Stake scammed me $40,000 AVOID AT ALL COST

[homelesskid]

Just few hours ago my account's asset was frozen(thats what they said after I contacted them regarding my bet limit). They didn't bother reaching out to me telling me that my asset was frozen until I reached out to them. They still allow me to bet which was ironic which I can only assume that they want me to lose money but aside from that I am not able to withdraw ANY money from my account to my crypto wallet even my initial deposit. I never attempted to withdraw before so they might've froze the account the moment I deposited the money since I am still allow to bet without me realizing. I've seen any that were at least put in withdraw only mode but now they are stealing your money so any deposits and profits you make are now locked with them. USE THEIR SITE AT YOUR OWN RISK. PLEASE SHARE AND SPREAD WORDS BEFORE MORE VICTIMS GET LURED INTO THEM AND HAVE THEIR MONEY LOCKED WITHOUT REALIZING TILL ITS TOO LATE. I DEMAND JUSTICE I DONT THINK ITS EVEN LEGAL TO EVEN LOCK YOUR INITIAL DEPOSITS. I have 40k locked up thats a huge amount that I will not give up without making this public

Stake limited my betting  because I was winning. They limit and froze my account because I was a winner and stake don't like winners. It has nothing to do with kyc. You can't win at stake because they only want losers that make them money and will do anything it takes to remove all winners from their site. Stake accuses me of multi account when this is my only account.
so they can have a reason to seize my funds

link to screenshot of chat as well as funds locked: https://imgur.com/a/GftdX4K

[JeromeTash]

Question is did you reach out to them to get a response as to why your account was locked?

You can't just claim you were scammed without hearing out their side of the story. As far as I know, stake has had some issues and I have seen them respond even sometimes in detail to users you complained about them.

I suggest you use the same approach before you conclude if they are scammers or not.

Here is their thread: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2072589.0

Here is their representative. I believe he will help you: Stunna

[aioc]

It's ok to make this public but pretty useless if you are posting your story and do not have proofs to back up your allegations this is still nothing you should follow the right format

What happened::

Scammers Profile Link:

Reference Link:
Amount Scammed:
Payment Method:
Proof of Payment:
PM/Chat Logs:
Additional Notes:

I'm sure you will get the answer if your complaint is clear and with all the proofs uploaded you can use IMGUR for images.

[acroman08]

Just few hours ago my account's asset was frozen(thats what they said after I contacted them regarding my bet limit). They didn't bother reaching out to me telling me that my asset was frozen until I reached out to them.

what did they say when you reached out to them? anyway, just like what aioc said, scam accusations are pretty useless without proof. would you mind sharing screenshots of your email/s, deposits, screen show of your account showing that it was indeed locked, etc...? I am not saying that you are lying but there have been a lot of cases gamblers make up stories to tarnish the gambling site's reputation because they lost or some other reason.

[homelesskid]

https://imgur.com/a/GftdX4K

LINK to the chat history I had with 2 separate supports in one chat. They accused me of having multiple accounts at first but when I question who was I linked to they have no comment because I did not have multiple accounts and why would I? Afterwards they kept pushing toward KYC saying how KYC is randomly chosen and I must provide lv3 to withdraw balance BUT I can still keep on betting?? they have me KYC with no warning and did not offer me withdrawal mode until I verify. Stake basically KEPT my initial deposits and my earnings I have made with them because I was making money and finding ways to block my withdrawal and continue letting me bet so I can lose the money. According to their terms of service you are not OBLIGATED to KYC but I am forced and not offer an alternative like to most people I've seen for withdrawal mode if unable to verify KYC. Unfortunately yes I am unable to KYC.

As a note notice how the 1st support claim multi-account violation and all of a sudden the 2nd support says "irregularities" from integrity team and require a lv3KYC. They clearly just don't want people that actually makes money and try to find excuse but can't keep their lie straight

[yahoo62278]

https://imgur.com/a/qIK595r


LINK to the chat history I had with 2 separate supports in one chat. They accused me of having multiple accounts at first but when I question who was I linked to they have no comment because I did not have multiple accounts and why would I? Afterwards they kept pushing toward KYC saying how KYC is randomly chosen and I must provide lv3 to withdraw balance BUT I can still keep on betting?? they have me KYC with no warning and did not offer me withdrawal mode until I verify. Stake basically KEPT my initial deposits and my earnings I have made with them because I was making money and finding ways to block my withdrawal and continue letting me bet so I can lose the money. According to their terms of service you are not OBLIGATED to KYC but I am forced and not offer an alternative like to most people I've seen for withdrawal mode if unable to verify KYC. Unfortunately yes I am unable to KYC.

