Failing to verify my account in any sort of reasonable timeframe
Dear AskGamblers,
I would like to raise a complaint regarding Unibet’s persistent incompetence and refusal to verify my account, despite perfectly valid and relevant documents being provided upon their request. I will lay out a full sequence of the facts, and explain why Unibet are failing in their duties to verify my account.
Sept 26th, signed up to Unibet and deposited $500
October 4th, after winning a sports bet, withdrew $2,000
October 5th, Uploaded all necessary documents, and ID selfie as requested.
October 17th, Account still wasn’t verified, so emailed Unibet asking for update to info-ca@unibetsupport.com. Received no response.
October 23rd, I went onto live chat and asked about my withdrawal. Unibet then said I need to send in a paper proof of address, as a digital PDF of my bank statement, despite being originally asked for, is apparently no longer sufficient. I upload a paper bank statement., aswell as ID selfies (screenshot attached)
October 24th, Still hadn’t received my money so emailed info-ca@unibetsupport.com again
October 25th, Unibet respond to me to say to ‘please allow some time for our verification team to go through your submitted documents (Screenshot attached). This is one month now following registration, and 3 weeks after uploading documents
October 26th, Emailed Karolina from Unibet asking for an update. No reply.
October 27, Emailed Karolina again asking for an update. No reply.
October 27th, Paris from Unibet emailed me to say my documents are in review and takes 1-5 business days. It’s been almost 4 weeks, and 4 days since I uploaded the paper bank statement and second set of ID selfie photos.
October 28th, Paris emailed me again to say that the paper proof of address was out of date, which it was, and to send another. She also asked me to send in ID selfie again “Also the verification team has requested the new , crystal clear set of pictures of ID and iD held next to face ( all details must be clearly visible ) “
I had already sent in 2 sets of ID selfie photos, and they were both perfectly fine.
November 1st, I sent in updated paper bank statement as requested, along with perfectly fine ID selfie photos (attached to this complaint).
November 1st, Chased up Unibet via email, and was told that document verification is in a queue.
November 4th, was informed by email that my Unibet account is frozen
November 4th, Unibet emailed me again to say the documents are in queue. They take longer than the quoted 1-5 business days, every single time. Also, they didn’t explain why the 2 previous sets of ID selfies were refused.
November 6th, I emailed Unibet asking for an update as it’s been 1.5 months now since my withdrawal request. Emailed ignored.
November 7th, Emailed Unibet asking for an update again.
November 8th, Luke from Unibet emails me to say “Upon checking your account we can see that the documents you sent over have been rejecting. Reasons are as follows; the Proof of Identity held next to face was rejected because the quality was too low and is unreadable.
The Proof of address sent by Post was rejected as documents is expire / older than 3 months. “
Luke is looking at my email sent on October 23rd, not the updated one sent on November 1st. He is getting confused because there are so many emails now, but since I have requested numerous updates due to this being so slow, he’s missed my last email on November 1st. My bank statement is dated Sept 23rd, 2022, so it’s not over 3 months old, and the ID selfies (3rd set uploaded) are perfectly clear and legible.
Unibet have now categorically proven themselves to be unfit to verify my account, and unfit to respond to emails in a timely manner. They have also proven themselves to be unfit to examine the correct email, and are completely incompetent at verifying my account. All documents have been provided.
I would like you to examine the facts and ask Unibet to pay out my winnings, so that I can close my account with them and never play on their site again.
Thanks
Ellie
I would like to raise a complaint regarding Unibet’s persistent incompetence and refusal to verify my account, despite perfectly valid and relevant documents being provided upon their request. I will lay out a full sequence of the facts, and explain why Unibet are failing in their duties to verify my account.
Sept 26th, signed up to Unibet and deposited $500
October 4th, after winning a sports bet, withdrew $2,000
October 5th, Uploaded all necessary documents, and ID selfie as requested.
October 17th, Account still wasn’t verified, so emailed Unibet asking for update to info-ca@unibetsupport.com. Received no response.
October 23rd, I went onto live chat and asked about my withdrawal. Unibet then said I need to send in a paper proof of address, as a digital PDF of my bank statement, despite being originally asked for, is apparently no longer sufficient. I upload a paper bank statement., aswell as ID selfies (screenshot attached)
October 24th, Still hadn’t received my money so emailed info-ca@unibetsupport.com again
October 25th, Unibet respond to me to say to ‘please allow some time for our verification team to go through your submitted documents (Screenshot attached). This is one month now following registration, and 3 weeks after uploading documents
October 26th, Emailed Karolina from Unibet asking for an update. No reply.
October 27, Emailed Karolina again asking for an update. No reply.
October 27th, Paris from Unibet emailed me to say my documents are in review and takes 1-5 business days. It’s been almost 4 weeks, and 4 days since I uploaded the paper bank statement and second set of ID selfie photos.
October 28th, Paris emailed me again to say that the paper proof of address was out of date, which it was, and to send another. She also asked me to send in ID selfie again “Also the verification team has requested the new , crystal clear set of pictures of ID and iD held next to face ( all details must be clearly visible ) “
I had already sent in 2 sets of ID selfie photos, and they were both perfectly fine.
November 1st, I sent in updated paper bank statement as requested, along with perfectly fine ID selfie photos (attached to this complaint).
November 1st, Chased up Unibet via email, and was told that document verification is in a queue.
November 4th, was informed by email that my Unibet account is frozen
November 4th, Unibet emailed me again to say the documents are in queue. They take longer than the quoted 1-5 business days, every single time. Also, they didn’t explain why the 2 previous sets of ID selfies were refused.
November 6th, I emailed Unibet asking for an update as it’s been 1.5 months now since my withdrawal request. Emailed ignored.
November 7th, Emailed Unibet asking for an update again.
November 8th, Luke from Unibet emails me to say “Upon checking your account we can see that the documents you sent over have been rejecting. Reasons are as follows; the Proof of Identity held next to face was rejected because the quality was too low and is unreadable.
The Proof of address sent by Post was rejected as documents is expire / older than 3 months. “
Luke is looking at my email sent on October 23rd, not the updated one sent on November 1st. He is getting confused because there are so many emails now, but since I have requested numerous updates due to this being so slow, he’s missed my last email on November 1st. My bank statement is dated Sept 23rd, 2022, so it’s not over 3 months old, and the ID selfies (3rd set uploaded) are perfectly clear and legible.
Unibet have now categorically proven themselves to be unfit to verify my account, and unfit to respond to emails in a timely manner. They have also proven themselves to be unfit to examine the correct email, and are completely incompetent at verifying my account. All documents have been provided.
I would like you to examine the facts and ask Unibet to pay out my winnings, so that I can close my account with them and never play on their site again.
Thanks
Ellie