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BingoBonga refuses to investigate 300 euro missing deposit


3 years ago

I made a huge mistake and registered an account at www.bingobonga.com in the beginning of October 2022. When registering my account I used paynplay and my bank account was Finnish bank S-Pankki.

I later deposited 300€ using another bank (Danske bank) and that money just disappeared.

I have contacted BingoBonga several times regarding this but they are simply refusing to solve the issue. They are transferring all issues to their dodgy "VIP manager Edward" who then simply refuses to contact their payments team to locate the transfer.

I have tried to contact their customer support but they forward me to this "Edward" despite I asked them not to and he continues to refuse to solve the case. I have sent him screenshots from my bank account that include the bank logo, amount, my name, and account numbers of the sender and receiver. I have also sent him a photo of the paper receipts that I ordered from my bank.

After doing all this he is now asking for bank receipts in pdf format. My bank does not provide receipts in that format and the pdf photocopy was not good either. I have worked in the gaming industry for many years and I have never come across that a screenshot from my bank with all adequate info would not be enough.

I have even contacted trustly and they have confirmed to me that money has reached the merchant but this is also ignored by BingoBonga.

Reply from Trustly:

"Hi xxxxxxx,

Thank you for contacting Trustly. We are currently experiencing a higher request volume than usual which has led to a longer waiting time from our support. We thank you for your patience.

We can see that your transaction with reference 216xxxxx37 was successfully sent to the merchant on 2022-10-19. If you are in need of further assistance with this transaction, please contact their support and provide them with the reference PayNPl­ayP­aym­ent­__b­ing­obo­nga­_xxxx.

Please be aware, Trustly is not in a position to initiate refunds nor can we cancel transactions. In case you wish for a refund or you would like to cancel the transaction, please contact the merchant directly."

Again, this casino is extremely dodgy with its "VIP manager" Edward. I have already lost hope for regaining the money but hopefully, this will prohibit more people to lose their money in this manner.

I have a long email conversation with "Edward" which I'm happy to share if needed. That includes for example 3 straight requests to close my account which he blatantly refuses to do. Also, this is totally against MGA terms.


Fraud victim

Disputed Casino BingoBonga Casino
Amount €300

Discussion

User name

Dear all,

As apparent from the submitter's latest post, the AskGamblers Complaint Team is pleased to announce the case has been resolved and closed.

We thank both parties for their assistance during the complaint process.

User name loyalty-level-2
Good day!

I would also like to share some news regarding the situation!

Money arrived today, so thank you to askgamblers! This really highlights the importance of a website like yours. I have never come across during my last 15 years as a prolific casino player that I would need to chase back my money like this and dealing with you was really simple and straight forward.

I want to highlight the fact that today I was first offered a 40€ bonus comp from bingobonga for this treatment, when I accepted the offer, the conditions were changed to that I must first reply here that matter has been closed. Matter has of course not been closed as far as I am concerned until I receive the comp that was promised to me.

Since bingobonga clearly indicates in their reply that issue was solved straight after I sent in the receipt I just want to clear up the fact that.

1. Receipt was sent to them 9.10.2022 (more than 30 days ago) and the reply was first that it could not be located in their payment system and secondly that the format was wrong in the receipt. After contacting askgamblers the receipt was suddenly good enough.

2. During this month I have also contacted bingobonga several times for a SAR request. This is since all email replies was sent to me conveniently enough without including my original message. The SAR request was refused by Edward who at first did not even know what it is.

3. Already before my missing deposit I was refused to close my account several times despite my request

I don’t mention these things just to take a revenge on the treatment I received. I want to genuinely share an experience at an MGA licensed casino where both MGA and GDPR rules were totally ignored and breached. I genuinely want to inform the casino community that these things may happen at certain casinos. I have of course e-mail documentation for all these claims if needed but I did not include them since I would need to copy every email separately and there are tens of emails. (and SAR was refused)

Thanks and bye!
User name

Good day, < name removed > and AskGamblers Team!


We would like to share some news regarding this situation.


< name removed >, thank you very much for providing us with the correct document, which helped a lot to find the missing deposit. We kindly ask you to check your inbox again, there you can find the confirmation, that the refund of the deposit was successfully completed.


In case, you have any additional questions or requests, feel free to contact our customer support team or your VIP manager Edward, who did his best to complete your request.


With best regards,

BingoBonga Casino VIP Team

BingoBonga Casino Complaint Stats

Resolved 3 / 3
Avg. Amount $652
Avg. Complaint Duration 9 days
Avg. Response Time 2 days

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