Spam from Club Gold Casino

[theGman]

Today i got spam from Club Gold Casino . It seems that Club Gold specialises in this kind of tactic.There seem to be a number of Playtech operations who simply dont care and will go out and use any kind of tactic to drum up traffic.

What is worrying though is that in the mailer they have my full name despite me never having registered at the Casino and have sent the mail to a personal email address.

I have also not registered as an affiliate and am highly unlikely to do so considering the kind of tactics that this outfit make use of.

The mailer went to a yahoo email address so im having a little issue finding out who sent it etc etc as i cant see the source code. Any advice would be appreciated and i can then share the details here. The online version of the mailer simply goes to the site.

It seems from the amount of spam complaints that Club Gold have generated in a very short period of time that they are not to bothered by this issue.

All i can say is nice work Club Gold - a brand is built over a period of time , what is happening now might be a short term gain - but it will cause a lot of pain in the medium and long term

[CarmelCGC]

Hi theGman

Could you forward me a copy of the email you received please on carmel@redzucchini.com so I can look into this issue further?

Apologies for the inconvenience

Carmel

[theGman]

Hi Carmel

The mailer has been sent to you. I look forward to hearing from you.

please advise us as to who sent this mailer as they have perpetrated a crime

I am not sure if you know , but recently a person got sent to jail in the UK for selling players details.

Regards

[CarmelCGC]

Hi theGman

I have forwarded your mail to our casino team and they have assured me that it is not one sent directly by the casino.

I am going to investigate the matter further to try and find out where the links re-direct to, as it could be the work of an affiliate violating our T&Cs

Carmel

[missdublin1970]

Hi Gman

have you seen my bad comments on clubgold casino, they never paid me for winning and closed my account, took £1150 from me and I am trying to get it back they use to send me 4 or 5 emails a day, when I won and they closed my account I never heard from them again, this site needs to be shut down there bad news alround,

miss.



have a good day.

[Zoorana]

I am not sure if you know , but recently a person got sent to jail in the UK for selling players details.

I didn't know this's possible. Have you got any source on the story to share with us?

[theGman]

Sure Zoorana here is one source

httpx://www.ico.gov.uk/news/latest_news/2011/gambling-worker-guilty-of-selling-65000-bingo-players-details-10112011.aspx

Seems i am wrong about the jail part - he did though get a three year conditional discharge which is a custodial sentence - but more like a slap on the wrist.

I remember seeing this in some national newspapers online but cant find the sources now

[Zoorana]

Totally. The laws have got to be tougher than that. But at least something is being done though. With time, hopefully the penalty will be tougher.