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« on: February 03, 2006, 05:15:31 PM »

amongst the spam I get, there's regular email invitation from All In poker to what ammounts to a pyramid scheme. I've rejected future invitations but still they come. todays invitation was marked 'from Dave Colclough'
Does El Blondie know his name is being used on the bottom of this spam?
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« Reply #1 on: February 03, 2006, 05:18:43 PM »

Adam, I have drawn Dave's attention to this thread
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« Reply #2 on: February 03, 2006, 05:25:59 PM »

We've been through this before - I think it was Isabelle Mercier who was impersonated last time. I can't find the original thread, but here was the response from All-in Poker.

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=4093.0
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« Reply #3 on: February 03, 2006, 05:28:16 PM »

oh yeah, I remember. I'll have a look.
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« Reply #4 on: February 03, 2006, 05:28:38 PM »

thanks Andrew and Adam
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« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2006, 05:31:05 PM »

anyone know who Paul Millward and Jacqueline Brindley are? I got the same email with their names at the bottom too.
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« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2006, 05:37:06 PM »

anyone know who Paul Millward and Jacqueline Brindley are?


I suppose Jacqueline could be "Roy the boy" away from the poker tables....
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« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2006, 05:44:28 PM »

lol

I wondered if it was his wife or something
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« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2006, 05:45:02 PM »

is jacqueline roys mother?
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« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2006, 05:48:47 PM »

same name
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« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2006, 06:47:48 PM »

The Isabelle Mercier thing all went off on THM not on here IIRC.
Harry D in particular got a bit wound up about it all.
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« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2006, 09:12:28 PM »

I will bring this to the attention of the CEO of All In Poker. Adam if you would forward me the email I can make sure it is dealt with in the manner it deserves. In fairness to All In Poker they are not the only poker site to get over zealous affiliates. I am fed up of explaining to people how it is not a pyrimid scheme, It just has a different way of rewarding players and referrers. There are no fees to join, the levels are not never-ending and nobody is getting ripped off.

If anybody else gets any emails from people claiming to be someone they are not then let me know and I will bring it to the attention of All In Poker and they will stop.

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« Reply #12 on: February 03, 2006, 10:11:42 PM »

Hi all,

Paul Barnes here, CEO of All In Poker.

I have been alerted to this thread by one of our biggest affiliates. Let me please say a few things here:

(i) if you send me (ceo@allinpoker.com) the "regular email invitation from All In poker to what ammounts to a pyramid scheme" I will personally investigate. There is no pyramid scheme at All In Poker. A pyramid scheme is one where you pay a fee to join, and where the benefits to a few come primarily from the fees paid to join. All In Poker is a multi-level commission program, unique in the poker business, and ideally suited to poker players who tend to be worth more than they know and whose worth is not honoured or recognised by the vast majority of sites on which they play. All In Poker is a site for players and affiliates. Given every member is automatically an affiliate who earns from their downline but pays nothing to join, how on earth could it possibly be a pyramid scheme?

Let me explain how the All In Poker Rewards Program (ARP) work:

All In Poker is not a rake-back site – it’s better, because when you refer players to your downline you get paid commission on 51% of the net revenues generated by all players on your first 7 Levels (up to 97,655 players in total).

On Levels 1, 2 & 3 you get paid 10%. On Levels 4, 5 & 6 you get paid 15%. On Level 7, the most populated, you get 25 %. If you add all these percentages up (10,10,10,15,15,15,25) it comes to 100% of the 51% allocated for commission within your downline.

We give every player 25% of their commission (i.e. 25% of the 51%) whether they play or not.

If you play 750 AIP raked hands per month or become a Super Affiliate then you earn 100% of your commission (i.e. 100% of the 51%). If you play less than 750 AIP raked hands then the commission is calculated pro-rata.

Any unearned commission goes to the Breakage and is distributed amongst the members in the form of Freeroll tournaments and cash bonuses.

You earn commission on all players in the first 7 Levels of your downline even it they were not directly referred by you. You always earn commission on Direct Referrals even if your downline is full. If you run out of slots for Direct Referrals then All In Poker allocates a new leg on your Level 1.

The beauty of this program is in its simplicity - you only have to refer between one to five good players to your Level 1 and you can already build a cash generating downline.

All players are automatically cash bonus earning affiliates at All In Poker.

(ii) I have alerted my Operations Manager tonight to investigate this email issue. I'll keep my breadth to cool my porridge here but not only is All In Poker Bonder by Bonder Sender Program, but exclude Spam specifically in the T's & C's.

I'll post back and let you know what we found. In the meantime email me with any questions to ceo@allinpoker.com.

Thanks,
Paul

amongst the spam I get, there's regular email invitation from All In poker to what ammounts to a pyramid scheme. I've rejected future invitations but still they come. todays invitation was marked 'from Dave Colclough'
Does El Blondie know his name is being used on the bottom of this spam?

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« Reply #13 on: February 03, 2006, 10:14:22 PM »

I skipped part (i) as I wasn't particularly interested, but part (ii) seems to skip the issue of signing off as Dave Colclough - I think that's the issue we are most interested in. Your comments would be appreciated Smiley
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« Reply #14 on: February 03, 2006, 10:15:21 PM »

What a cracking reply.  A nice full advert for the company and a "We'll look into it".

 

I'm impressed.
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