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13 May
2008 Blackjack And
Poker Game Sites On Alert For Identity
Theft Online companies
are now on high alert after the recent identity
theft case where Fouad Mourtada was sentenced to
three years in jail by the Moroccan government for
opening a false Facebook
profile in the name of the Moroccan Prince, Moulay
Rachid. Recently,
Backgammon
Masters Mexico found several users in their systems
that opened accounts with names of famous persons
such as Prince William, Madonna and Tom Cruise.
After checking the activities and locations of
these users they found them to be fake. Spokesperson for
Backgammon Masters says, "We've seen a trend in the
industry for people to register popular names, as
we call them "Gold usernames" such as backgammon
king, pokerking, blackjack-king and celebrity names
which are just as popular. We see people in game
forums even buying and selling these usernames. For
these people its status, kind of like having a
custom license plate. As long as the
Games
Are For Fun,
we are not concerned." Although these
players only played in fun money games such as
Online
Poker,
Backgammon and 21 Blackjack, companies now are
keeping an eye on these types of accounts after
such an extreme case involving a major company like
Facebook. Some governments
on the other hand seem to be concerned and do not
take lightly insults to their leaders. Mourtada was
released after serving 43 days of his term due to
pressure from petition signers and Human Rights
groups around the world. But this case has raised
awareness that in some cases, a username is no
longer just a username. Mourtada's lawyer, Ali
Ammar said, "This is a cultural problem; this is
the first time that a Moroccan poses as a very
important personality on the internet. This is
already a common practice in European
countries." Online backgammon
is loads of fun to play - see our recommended
Online
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