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Withdrawal withheld with absurd reasons


6 years ago
I played with MFortune for about a month, never won anything depositing on numerous occasions via debit card and via phone,
Won £100 tried to withdraw now they are asking for Id, so I sent driving license, passport, screenshot of paid phone bill, now they ask for a pdf of phone bill via laptop, I haven’t got a laptop, I have sent lots is Id with photos and full address that they never requested when you deposit but now when you wish to withdraw totally different, I have read hundreds of reviews from people in the same boat, this is obviously a scam company who want you to keep depositing but don’t want to payout!! Can I get advice on options?? I’m looking to go to ibas and the gambling commission. Please help to shut this company down!!
Disputed Casino mFortune Casino
Amount £100

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Dear @Smelly100,

The AskGamblers Complaint Team is kindly asking you to update your complaint in a timely manner and confirm if the required verification paperwork has already been sent to the mFortune Casino team accordingly.

Please keep in mind that as per the AGCCS Terms and Guidelines which you accepted upon registering and using our complaints system, you are obliged to provide the necessary level of assistance and cooperation during the process. Should you refuse sending the required verification paperwork or fail to update your complaint in a timely manner, we will have no other choice but to reject the case and recommend you to forward it to the relevant regulatory body.

Thanks for your cooperation.

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you Don’t want to discuss on a public forum as you yourself recognise it’s a scam. You only have to read literally hundreds of reviews with customers in the same boat, there’s over 70 on here and if you go on trust pilot, casino guru , which bingo etc , in reality there are probably thousands of customers who have just given up they say that in their reviews, you make a lot of money for your company doing this, the only casino/bookmaker in the country who goes to such lengths to prevent payout. Having a conversation with the gambling commission yesterday they are fully aware of your unethical practices and I would advise everyone who reads this to submit their complaints to info@g­amb­lin­gco­mmi­ssi­on.g­ov.uk. , The basis on my complaint is there are no checks whatsoever made on customers when opening accounts, customers can deposit frequently as often as possible without any checks being made so if you opened a account with MFortune in January you can keep depositing until for example July that’s 6 months of depositing and losing without any checks, red flags duty of care absolutely nothing. Then in July if you happened to win and requested a withdrawal there suddenly becomes red flags big duty of care to the phone provider to make sure phone bills have been paid, normal id taken from other bookmakers such as driving license, passport, utility bill not enough. Evidence of paid phone bills become necessary suddenly, although prior to requesting a withdrawal nothing is required no red flags. Even if you provide that information it’s still not enough, the very last deposit by phone has to be proofed has been paid meaning customers have to continually wait for there next bill to be generated sometimes weeks in my case 6 week and if you provide that information then the next con is to ask for other information such as bank statements which as per my conversation with the gambling commission no one should be sending bank statements to any bookmaker , classic scam wanting customers to keep depositing and losing without checks, then when withdrawals are requested hold onto the winnings and frustrate as long as possible to hopefully make the customer give up and leave their winnings . Quite clear any gambling company who continually hides behind their t @ c when customers make complaints you know are scammers, you should change the terms to we require checks in the lifetime of your account with us, these checks will only become apparent when you ask for a withdrawal. Total and utter scam. Well you can keep my winnings, I will get them eventually after my complaints are processed, whoever reads this do not open an account with this company you will not get paid and even if you do it will be weeks and weeks. If you have a similar issue to me contact the gambling commission the more people that do the more chance they will be audited and investigated.
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Hi SMELLY100,

Thank you for your query, regrettably as per the email responses we have sent in response to this question we are not able to foresee when this additional information would be requested, there fore it is not possible to ask for in advance.

In relation to your other questions relating to your personal circumstances, and situation, we have responded to you directly with an explanation as to why we have requested this information from you. We are however not able to divulge or discuss your personal details via this public forum, which is why we must provide you with more generical responses.