As a note notice how the 1st support claim multi-account violation and all of a sudden the 2nd support says "irregularities" from integrity team and require a lv3KYC. They clearly just don't want people that actually makes money and try to find excuse but can't keep their lie straight

Why are you unable to KYC?

[homelesskid]

https://imgur.com/a/qIK595r


LINK to the chat history I had with 2 separate supports in one chat. They accused me of having multiple accounts at first but when I question who was I linked to they have no comment because I did not have multiple accounts and why would I? Afterwards they kept pushing toward KYC saying how KYC is randomly chosen and I must provide lv3 to withdraw balance BUT I can still keep on betting?? they have me KYC with no warning and did not offer me withdrawal mode until I verify. Stake basically KEPT my initial deposits and my earnings I have made with them because I was making money and finding ways to block my withdrawal and continue letting me bet so I can lose the money. According to their terms of service you are not OBLIGATED to KYC but I am forced and not offer an alternative like to most people I've seen for withdrawal mode if unable to verify KYC. Unfortunately yes I am unable to KYC.

As a note notice how the 1st support claim multi-account violation and all of a sudden the 2nd support says "irregularities" from integrity team and require a lv3KYC. They clearly just don't want people that actually makes money and try to find excuse but can't keep their lie straight

Why are you unable to KYC?

Stake is supposed to be VPN friendly most of their workers as well as owner is from restricted country and so am I. I've seen alot of post where people were at least put in withdrawal mode for playing from restricted country but I was not even offered that option and have my funds locked up instead

[yahoo62278]

https://imgur.com/a/qIK595r


LINK to the chat history I had with 2 separate supports in one chat. They accused me of having multiple accounts at first but when I question who was I linked to they have no comment because I did not have multiple accounts and why would I? Afterwards they kept pushing toward KYC saying how KYC is randomly chosen and I must provide lv3 to withdraw balance BUT I can still keep on betting?? they have me KYC with no warning and did not offer me withdrawal mode until I verify. Stake basically KEPT my initial deposits and my earnings I have made with them because I was making money and finding ways to block my withdrawal and continue letting me bet so I can lose the money. According to their terms of service you are not OBLIGATED to KYC but I am forced and not offer an alternative like to most people I've seen for withdrawal mode if unable to verify KYC. Unfortunately yes I am unable to KYC.

As a note notice how the 1st support claim multi-account violation and all of a sudden the 2nd support says "irregularities" from integrity team and require a lv3KYC. They clearly just don't want people that actually makes money and try to find excuse but can't keep their lie straight

Why are you unable to KYC?

Stake is supposed to be VPN friendly most of their workers as well as owner is from restricted country and so am I. I've seen alot of post where people were at least put in withdrawal mode for playing from restricted country but I was not even offered that option and have my funds locked up instead

So you admit you're gambling from a restricted county. Now because you think you have seen others post they played on a VPN and withdrew, you are ok to break the sites ToS and play? That is about as ignorant as 1 can be man.

Stakes terms https://stake.com/policies/terms
Stake will not accept registration from individuals:
Under 18 years old or under the legal age of majority or gambling in their jurisdiction;
Residing in jurisdictions from where it is illegal or gambling is not permitted. Stake is not able to verify the legality of the Service in each jurisdiction and it is the User's responsibility to ensure that their use of the Service is lawful.

Where does it say it is ok to play from a restricted country on a VPN?

Normally I would say stake should refund your initial deposit, but I think those days are long gone. People need to be taught a hard lesson otherwise more and more users will keep trying to break the rules.

