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The Neogreetings Scam


SarafinaWolf7

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If you receive a e-mail from someone named josh ([email protected] or [email protected]) - it says It's from neopets so you have to check - with this content:

 

Hi there,

 

You have a special NeoGreeting waiting at :

 

 

This message has been sent from Neopets,

the biggest, and fastest growing virtual pet site on the Internet! Adopt a Neopet Today!

Neopets -

 

This e-mail was sent by NeoPets, Inc., P.O. Box 10263, Glendale, California 91204. NEOPETS, and all characters, logos, names, and related indicia, are trademarks of NeoPets, Inc. All rights reserved. Copyright 1999-2010 NeoPets, Inc. NeoPets is a MTV Networks company.

 

You are receiving this email because someone has used this email address to create a Premium Neopets.com account. If you wish to no longer receive ALL Neopets site related news, please click on the URL below, or copy and paste it into your web browser and you will be automatically removed from the email list:

 

To manually update your email preferences, please click on the URL below, or copy and paste it into your web browser:

 

 

To read the Neopets Privacy Policy, click here:

 

then don't click on the link and enter your info. It's a fake Login page.

 

I know about this because I fell victim to it. I'm trying to get my main account back. Luckily they didn't touch my side.

 

I found info on the scam at Jellyneo Forum.

 

 

ETA: They changed the email on my main. What do I do?!?

They also added two accounts to my e-mail address. One is frozen and the other is in the process of being registered (I think).

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Change your email password, if they haven't already.

If you use GMAIL, it will show their IP.

 

*Additionally, to reduce the risk of these being sent to you, you can DISABLE being sent Neogreetings in your Email Pref on Neopets. :)

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Change your email password, if they haven't already.

If you use GMAIL, it will show their IP.

I also had problems logging into my e-mail (on gmail) so I wasn't able to change the e-mail password until now.

 

Where do I see the IP? How will the IP help?

 

Oh-uh! I have a Neopets Lost PIN e-mail that I did not request.

They can get everything!

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You can report it to TNT if you submit a ticket, saying that your email showed them under this specific IP address. Maybe they can match it up in their logs to help prove it wasn't you.

(Just something I heard off of the boards - not sure it actually helps your case)

 

If you scroll down, it will say this:

You are currently using 189 MB (2%) of your 7516 MB.

Last account activity: 13 hours ago at this IP (IP HERE). Then there should be a details button will all the info.

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Send in a ticket to TNT, for sure. They will know how to deal with this. Also I edited your post since the fake login pages were still being linked to.

 

Always when clicking a link, look at the bottom of your browser and check whether it is actually linking there or whether it is linking to somewhere else! In this case it led to another page. Always check carefully.

 

Sorry about you losing your account :(

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You can report it to TNT if you submit a ticket, saying that your email showed them under this specific IP address. Maybe they can match it up in their logs to help prove it wasn't you.

(Just something I heard off of the boards - not sure it actually helps your case)

 

If you scroll down, it will say this:

You are currently using 189 MB (2%) of your 7516 MB.

Last account activity: 13 hours ago at this IP (IP HERE). Then there should be a details button will all the info.

I found it! Three IP addresses from United States (where I definitely did not sign in from).

 

Which ticket do I submit? (I'm new at this)

 

Send in a ticket to TNT, for sure. They will know how to deal with this. Also I edited your post since the fake login pages were still being linked to.

 

Always when clicking a link, look at the bottom of your browser and check whether it is actually linking there or whether it is linking to somewhere else! In this case it led to another page. Always check carefully.

 

Sorry about you losing your account :(

 

I took out all the links (I thought you were telling me to edit the links).

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Can you still get into your main account? If so, self-freeze it. I'll try and find you a link.

No I can't. My password doesn't work and they changed the e-mail address as well. I checked by asking Neopets to send me all my usernames and Passwords, and my main account wasn't there.

 

This is the reason I'm filling out a ticket.

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Yes. That's what happened.

 

Oh man I don't remember the things that they're asking! Anybody who's Neofriends with me, please tell me.

Things that will really help you is if you remember the original email address that you signed up with - and names of pets that you've created/pounded/zapped etc. If you know of any specific items in your SDB, that will also help.

 

If you've ever won a PB from Key Quest, say what - anything like that. The most recent avatars that you got - a good one would be what item you bought to get the Dark Lurker avatar etc.

 

Anything to prove that it's you.

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Okay, here's my ticket. Tell me if it's good, or if I need to change/add anything.

 

 

Removed to keep your personal info safe.

 

I don't remember my Neofriends, so if anyone is my Neofriend, please tell me.

 

EDIT: I added the items equipped to Honote_7 and sent it in. I hope I get it back. Everything is on that account.

 

EDIT 2: Can I do things (dailies, games, etc) on my Side account until my Main is mine again?

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Yes, please remove your post, so that your info won't be stolen. If you want specific people to keep helping you on this, start a personal conversation with trusted people on the forum.

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Oops! I'm being so thoughtless now.

I'm still a little angry at my self for falling for the scam. The first thing scam guides tell you is to make sure it's not a fake Login page.

On the other hand, it was Friday afternoon and I was busy getting ready for Shabbos, so I wasn't pay attention. Also other people fell for the scam (over at Jellyneo)

 

ETA: I figured out that the two accounts (from the Neopets Lost Username e-mail) are mine.

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You can absolutely do your dailies and play games on a side account until you get your main back.

 

You are very likely to get your account back quickly. You have done everything right.

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Modify Account Info > Email Preferences > Site Greetings (e-cards) BLOCKED

 

Although if they're getting your email from somewhere and sending it to you, it might be useless.

 

At least you know it's not from Neopets.

Thanks for the answer and support guys. I hope I get my account back soon.

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Good luck! I don't think you were my neofriends, and all my neofriends got deleted yesterday so I can't be certain either. You can play dailies on your side until you have your main back!

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