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PBS Frontline covered this in their February 9th, 2016 episode, "The Fantasy Sports Gamble" (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/fantasy-sports-gamble/ http:
by MrFoof 9y ago
PBS Frontline covered this in their February 9th, 2016 episode, "The Fantasy Sports Gamble" (http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/fantasy-sports-gamble/ http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/film/fantasy-sports-gamble...)
Zip to around 18:15 in the video.
"After I set up the account, I couldn't quite figure out how to deposit money. That's when I got a phone call on my cell phone and a guy walked me through how to put money on the book. Took my credit card right over the phone. Then he assured me there wouldn't be anything on my credit card statement that said BetOnline."
What would show up on the statement was MoserSafety. Which was a front website. If you called the contact information, they confirmed they had no safety goggles, gloves, hard hats, etc. to actually sell you. It was a shell. In fact, they confirmed on the phone that the number called was a, "third party payment processing support service." Some time later, the site no longer existed.