[homelesskid]

https://imgur.com/a/qIK595r


LINK to the chat history I had with 2 separate supports in one chat. They accused me of having multiple accounts at first but when I question who was I linked to they have no comment because I did not have multiple accounts and why would I? Afterwards they kept pushing toward KYC saying how KYC is randomly chosen and I must provide lv3 to withdraw balance BUT I can still keep on betting?? they have me KYC with no warning and did not offer me withdrawal mode until I verify. Stake basically KEPT my initial deposits and my earnings I have made with them because I was making money and finding ways to block my withdrawal and continue letting me bet so I can lose the money. According to their terms of service you are not OBLIGATED to KYC but I am forced and not offer an alternative like to most people I've seen for withdrawal mode if unable to verify KYC. Unfortunately yes I am unable to KYC.

As a note notice how the 1st support claim multi-account violation and all of a sudden the 2nd support says "irregularities" from integrity team and require a lv3KYC. They clearly just don't want people that actually makes money and try to find excuse but can't keep their lie straight

Why are you unable to KYC?

Stake is supposed to be VPN friendly most of their workers as well as owner is from restricted country and so am I. I've seen alot of post where people were at least put in withdrawal mode for playing from restricted country but I was not even offered that option and have my funds locked up instead

So you admit you're gambling from a restricted county. Now because you think you have seen others post they played on a VPN and withdrew, you are ok to break the sites ToS and play? That is about as ignorant as 1 can be man.

Stakes terms https://stake.com/policies/terms
Stake will not accept registration from individuals:
Under 18 years old or under the legal age of majority or gambling in their jurisdiction;
Residing in jurisdictions from where it is illegal or gambling is not permitted. Stake is not able to verify the legality of the Service in each jurisdiction and it is the User's responsibility to ensure that their use of the Service is lawful.

Where does it say it is ok to play from a restricted country on a VPN?

Normally I would say stake should refund your initial deposit, but I think those days are long gone. People need to be taught a hard lesson otherwise more and more users will keep trying to break the rules.

Stake have sponsors and streamers playing from restricted countries and once again the OWNER is playing from a restricted country.

[yahoo62278]

https://imgur.com/a/qIK595r


LINK to the chat history I had with 2 separate supports in one chat. They accused me of having multiple accounts at first but when I question who was I linked to they have no comment because I did not have multiple accounts and why would I? Afterwards they kept pushing toward KYC saying how KYC is randomly chosen and I must provide lv3 to withdraw balance BUT I can still keep on betting?? they have me KYC with no warning and did not offer me withdrawal mode until I verify. Stake basically KEPT my initial deposits and my earnings I have made with them because I was making money and finding ways to block my withdrawal and continue letting me bet so I can lose the money. According to their terms of service you are not OBLIGATED to KYC but I am forced and not offer an alternative like to most people I've seen for withdrawal mode if unable to verify KYC. Unfortunately yes I am unable to KYC.

As a note notice how the 1st support claim multi-account violation and all of a sudden the 2nd support says "irregularities" from integrity team and require a lv3KYC. They clearly just don't want people that actually makes money and try to find excuse but can't keep their lie straight

Why are you unable to KYC?

Stake is supposed to be VPN friendly most of their workers as well as owner is from restricted country and so am I. I've seen alot of post where people were at least put in withdrawal mode for playing from restricted country but I was not even offered that option and have my funds locked up instead

So you admit you're gambling from a restricted county. Now because you think you have seen others post they played on a VPN and withdrew, you are ok to break the sites ToS and play? That is about as ignorant as 1 can be man.

Stakes terms https://stake.com/policies/terms
Stake will not accept registration from individuals:
Under 18 years old or under the legal age of majority or gambling in their jurisdiction;
Residing in jurisdictions from where it is illegal or gambling is not permitted. Stake is not able to verify the legality of the Service in each jurisdiction and it is the User's responsibility to ensure that their use of the Service is lawful.

Where does it say it is ok to play from a restricted country on a VPN?

Normally I would say stake should refund your initial deposit, but I think those days are long gone. People need to be taught a hard lesson otherwise more and more users will keep trying to break the rules.

Stake have sponsors and streamers playing from restricted countries and once again the OWNER is playing from a restricted country.

Even if all that is true, it still does not mean that YOU are allowed to play there. Employees and Owners has nothing to do with you.

The only case you would have here is if stake 100% knew you were from a restricted country and you could prove that they know, then told you it was ok to still gamble there. Otherwise, you are breaking the sites terms and there is nothing you can do about it.

