Beware of Mainstreet Group!

[bAdSmoker]

It's been a pretty long time since I've gambled online or posted on these forums, but I just started playing at The Mainstreet Group of RTG Casino's. I've made a fair amount of deposits at one of their Casinos, I've been playing there for about two weeks now.

I've only used my PayPal Debit Card for purchasing at the casino and the only other thing I use this PayPal Card for is eBay Payments. Any who, I got an email today from PayPal which was a Receipt for
"You paid Staples,Inc,Framingham,MA, $544.36 USD." now at first i thought this was a fake email with a fake link, but upon further checking, It was indeed my PayPal account that was used, rather my Debit Card that was used.

So this is a WARNING to any of you that use your PayPal or Bank Cards to deposit with this group, PLEASE DON'T!
I am not the only person this has happened to, I stream on Twitch occasionally and another well known Slot Streamer just messaged me about the same thing just happened to him, which he also plays with the same group.

Now keep in mind, I do not use this card at any stores EVER it is solely used for Receiving and Sending eBay Payments, so the only transactions on this account are to eBay and USPS "United States Postal Service" and this casino group.

I called and hopefully will have all this sorted out, but since the amount was pretty large for myself and considering I only have a small amount available in my bank account, it will cause my account to be negative and over drafted with another fee and it's still pending, I'm just hoping this hits after i get my paycheck.

And all i wanted was to have a good time playing some slots and streaming it to friends and others to enjoy, this is truly sad.

EDIT: For Fail Typing -.-

 

[DreamRJ]

It's been a pretty long time since I've gambled online or posted on these forums, but I just started playing at The Mainstreet Group of RTG Casino's. I've made a fair amount of deposits at one of their Casinos, I've been playing there for about two weeks now.

I've only used my PayPal Debit Card for purchasing at the casino and the only other thing I use this PayPal Card for is eBay Payments. Any who, I got an email today from PayPal which was a Receipt for
"You paid Staples,Inc,Framingham,MA, $544.36 USD." now at first i thought this was a fake email with a fake link, but upon further checking, It was indeed my PayPal account that was used, rather my Debit Card that was used.

So this is a WARNING to any of you that use your PayPal or Bank Cards to deposit with this group, PLEASE DON'T!
I am not the only this has happened to, I stream on Twitch occasionally and another well known Slot Streamer just messaged me about the same thing just happened to him, which he also plays with the same group.

Now keep in mind, I do not use this card at any stores EVER it is solely used for Receiving and Sending eBay Payments, so the only transactions on this account are to eBay and USPS "United States Postal Service" and this casino group.

I called and hopefully will have all this sorted out, but since the amount was pretty large for myself and considering I only have a small amount available in my bank account, it will cause my account to be negative and over drafted with another fee and it's still pending, I'm just hoping this hits after i get my paycheck.

And i wanted was to have a good time playing some slots and streaming it to friends and others to enjoy, this is truly sad.

I do not get it?

So they just decided to take money from your PayPal linked card?

If this is the case you can block the payment and you can also refund it once your logged into PayPal. If that fails just ring up PayPal, they will sort it for you. But that is really out of order for a casino to do that. They need to be stopped.

Also did the casino give you an explanation as to why they did it????? Did you even ask the casino why yet???

EDIT: I also think this group is rogue? just done some quick searches in google!

 

[bAdSmoker]

I do not get it?

So they just decided to take money from your PayPal linked card?

If this is the case you can block the payment and you can also refund it once your logged into PayPal. If that fails just ring up PayPal, they will sort it for you. But that is really out of order for a casino to do that. They need to be stopped.

Also did the casino give you an explanation as to why they did it????? Did you even ask the casino why yet???

EDIT: I also think this group is rogue? just done some quick searches in google!

Someone from the casino/processor basically stole my card details.

 

[DreamRJ]

Someone from the casino/processor basically stole my card details.

wow, that is disgusting, I hope you get it back fast.

Keep us updated please?

 

[bAdSmoker]

wow, that is disgusting, I hope you get it back fast.

Keep us updated please?

Will do!

