AskGamblers, once a highly respected resource, is no longer appreciated by experienced players today. Recently, a topic was opened on the Casinomeister forum in which the author accuses AskGamblers of either selling user data to casino operators or leaking information.
Here is the translation of the user's message, and below is the screen:
Today I got a spam from TS (Times Square) casino telling me that I am one of the few they are giving a special deposit bonus… blah blah what a lucky man I am.
Now I know that this is one of the many scam casinos that I wouldn't play at in a million years but they contacted me using my Ask Gamblers username… a username that doesn't contain any details of my name and Ask Gamblers the only place I've used it.
Further, the user says that he filed a complaint with AskGamblers and his complaint was rejected, saying that they do not give anyone data, and that he does not have to worry about security.
The user did not stop there and received another response from the site. It already said that if he filed a complaint against a casino, then this casino receives information about the player’s login and email in order to deal with the problem. And it's not their problem if the casino representatives can use this data for other purposes, he was also reminded that everyone can see his username.
Here is his answer:
Thank you. I understand that my username is visible to everyone, are you trying to say that the casino pulled my username out of thin air and combined it with my email, which is not visible?.
Or are you trying to say that the casino, which I filed a complaint against years ago, decided to give my email and username from Ask Gamblers to a random company?
In my opinion, the most likely method by which these fraudulent casinos got my details is directly from Ask Gamblers, and this means that my details were either provided by you or they were obtained as a result of your site being hacked.
Another user on the forum reported that he received the same email, which used his username, under which he registered for a long time on AskGamblers.