I'm not against players, and i'm not advocating for the casino. Simply stating the facts. Anytime you are thinking of gambling somewhere, read the ToS each site should have. Send an email to the site and ask if your country is allowed to gamble there. If they tell you yes, then they have 0 defense against your claim if they try to hold your money. The whole community would pressure them to pay you.

[Mahdirakib]

According to their terms of service you are not OBLIGATED to KYC but I am forced and not offer an alternative like to most people I've seen for withdrawal mode if unable to verify KYC. Unfortunately yes I am unable to KYC.

Where you found those terms? According to the terms of Stake

Stake reserves the right, at any time, to ask for any KYC documentation it deems necessary to determine the identity and location of a User. Stake reserves the right to restrict the Service, payment or withdrawal until identity is sufficiently determined,

Stake is supposed to be VPN friendly most of their workers as well as owner is from restricted country and so am I.

Have you ever read the terms of Stake? Seems like you were fully aware that you are living in a restricted location. Don't try to take the situation on your favour by saying that the workers and streamers are from restricted places. They aren't telling anyone to play at Stake from the restricted places. So, it doesn't matter from where they are. Stake terms about the usage of VPN

The attempt to manipulate your real location through the use of VPN, proxy, or similar services or through the provision of incorrect or misleading information about your place of residence, with the intent to circumvent geo-blocking or jurisdiction restrictions, constitutes a breach of Clause 5 of this Terms of Service.

Normally I would say stake should refund your initial deposit, but I think those days are long gone. People need to be taught a hard lesson otherwise more and more users will keep trying to break the rules.

Indeed, OP is trying to break the terms by giving some useless reference. He will create new account again at Stake if they allow him to withdraw his money without taking any action. Eventually, he will continue the same process by addressing this as reference.

[aioc]

Indeed, OP is trying to break the terms by giving some useless reference. He will create new account again at Stake if they allow him to withdraw his money without taking any action. Eventually, he will continue the same process by addressing this as reference.

References are useless, as always the TOS is the one that will be followed, it's a bad precedent if they allow people to make reference to justify their action, it's a pity you have a huge amount locked, it all depends now on Stake.com's decision to refund your deposit or not.
This is what happens if you don't follow the TOS, the community has full of warnings that the TOS will always prevail, I don't know why did you challenge that.

[RapTarX]

If you can agree that you are from a restricted country, you have no point to accuse them as scammer though they should have allowed you to withdraw your initial deposit. As yahoo said, people must not blindly fill the check box without reading the ToS. Now, you have no option to claim against them dude. It’s in their favor.
Regarding placing bets, casinos are happy as long as you are losing. They don't care where you are from or where you have brought the money. They only care when you withdraw. Better next time read the ToS and join a casino.

[JeromeTash]

https://imgur.com/a/qIK595r

The images you just shared are so small. The text is so almost impossible to read.

LINK to the chat history I had with 2 separate supports in one chat. They accused me of having multiple accounts at first but when I question who was I linked to they have no comment because I did not have multiple accounts and why would I?

Probably it's because you could have used  A VPN. Remember VPNs can be used by so many people. The only way of proving to them your innocence is by going through KYC verification, which you don't want to do.

BUT I can still keep on betting??

Why do you continue betting if your account is blocked?  

they have me KYC with no warning and did not offer me withdrawal mode until I verify.

The KYC warning is already in the ToS, did you read them before signing up?

Unfortunately yes I am unable to KYC.

Why?

[coin-investor]

Sometime ago stake froze my account which had about 100 thousand dollars when I reached out to them I was told o had exceeded my bet limit I was able to place bets but not withdraw my assets I reached to a US company at adminctrackltd(at) protonmail(dot) com that specializes in crypto assets recovery,they recoverd my frozen funds on stake.

Oh really if this is really true why not post the company name, if you broke the TOS and already made a decision based on what's fair no company can reverse it, this is the kind of offer I received from anonymous people in telegram about company services which can help you recover your lost money from trading and casino, better careful on what this guy is offering unless he can show us proof of what's he is offering.

[goaldigger]

This is the cost of avoiding the ToS and not reading it at all. They have the right to freeze your account the moment you violate the ToS.
If you can provide KYC and didn't violate any rules and regulations, then it is still possible to recover but in your case I doubt on this.