I'm not going to contact the casino to be honest, they will just tell me to contact the merchant/processor which we all know will get me no where. But perhaps there is a REP on these forums from Mainstreet that will see this.

 

[DreamRJ]

Will do!

I'm not going to contact the casino to be honest, they will just tell me to contact the merchant/processor which we all know will get me no where. But perhaps there is a REP on these forums from Mainstreet that will see this.

Good Luck, But not sure if there is a rep, just had a look at the rep list cant find one. Unless there might have been in the past and they closed the account. Not sure though.

 

[lockinlove]

seems to be the rep https://www.casinomeister.com/forums/members/main-street.html They were online about a week ago.

They were accredited here at one point but they were removed and put into reservation for terribly slow payments

 

[cj1990]

I wouldn't drag my feet on this, you should really bring this to the Casino's attention.

I highly doubt any casino or processor would be ok with their employees yanking customers card details, it would just complicate business for everyone and get the processor on a black list and no bank would honor any transaction that they tried to initiate.

If you can, I highly recommend using a prepaid card or use bitcoin, they can't steal what you don't have.

This is one of the reasons why if I use any card , its either a 100% trusted place like SlotoCash or UptownAces.

Just my several cents,
-CJ

 

[bAdSmoker]

I wouldn't drag my feet on this, you should really bring this to the Casino's attention.

I highly doubt any casino or processor would be ok with their employees yanking customers card details, it would just complicate business for everyone and get the processor on a black list and no bank would honor any transaction that they tried to initiate.

If you can, I highly recommend using a prepaid card or use bitcoin, they can't steal what you don't have.

This is one of the reasons why if I use any card , its either a 100% trusted place like SlotoCash or UptownAces.

Just my several cents,
-CJ

How should I go about it, just call them?

 

[bAdSmoker]

UPDATE

I've contacted the Casino and they're aware of the issue.

There are four more people that this has happened to, after making the initial post.

The purchases are coming from different states, which is strange. In my opinion, It seems as if they got hacked and everyone's Credit/Debit information got leaked to a shady site.

I had a few viewers that also played at the casino group inform me that in the Cashier section, it would show other peoples credit card information upon going to the deposit option. Which the casino apparently fixed after it was reported.

This is really scary, because they required you to enter you Social Security number after every deposit.

 

[cpdnd31]

You are not the only one two others streamers brought this to my attention last night. They also had the same charges taken from there pp acct from the cc. This is straight up fraud. make sure you call pp and cancle cards.

one onther good reason to use bc for casinos. no personal info is getting shared.

 

[Main Street]

Yesterday on March 30th, were informed that one of our overseas acquiring bank has had their data compromised. As such we have stopped all traffic to this bank.

We are tremendously sorry for the inconvenience this has caused, if any charges are not reversed by your bank we will cover all expenses incurred related to this incident. Please contact our customer service.

Thanks

 

[bAdSmoker]

Yesterday on March 30th, were informed that one of our overseas acquiring bank has had their data compromised. As such we have stopped all traffic to this bank.

We are tremendously sorry for the inconvenience this has caused, if any charges are not reversed by your bank we will cover all expenses incurred related to this incident. Please contact our customer service.

Thanks

Good on you, Mainstreet.
I know that you guy's are a legit group, it's just a shame that this happened.

 

[DreamRJ]

Good to know they are dealing with it.

 

[Nightfly]

Yesterday I received a phone call from one of my credit cards fraud department. They were asking about 2 charges. One for $489.15 and a smaller one for $44. I told them that I haven't used the cards for a few months and that I don't recognize the charges. They said I will not be charged and they will investigate. They closed my account and are issuing me a new card
I remember using this card at a Mainstreet Casino months ago. Now that I read this thread I'm assuming this was the source of the fraudulent charges.

 

[bAdSmoker]

UPDATE

The transaction never completed, but there are others that have had it go through and hit their bank accounts, I hope they get it sorted out.

Just a little funny is whoever the person that attempted the purchase of $544 that stole my info put an Authorization Expiration Date: January 5, 1970 , I'm assuming this is why mine was canceled promptly.