Our last email has explained in full why we have requested the information from you, and what steps you can take if you remain unhappy, it is regrettable that you feel that this is unfair, however given the information and details shown within the information you have provided us so far, we feel this is a reasonable request to make.

We do hope are explanation is clear, should you require any further information please do not hesitate to ask.

Kind regards
mFortune
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That’s incredibly strange as there wasn’t any red flags from the previous months phone bill when I was depositing and playing with your company and not requesting a withdrawal?
It appears oddly enough that the red flags have only been highlighted when I requested a withdrawal, can you confirm why that is?
Can you confirm that if I hadn’t of requested a withdrawal the same red flags would of been used and you still would of contacted me to ask for proof of payment of phone bill as per your duty of care?
My last few deposits were in no way any different from my previous months deposits so I cannot see any reason why the so called red flag was alerted? It is blatantly obvious the red flags just like the duty of care only arrises when withdrawals are requested.
Again please confirm that red flag checks and duty of care checks are made to all customers even if they don’t request withdrawal. If a customer doesn’t request a withdrawal during the lifetime of their account do you still make red flag checks to customers to request proof of phone bill payment? It’s a very simple yes or no answer

mFortune Casino Complaint Stats

Resolved 43 / 45
Avg. Amount $1,345
Avg. Complaint Duration 7 days
Avg. Response Time 2 days

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Money never arrived, waiting over a month for a solution

On the 30th of October 2021 at the time 22:25:49 I asked for a withdrawal on 500£ again same date but at the time 22:31:16 I asked for another 500£ withdrawal, so all in all I asked for 1000£withdrawal however it stated that for security reasons I could only ask for 500 in one go hence I did it 2 times, they asked for ID which I ofc send them on the 8th of October.

I reviewed a text saying thank you for sending the id and that I would get a message ones it had been verified, on the 12th of October I received a message from them saying congratulations on the win and that the money had been processed, however the money never arrived.

I got in contact with live support on the 2 nd of November and told them my concern and I send them bank statement to prove that the money had not arrived on my account, I was told they would forward this, however I didn't hear anything back other than another message saying thank you for identification and they would safe it to further use if necessary, about 10 days later as there had still not arrived any money I contacted live chat again and this time I was simply told the money had been processed on the 12th of October and that I needed to contact my bank.

I contacted my bank some days after ( I'm in cancer treatment so I don't react on these things as fast as usual) however got my bank contacted and they told me that no money had been tried to be payed out to my card or bank so they couldn't give me any info as the payment from mfortune nor inTouch games existed.

I then contacted live chat once again and first he asked if I has asked for a 10£ withdrawal which I ofc corrected him and told him not 10 but 1000£ all together, he took a look again and came back confirming the 1000£ and then telling me once again that it had been payed out on the 12th of October and that he did not know why the money had not arrived yet.

Once again he asked for a new statement to prove I had not received the money, I send that statement off as proof which was approved by him and told me I would receive a message from them, now we have the 30th of November and I haven't heard a word from them neither gave I received my withdrawal, I think it is really sad.

I have been very nice and polite through all this but I'll admit it feels a little like they are holding it back as they know I got cancer, so maybe they are thinking I might die soon and then no one will claim the money, that is my fault though as when I contacted them the first time I explained that I was going into treatment for cancer and therefore didn't have the energy to fight regarding getting my withdrawal payed out.

I hope I'm wrong but it does feel like they are just holding out waiting to see if I keep claiming the money sad but that's how I feel, I mean if they have trouble paying out to my debit card they could tell me and I would give them my PayPal instead.