The site will never inform you if they are going to freeze your account to avoid immediate withdrawal. So learn from this lesson and never violate their ToS. Using VPN is quiet risky as well.

Sometime ago stake froze my account which had about 100 thousand dollars when I reached out to them I was told o had exceeded my bet limit I was able to place bets but not withdraw my assets I reached to a US company at adminctrackltd(at) protonmail(dot) com that specializes in crypto assets recovery,they recoverd my frozen funds on stake.

I'm just wondering why many are attacking Stake nowadays? Any proof on this?

[CaVO32]

Sometime ago stake froze my account which had about 100 thousand dollars when I reached out to them I was told o had exceeded my bet limit I was able to place bets but not withdraw my assets I reached to a US company at adminctrackltd(at) protonmail(dot) com that specializes in crypto assets recovery,they recoverd my frozen funds on stake.

Oh really if this is really true why not post the company name, if you broke the TOS and already made a decision based on what's fair no company can reverse it, this is the kind of offer I received from anonymous people in telegram about company services which can help you recover your lost money from trading and casino, better careful on what this guy is offering unless he can show us proof of what's he is offering.

Scammers can use different faces and I do agree with you, better be careful with unsolicited services because they will further dupe you into worse situation. And serious services like this should have their own domain name. If they see that the amount involve is large, they will try to get on board hoping that they will further exhaust money from you by offering bogus services. So be cautious!

[Bitcoin_Arena]

Sometime ago stake froze my account which had about 100 thousand dollars when I reached out to them I was told o had exceeded my bet limit I was able to place bets but not withdraw my assets I reached to a US company at adminctrackltd(at) protonmail(dot) com that specializes in crypto assets recovery,they recoverd my frozen funds on stake.

Funny 

Here comes another shameless scammer. Create a brand-new account, login, and then boom. This is the first post they see and claim how they were once a victim too but were helped by some random crypto recovery company.

Thanks for wasting your time here, we don't fall for such bullshit.

[homelesskid]

https://imgur.com/a/qIK595r

The images you just shared are so small. The text is so almost impossible to read.

LINK to the chat history I had with 2 separate supports in one chat. They accused me of having multiple accounts at first but when I question who was I linked to they have no comment because I did not have multiple accounts and why would I?

Probably it's because you could have used  A VPN. Remember VPNs can be used by so many people. The only way of proving to them your innocence is by going through KYC verification, which you don't want to do.

BUT I can still keep on betting??

Why do you continue betting if your account is blocked? 

they have me KYC with no warning and did not offer me withdrawal mode until I verify.

The KYC warning is already in the ToS, did you read them before signing up?

Unfortunately yes I am unable to KYC.

Why?

sorry im not sure why images are so blurry but I uploaded higher quality with a new URL just now

[homelesskid]

According to their terms of service you are not OBLIGATED to KYC but I am forced and not offer an alternative like to most people I've seen for withdrawal mode if unable to verify KYC. Unfortunately yes I am unable to KYC.

Where you found those terms? According to the terms of Stake

Stake reserves the right, at any time, to ask for any KYC documentation it deems necessary to determine the identity and location of a User. Stake reserves the right to restrict the Service, payment or withdrawal until identity is sufficiently determined,

Stake is supposed to be VPN friendly most of their workers as well as owner is from restricted country and so am I.

Have you ever read the terms of Stake? Seems like you were fully aware that you are living in a restricted location. Don't try to take the situation on your favour by saying that the workers and streamers are from restricted places. They aren't telling anyone to play at Stake from the restricted places. So, it doesn't matter from where they are. Stake terms about the usage of VPN

The attempt to manipulate your real location through the use of VPN, proxy, or similar services or through the provision of incorrect or misleading information about your place of residence, with the intent to circumvent geo-blocking or jurisdiction restrictions, constitutes a breach of Clause 5 of this Terms of Service.

Normally I would say stake should refund your initial deposit, but I think those days are long gone. People need to be taught a hard lesson otherwise more and more users will keep trying to break the rules.

Indeed, OP is trying to break the terms by giving some useless reference. He will create new account again at Stake if they allow him to withdraw his money without taking any action. Eventually, he will continue the same process by addressing this as reference.

the screenshot I uploaded even the support said themselves I am not obligated to KYC