, in what form is this evidence the casino gave you?

Where are you from btw? Your email is in German, but your PC's local language seems to be in Dutch. "Deels bewolkt" isn't German, it's Dutch and means partially cloudy. According to Coinplay TOS, players from the Netherlands and its territories are restricted from playing on Coinplay. I am not sure if that has anything to do with the problems you are experiencing. When they mentioned multiple accounts, you might have used VPNs (the same ones other players used) to bypass that geographical restriction.

Obviously, you aren't going to admin if that is the case, and I am not accusing you. It's just an observation I made based on the screenshot you posted and what the casino's TOS says. But none of that explains the horrible way Coinplay has decided to deal with this situation.   

To je ta glupost koju centralizirane mjenačnice rade zajedno sa kompanijama koje analiziraju blockchain transackcije. Sve zavisi koliko duboko idu sa tim svojim glupim analizama. Ako ne žele novac sa miksera, kladionica ili sličnih stranica, sigurno neće dozvoliti da im direktno deponuješ coine sa tih platformi. Nije loša ideja malo BTC provozati kroz par adresa. Poslje toga kad deponuješ određena sredstva, uvijek možeš reći da si kupio te coine od nekog i ne možeš znati šta je taj prethodni vlasnik radio s njima. Sumnjam da idu baš preduboko u te analize jer bi se tu onda nagledali dosta toga.

I don't think you will have much luck in that department. When Google struggles finding any newsworthy information about it, I doubt you will find people with any experience with that particular brand on the forum. It's worth a try though.
Maybe you can send it to hardware hacker Joe Grand and have him work on it trying to break it and check it for vulnerabilities.

Sure. I am interested in what else you have, especially if it's something I have never seen before like this Crypto Guard thingy.

Maybe the accounts were bought long time ago and never used. Just lying there idle waiting on a reason to wake up. Maybe they aren't owned by Coinplay at all but some farm that contacted them and offered to oppose the flags for money. Maybe Coinplay runs many other casinos or Bitcointalk accounts and has numerous alt accounts they can use for various reasons. There are many possibilities. The only thing that is certain is that their opposition to the flags means absolutely nothing to their visibility. Wasted effort that could have been better spent on not cheating their players.

People like free stuff and not paying for software, that's why. Netflix isn't expensive, but even if it were $2, many wouldn't want to pay if they can download the show or movie they want as a torrent.

I don't know how good LibreOffice is, as I never tried it. I doubt GIMP can offer nearly the same that Photoshop can. Just use a separate device for less-safe software that is pirated or cracked if you must use it. Keep it off your computer where you work with crypto, private keys, financial data, and other personal stuff. 

Youtube already has plenty of these. It's going to become a problem if they figure out how to fake a person in a live video call. As long as you can call the person who has to show their real face, it's still ok.

This isn't such a situation. This particular scam is not about hostages and demanding money to save the life of a family member. The scammers pretend they are the family member who is in urgent need of money. And that can luckily be verified in a number of ways like I explained above.

Social media, of course. People post everything about their lives on Facebook, Instagram, and the rest. I don't think it will change in the future, making it even easier to get someone's voice and looks for free.

It's being developed to replace you, me, and the rest of the humans who demand wages, pension, benefits, and time off. Robots and AI don't need anything. One engineer who can operate it and give it commends suffices.

This is the first time I hear about this type of voice scam. I wonder how much audio the AI would need to be able to create a fake voice recording?
Still, unless you are an older citizen, this shouldn't be something you should worry about. If someone calls you pretending to be a family member, hang up and call them to verify what's going on. If you are still in doubt, ask them questions only those close to you would know. It can be anything you two have witnessed, lived through, spoken about, etc.
A scammer won't know those answers.

If someone is willing to communicate with you on Telegram, they will PM you on the forum and tell you their Telegram ID. That way you know who you are talking to. Keep your contact details for yourself to avoid situations like the one you just experienced. Even if someone contacts you on Telegram and says, I am X from Bitcointalk, wouldn't you confirm you are talking to the real person? Would you not ask to have the person PM you over the forum as proof they are legit? You might as well save yourself some time and do it the right way from the start.

Ne pratim baš ko se i kolko prijavljuje tako da i ne znam koja kampanja ima koliko prijava.

Razloga može biti nekoliko.

Standardna isplata za Legendery članove u Whirlwind-u je $5 po postu + $1 za avatar. Maksimum je $150 tjedno. Dakle, svaki legendery koji bude primljen može zaraditi te novce. Pišem samo za taj rang jer sam to zapamtio. U Sinbad kampanji je malo drugačije. Tamo se legendery plačaju $4 po postu. Razlika je jedino kod onih u zelenoj zoni koji dobivaju $6. Ko nije u zelenoj zoni zaradi manje od onih u Whirlwind-u.

Hhampuz je duže u ovim menadžerskim vodama nego Royse777. I to možda utiče na broj prijava. Velika većina članova koji učestvuju u signature kampanjama su vjerovatno nekad radili sa Hhampuz-om u nekoj od njegovih kampanja.

Neki su se sigurno naljutili na Royse777 poslje 1. Aprila ali ne vjerujem da bi ih to spriječilo da se prijave za njegove kampanje ako zaslužuju da tu budu svojim kvalitetom. Neko je čak bio i otvorio temu u Reputation boardu da se žali zbog šale lol. A onda kad je Royse777 rekao da je u pitanju šala, 2-3 stranice prijava je izbrisano od strane korisnika za tu novu Sinbad kampanju.  

If you use cracked software and key generators, the AV will from time to time detect it as malware, quarantine it, and ask what you want to do next. You then have the option to allow the file back on the device, delete it, or keep it quarantined. A perfect example of that are the cracks that come with Microsoft Office products that many people use. The same thing can happen with Photoshop.