Thanks to the thousands of dollars that can be stored in online poker accounts, it is no wonder that the poker community is now the target of high-technology crime. Still, despite the stories you’ve heard about stolen passwords and account hackings, you never really think it could happen to you. Well, this story about notable pro Peter “Zupp” Jepsen may instill caution in your mind.

Danish pro Jepsen was sent an e-mail by a fraudster who pretended to be employed by OTW Media, a Swedish production company that filmed the highly-popular poker show, “The Game.” Jepsen’s interest was naturally aroused by the show’s interest in him (after all, the best way to get someone’s attention is to appeal to his vanity) and this resulted in an exchange of e-mails. In one e-mail, Jepsen was asked to visit www.otwmedia.com and open a file that was supposed to be in pdf format. Well, Jepson’s momma didn’t raise no fool because open seeing that it was an .exe file, Jepsen scanned the program and found out it was a Trojan virus that could very well steal his passwords.

A series of investigations determined that the otwmedia.com domain is not owned by the production company. Furthermore, OTW (who hosts its actual website at www.otw.se) has denied that it has contacted Jepsen at all. The plot thickens because a second domain was found which is believed to be an attempt to duplicate the Unibet site.

Why Jepsen? It looks like these wanna-be Ocean’s Eleven thieves actually bother to do their research. Jepsen, who by the way is most popular for winning the EPT3 Polish Open, won a highly-publicized, $500,000 pot at Full Tilt’s Poker $500/$1,000 game last September 2. Jepsen scooped up the second biggest pot ever won in an online poker site against Tom “durrrr” Dwan.

So let this serve as a warning to all poker players who wish their hard-earned winnings to be left untouched. The next time you receive suspicious e-mails or phone calls, it is always best to verify the source. Otherwise, you might find yourself suddenly without a bankroll and out of the game.

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