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Originally Posted by epetel I can't think of a single reason to actually transfer money via other players (people i only know online would be just stupid) but I guess there are some limitations based on where you live. Pretty simple here, money goes to the site from my cc and comes back there 24h after I request a withdrawal. Why would you want to play on a site your country is banned on anyway?

People can't play on sites their country is banned on. Not if they ever want to see a withdrawal anyway. Many sites now require a copy of photo identification to prove you are who you say you are, to cut down on fraud. So, if you live in US and create an account for a Norway address and try to take a withdrawal using that fake address, you just made some lucky Norwegian very happy *kidding*


The US gov't doesn't like online poker because it's the only money they can't figure out how to control and profit from. So they illegalized it. But, US players can still play on many sites not based or created on US soil. The problem is, many withdrawal options are still not available for US residents. So many of us have to withdraw by paper check.

The transferring of poker money is helpful when someone has a great deal of money on a particular site, but wants to use some of that money on another site. Or, they offer up a trade of funds with someone who already has money on the site they want to participate on.

Many sites allow the players to transfer amongst each other, leaving the door wide open for scams. Pokertransfersonline owners personally handle each transfer, to help eliminate the possibility of scams. The issue with the above scammer came from people using the Private Messaging system to trade funds, or instant messengers against the site's regulations.

So, as Fictive said previously, it was unfortunately the participants' fault who got themselves scammed. Had they followed the rules of the site, they'd have gotten their money.