An Email last week from Neteller about changing passwords?

[oldmantime]

Has anyone here changed their Neteller password as a result of the email they sent out last week? I didn't read it clearly as I had so many spam emails, but this is what I got from it. Something about they wanted you to change your password if you had used it for instant funds on the sportsbook's website! (I could be wrong--but it seemed strange or was it a fake letter; like the paypal letter of old)

 

[Dante]

did not recieve any such letter oldmantime, I would be careful

 

[oldmantime]

Uh-Oh!

I didn't reply to it. But tonight on CBS News, Dan Rather had a segment on spamers of Ebay! The fake was so good people could not tell the difference and were giving credit card and ss numbers out!

 

[wallstreetcappers]

That is a TOTAL hoax..from experience, I got jammed from a similar email from ebay.

What people do is program the LINK that supposedly is Neteller or Ebay..make it look so similar to the actual site, but there are always little difference..like spelling..

Anyhoo..I changed a paypal address and login info..the people took over 250 I had in paypal AND ran up my citibank almost 800 bucks in a matter of 1 day. All sorts of sites, mainly girly sites and $$$ for webpage hosting..

NEVER change a password from an email..and try this..left click on the link..select properties..and a box will pop up. Then look at the actual address..it isnt Neteller or paypal or ebay..they programmed the link to be somthing other than the address...very very very clever..so an address like www.neteller.com is actually an embedded link to a fake MIRROR site created by a programmer..looks like the site..then they get your info..and you are screwed.

Any questions, ask them. I tell this as a person who got burnt..lucky it was Citibank and they have fraud protection..so I only lost the 250 I had in paypal.

 

[EverFresh]

OMT
The letter in question was a newsletter that (among other things) asked members to change their passwords on a regular basis (a good policy for any online service)and not to input personal information anywhere except the www.NETeller.com URL (again good advice)

If you ever get a letter from an online service asking you to PROVIDE your password or follow a link and then input personal information (as was the case with your EBay example) then you should probably be suspcious

Cheers!

EF

 

[Glaken]

Hey There,

I've been talking with a guy who works at NETeller via e-mail and phone this week. I sent him the threads about the attacks as an FYI and now their interested in having one of their Supervisors become a forum member here. I told them how important this site is to the industry and they agree. It would be great to have a liaison between NETeller and this forum.

 

[oldmantime]

Good Idea Glaken!

I think it was from Neteller, but I had no experience receiving (unsolicited is that a good word) emails from them. So tonight after seeing CBS news and remembering there WAS definately a fake paypal letter--I was a little suspicious.
I was thinking of using the Instant Cash funds at WWTS, but they ask for your checking acct # on their page, which doesn't make sense to me, so I did not take advantage of the free transfer WWTS was offering for Sept.

 

[Java]

I got a fake PayPal one a few moths ago. I forwarded to PayPal's fraud department.

No legitimate place sends you an email form to fill out with credit-card, password, etc. Also, you should never fill out something like that from a link in an unsolicited email.

The PayPal and Ebay fakes actually link their images from PayPal/Ebay servers. However, the form you fill out gets submitted to the scam artists. (Unless you examine the internal HTML code of the attachment, you wouldn't realize this.)

 

[Java]

Glaken-
Good point. I can understand why Neteller would prefer to do most business through their official channels, but it make sense for them to keep up with the forums. Neteller could correct bad information or spot warning signs of bad books.

 

[IntuitionBET]

I never received one...what's going on???

 

[Glaken]

What I do guys is this,

I have a separate account that I only use for EFT's (both to and from) that I keep a very small amount in. When I get a withdrawal the money is transferred in less than a couple of hours to another account.

Also you can put a note on your account that you have to "phone authorize" any ACH withdrawals from your account.