 

[DonkeyDonk]

wow, when i started to read this thread i ummediately thought about same 5dimes situation several months ago

good thing the rep is answering here

 

[pmutts]

This happened to me as well.

Fortunately, the scumbag perpetrator got NOTHING. I keep a close eye on my accounts and it so happened there were no available funds on they two cards that were comprised.

There are is only one other group that I have provided these two specific cards to and they are accredited here on the site.

It appears the person(s) who cultivated my card information likely did it to hundreds if not thousands of accounts and then sold the information over the Darknet.

I have declined transactions that continue to appear all on these accounts (my cards have been canceled and replaced) but they are from all over the world in varying amounts to countless merchants both familiar and unfamiliar.

Of course I cannot prove it was anyone associated with Mainstreet. I thought about emailing them but why waste my time.

I have had some of my very best luck at their casinos. With generous bonuses, and crazy good luck I should be up on them but I'm not even close.

It is their slow pay tactics that have been very effective in keeping me a loser. The average pending period is one month. They always have the same excuse, processor issues--the state of the US Market blah blah blah..."

Also, if you hit a $6500 random jackpot, you can expect to be paid out completely over a period of 3-6 months at best. This happened to me. Let's just say I never collected a dime--a couple of drinks, I wanted to play, and I got NOTHING.

Since I simply do not have the willpower to wait 4 weeks or longer to collect my win, I have made the decision after that incident to swear them off--forever.

I want to emphasize that while I am strongly suspicious, I realize I may be wrong and it was another operator. But, they would be the most likely base on the cards that were compromised.

 

[bAdSmoker]

Beware of Mainstreet Group Part 2

So, I decided to give Mainstreet another go and guess what?

The new card has also been compromised with several charges for International Calling Cards, and again I've only used this new card at Mainstreet.

Honestly, how does this happen.. if not once, but twice? I'm really curious as to who is in charge of selecting your processors, but I would not be surprised if it's someone from within the Mainstreet Group.

 

[alfred666]

If this is what you like, I can highly recommend you try 5Dimes next. <end of sarcasm>

I encountered the exact same problem a couple of weeks ago with 5Dimes.
Used a card that has not been used anywhere else before and 2 weeks later I get a call from my bank's fraud centre questioning numerous (unauthorized) charges from all over the world.

Potentially 5Dimes and Mainstreet are using the same problematic processor.

What country were your authorized Mainstreet transactions registered under, China?

 

[cpdnd31]

I have stopped using my cc at casinos. I have gone all bitcoin. So much easier and when I win the money in had in most cases within minutes. They even have a bc atm card now.

 

[bAdSmoker]

I have stopped using my cc at casinos. I have gone all bitcoin. So much easier and when I win the money in had in most cases within minutes. They even have a bc atm card now.

Yea, Bitcoin is nice.

But my problem is, playing a slot and then switching to another and your like wait... what happened to my balance

 

[lnspin]

Yea, Bitcoin is nice.

But my problem is, playing a slot and then switching to another and your like wait... what happened to my balance

What happened to your balance. Never had a disappearing balance before

 

[maxd]

So, I decided to give Mainstreet another go and guess what? ...

This appears to be a simple continuation of your previous thread, no? Given that I've merged the threads.

 

[Mousey]

This appears to be a simple continuation of your previous thread, no? Given that I'm merged the threads.

Well... kinda sorta, but he used new card at Mainstreet casino later on and the new card got taken for a ride, too.

So, I decided to give Mainstreet another go and guess what?

The new card has also been compromised with several charges for International Calling Cards, and again I've only used this new card at Mainstreet.

Honestly, how does this happen.. if not once, but twice? I'm really curious as to who is in charge of selecting your processors, but I would not be surprised if it's someone from within the Mainstreet Group.

Sad to say, it's not a good thing to trust online casinos and their fly by night processors with credit card info or bank debit card info either. I haven't played in years so have no idea if a prepaid (throw away) card works anymore or not - if they do, they're safer. But then getting paid should you win is a major problem.