Status rejected Rejected
£1,000
Withholding funds for over 2 weeks

I am writing this complaint again in relation to the pending withdrawal issue I have had with mfortune processing team over a withdrawal request of £2020 which they are still holding for no legitimate reason as I abided by all the terms and conditions of Mfortune and provided them with sufficient information and documentation over the period of last 2 weeks in relation to the withdrawal of £2020 to be processed. I created an account with mfortune casino around 2 weeks ago and made deposits total of around £1700, after playing for a few days I have had a win of £2020 so I requested a deposit of full £2020 from my mfortune account to my debit card and as a result I was asked to upload my identification documents (photo Id, prove of address & proof of the debit card) in order for the withdrawal to be approved and processed successfully which I did but a few days later I received another message requesting further documentation but this time I was asked to upload a video with me holding my driving license and the bank card which I used to make deposits in relation to the same withdrawal of £2020, I uploaded the video identification as requested via the mfortune app on Friday the 22nd of October. On Monday the 25th October 2021 I received another text message requesting a further document this time mfortune requesting a screenshot image or pdf bank statement showing deposits to my mfortune account so I uploaded an image of the requested bank statement, a day later on Tuesday 26th October 2021 I received another message in relation to the same withdrawal of £2020 requesting a PDF version of the same statement showing deposits to the mfortune account I even provided that and uploaded the PDF document of the statement hoping that my withdrawal of £2020 would be processed successfully but unfortunately that did not happen, on Wednesday the 27th of October 2021 I received a phone call from the compliance department of mfortune asking me further information in regards to the amounts and deposits shown on my statements which I uploaded previously and I explained to the advisor in great detail about the origin of the deposits and he was satisfied with that and assured me that my withdrawal request of £2020 will be processed but once again unfortunately that didn't happen and on Thursday the 28th of October 2021 I received a further call from the compliance department at Mfortune this time requesting the source of my income and I as asked to upload any proof of my income or I am in receipt of any benefits so once I again I uploaded a PDF version of my bank statement showing the receipt of my Universal Credits along with that I also uploaded my universal credit screenshot from the www.gov.uk website with the amount and dates showing of my universal credit account hoping that my withdrawal of £2020 would be processed after that but yet again it didn't happen instead on Wednesday evening my mfortune account was blocked and when I phoned to inquire about my account and withdrawal of £2020 I was provided with no information or any valid reasons for the blocking of my account as I abided by all terms and conditions and provided more than enough evidence in relation to my withdrawal of £2020, so I would like to file an official complaint to the complaints department in order to receive my withdrawal and this whole experience from start to finish have had a devastating impact on my physical and mental health so I would kindly request the relevant department or person to assist me with my withdrawal request please if I don't get my money or if I am unable to resolve this issue in an amicable way then I will have to take this further with IBAS and with my local MP as this whole process has put me in a really stressful and difficult situation.

Status solved Resolved
£2,020
Mfortune Casino now answer from 24th of August

On 9th Aug I won £8000 on Mfortune Casino app. I requested a withdrawal and i was then contacted by Mfortune on 11th Aug to submit some documents to verify my account.

ID, proof of address and bank statement were sent to Mfortune on 11th Aug 2021.

After 7 days on 18th Aug, mfortune realised that they need additional documents. I uploaded additional documents on same day and on 19th Aug I received a confirmation message stating that they have received everything they asked for!

Assuming that they have got everything they asked for I was waiting for my final confirmation message to verify my account but to my surprise, I received a call from the safer gambling team (Todd)on 24 Aug asking for more documents!! It took them 3 attempts to figure out what is needed to verify someone identity!! I am sure there are certain checks needed to b carried out but I can't understand why it took them so long to finally realise what's needed and what's missing.

I would have provided them with all these documents in the first instance if I knew what was needed.

I was assured by Todd that within 24 hours my account will be reviewed for final verification and to release the payment.

Ever since 24th Aug, I am still waiting for the confirmation.

My account is now banned and I can't access it.

Every day for past 24 days I have been on call to an operator listening to the same automated responses.

I have been told to keep waiting. That's all I get after 24 days. No SLA is being met as advertised on their website. It has certainly been longer than 3-5 working days.

Certainly it shouldn't take this long.

I really need to get this resolved as it is causing me unnecessary stress and it takes me on average 45 minutes each time on long queue every day to get hold of someone for an update.

Status solved Resolved
£8,000