Joined: Jan '08
Location: Canada
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Okay guys, becareful about getting scammed and stuff. I just got an email from moneybooker.biz, obviously they're trying to get my password. Heres the screenshot of the email. They're saying they want to reimburse my 145.75 Euro, those Euro do look pretty nice lol.
Joined: Aug '07
Location: Malta
Age: 41 (M)
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Good thing you spotted it.
As always, it's very important to check where links goes to etc, when its about money or access to your money/creditcards. Usually mails from ebay, paypal, moneybookers etc, would also include your name/username in the greeting or in another way and they would NEVER ask for your password.
Joined: Oct '07
Location: Australia
Age: 39 (M)
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that seems very unusual to me i have used moneybookers for years they are very credi ble, its very possible the email was sent out by someone trying to look like moneybookers to scam people
Joined: Dec '07
Location: Finland
Age: 70 (M)
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i also got that kinda email from moneybookers but i didnt send any passwords or anything because i knew that the email wasnt real.so you all guys be very careful when telling your passwords to stranger.
Joined: Oct '07
Location: Australia
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as i said earlier this has never happened to me the email was sent to look like its from moneybookers but its infact from hackers trying to steal peoples account passwords...
Hey, do you think that sending a scanned copy of the front and back of your credit/debit card to your online payment method is very safe? Who did that before? And to which one ( Online payment method )?
Joined: Jan '08
Location: Canada
Age: 36 (M)
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I'm not going to give Moneybookers, my credit/debit card. I have outgoing transaction limit 9652.20 CAD which is plenty. Verify your credit/debit card + 8043.50 CAD which no point for me.
For the email, its not from moneybookers, its from moneybooker.biz which is a scam site, plus I had no 145 tranaction. I reported to MBs and they sent me a long message, and "Our Security department is making sufficient efforts to shut down the website."
"Moneybookers will always contact you with a greeting including your name and if this is a scam the message will not start with your name" Same thing Admin said, good advice but its possible they could have your name so always make sure its from the right address, e.g. moneybookers.com
wow.. nice pick up.. amazing how far ppl go t make money the illegal way
------------ Hey, do you think that sending a scanned copy of the front and back of your credit/debit card to your online payment method is very safe? Who did that before? And to which one ( Online payment method )?
Joined: May '08
Location: Germany
Age: 59 (M)
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I guess it is best to have a few e-wallet accounts running. At least one for every vital currency you have to deal with. (Euro and US-Dollar for europeans, US-Dollar and Canadian-Dollar for canadians, and so on. Brits may need at least 3.)
This helps to keep conversion fees low.
And having a backup if neteller is maintaining its service does not hurt either.
Pathetic really. Why would anyone go to the length of setting up a fake website and autoresponder to steal money. There are legitimate ways of making money or simply going out and getting a job instead of making yourself look like a fool.
Everyone knows its www.moneybookers.com and not www.moneybookers.biz lol
The hackers might get away with ATM machines but its not really wise to do it with moneybookers.
Also i checked the page rank of the .com site and its 7/10 the .biz site is 0/10.
Joined: Jan '08
Location: Canada
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andy5521, lots of people get scammed. Money bookers shouldn't have emails as the logins, just make it easier to get scammed. There was another scam where a ton of people got ripped off for like 3-10 grand buying a car on moneybookers. Not sure how it worked but if you see a car that is half price selling through MoneyBookers, becareful!
Joined: Feb '08
Location: Switzerland
Age: 34 (M)
Posts: 210
wow this scam is really well made. Usually, mails like that always have obvious languages mistakes but this one is very well written. Thanks GeneYuss for the advice of the name.
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Location: Italy
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Posted by GeneYuss: Okay guys, becareful about getting scammed and stuff. I just got an email from moneybooker.biz, obviously they're trying to get my password. Heres the screenshot of the email. They're saying they want to reimburse my 145.75 Euro, those Euro do look pretty nice lol.
I think i have gotten that mail too... I was pretty insecure about it also because i didn't spend that money... now you gave me the comfirm of suspects... thanks man
ive had a couple of emails like that before but that one actually looks quite good although it is in french lol 
some people hey...
