WildTornado Casino - Player complains about unauthorized deposits.

I cancelled my account at 6pm on the 24th January 2022 and then between 10pm to 11.50pm they took out 13 unauthorized transactions, eight of which were in 1 minute at 11.42pm and then just denied it completely.

Dear Taylor,

Thank you very much for submitting your complaint. I’m sorry to hear about your problem. Please allow me to ask you a few questions, so I can understand the whole situation completely. Was the money deducted from your bank account and credited to your casino account? Have you communicated this issue with your payment provider and the casino directly? If there’s any relevant communication, please forward it to petronela.k@casino.guru.

Have you previously deposited funds into your casino account using the same payment method?

I hope we will be able to help you to resolve this issue as soon as possible. Thank you in advance for your reply.

Best regards,

Petronela

Hello,

Yes I've been in contact with both my bank and the casino. The funds were not put onto my casino account, they reopen the account so I could check and the last deposit was at around 6pm on the 24th Jan 2022 using this bank account where these withdrawals were all made between 10pm to 11.50pm on the 24th Jan 2022 and it's not a delayed payment as when I was playing I checked my bank balance each time to ensure I wasn't over spending more than I could afford so for them to just take $375 out of my account is pretty bad. Eight of the transactions were at 11.42pm.

I explained to the casino that it was serious as I played what I could afford not an extra $375 and after sixteen hours then told me "there is no suspicious activity on your account therefore we cannot refund you"

They told my via chat and I don't have the transcript but I'll ask them to confirm this also via email and send you this in an email later today.

Thankyou so much for your help (:

Thank you, Taylor, for your reply. Do I understand correctly that the funds have been deducted from your bank account but were not credited to your casino account?

The funds never reached my account but I also never made the transactions either.

I deposited to the account four times on the 24th January 2022 and instead of taking out four payments, after I logged off they took out a further thirteen totaling $375 which were not applied to the account either, and they say they have no record of them. I had to end up cancelling my debit card as well as calling my bank to report it because they wouldn't stop coming out and I kept getting almost robotic replies where they'd just say the same thing over and over again but not actually look into it.

The casino just kept saying it is impossible despite all the transactions being under the same deposit name as their account and my casino account is only showing four deposits on it.

Thank you, Taylor, for your reply.

We always recommend contacting authorities straight away as we have limited resources.

Please understand that proving unauthorized transactions in this amount would be close to impossible as your payments should have been protected by the bank and notifications sent before any transaction is debited from your bank account.

If the investigation from the bank is not satisfactory I would suggest contacting authorities (police) directly. 

My banks now doing a recovery of the funds. (:

I don't know how it happened but it just seems strange that it's not an error on their end because I logged off at 6pm and then thirteen payments to them went out between 10-11.50pm that day. On top of the four I had already paid for that I did process myself to put on my account. I highly doubt someone stole my card details and used it at the exact same online casino as me so I can't think of any other way it could have come out of my account other then by them. It just also was strange because at 6pm I asked to delete my account because I felt like I was about to hit a slippery slope with gambling too much, like where you're not addicted but you know you could get there if you kept going so it was also just strange how it all happened about an hour before they deleted my account from my request. They have reopened it now so I could see the transactions I did make but there is only four which makes sense because that's what I deposited so it's just very odd that there at 17 transactions for that day. I'm just concerned for future players if this is an error on their side too because they just kept sending the same response over and over again but they weren't even tailored to what I was saying.

Dear Taylor,

When you deposit funds into your casino account nobody from the casino sees your payment details. All the transactions are made through a payment gate and the third party is handling all this sensitive information. You should never share any of your payment details with the casino directly. 

I wish I could be of more help unfortunately, only your bank can retrieve the money now. Let me know if there is any additional information that I have overlooked otherwise, I will be forced to reject your complaint at this time. Thank you in advance for your understanding.

Dear Taylor,

We are extending the timer by 7 days. Please, do not hesitate to contact us if you need any assistance or help, otherwise, we will reject your complaint.

I wish I could be of more help. I’m very sorry we couldn’t assist you to resolve this case, but please do not hesitate to contact us if you run into any issues with any other casino in the future. Please understand that unauthorized transactions must be handled by relevant authorities such as police. We have no authority or jurisdiction for this kind of investigation.

I will now close this complaint. Thank you for your understanding.