Watch Out for MoneyBookers ScamCustomers of MoneyBookers.com, the popular online gambling payment processor catering to non-US citizens, are advised to exercise caution. A series of emails have been sent out unsolicited asking customers to confirm payments made to their MoneyBookers account. In so doing, the link they are asked to follow takes them to another website.
"These scammers will then obtain all the Moneybookers customer financial information," expressed Payton O'Brien of Gambling911.com.
Always confirm payments directly from the Moneybookers.com website.
"Never click on links from emails, especially unsolicited emails. There is no need and with today's countless scams infiltrating online payment processors, any payment solution requiring verification via email should be avoided like the plague."
MoneyBookers.com is a phenomenally successful eWallet with over 3 million account holders, but they don't cater to US customers at this time.
Obtaining customer financial account information via "fake" website links is a common practice used by scammers representing themselves as part of PayPal, eBay or some large national bank.
The emails in question have nothing to do with a security lapse on the part of Moneybookers as they are being sent out to individuals who have never maintained a Moneybookers account.
----
Christopher Costigan, Gambling911.com
Originally published June 24, 2007 11:21 am ET
