How you so confident that the documents were fake? Is there no way to verify KYC except publish documents in public? So only we suppose to believe what is Sportsbet saying (even not posting here)? We hadn't heard anything from Steve either OP wrong or right.
That's exactly my point. There is no way for
us to prove whether the documents are authentic, and publishing them in public will only hurt people, probably innocent people who've already had their documents robbed. It appears that the previous time this happened, the dox were shared with other forum members, is that any better? The OP himself said that Steve told him his documents are unacceptable, do we need Steve to come here and declare so himself? What would that achieve other than bringing up more questions?
I can only assume that sportsbet.io has a system in place to verify the identity of their clients who submit KYC. It's there job, and the legality of their business depends on it. If they say the documents are fraudulent, I'm going to take their word for it over an anonymous newbie. I would give any reputable member here the same benefit of the doubt.
How are we be sure there aren't similar cases out of the forum? There is the possibility that all victims don't know about this forum to create an accusation. Of course, we don't have the right to talk about it out of the forum, but those are on the forum I believe we have the right to talk about it.
I'm sure there are. People abuse casinos' terms of service all the time. That doesn't make any of them legitimate claims.
I am not getting the point why you are saying it pressure instead of legitimate questions? So we can't raise legitimate questions against Sportsbet? We or I can't tag all businesses if there are no valid accusations neither I involved will all accusation threads. Different DT members are involving with different cases if they feel to contribute there. It doesn't mean I or everyone should handle all the accusations here and tag all the business. Sportsbet should respond and explain the situation at least when someone creates a valid accusation against them.
How do you know it's a different member? What if it's the same person? If he was able to get the DT community to strong-arm sprotsbet into settling last time, maybe he's employing the same shenanigans to extort them again. Would that surprise you?
It's odd, but we give the benefit of the doubt to a verity of businesses and long-standing trusted members, but not casinos. It's not just sportsbet; Bitcasino, Fortune Jack, and others have all had their run-ins with these types of accusations, but they don't get the same treatment from the community. Is it because they're casinos? I don't get it.
There are plenty of regular members here who use sportsbet, yet none of them have claimed to be defrauded by them. Why is it only newbies?
Sportsbet.io specifically has done tremendous things promote bitcoin, and to support this forum. They've been incredibly generous to the community, and continue to promote bitcoin with their expanding sponsorship of one of the worlds most popular sports. They have a link to this forum on nearly every page of their website. It's obvious they care about this community, shouldn't they some credit for that?
So don't much worry about feedback or your banner. Anyone not blaming yet about wearing their banner or advertising them. I really don't see any reason why you should feel ashamed, this is an ongoing process and hope Sportsbet will solve it or prove OP is wrong.
Believe me, I'm not ashamed. I'm proud to wear their banner.
A little story about my experience using the sportsbet service: Not long ago I had a deposit double-credited to my sportsbet wallet. Being the honest guy I am, I reported it to Steve, and customer service. They fixed it, and took their money from my wallet, but then Steve gave me 150% of amount as free bets. That's the type of outfit we're dealing with.
They give away free bets all the time to the regular participants of their thread, for a variety of reasons. They're constantly sponsoring forum games and contests. They've been one of the most generous entities here. Scammers don't behave that way.
And, barring any hard evidence to suggest they are scammers, I would recommend a bit of restraint before taking the word of newbie over theirs.