Neteller Fraud

[thefisherman]

So I wake up this morning having not played poker in four months, look into my bakn account and there is 1600 dollars pulled from my account through Neteller. No one else has access to my account or passwords, or even the e-mail address where I keep the passwords. It was an EFT, and when I look at the Neteller history this all happened a couple days ago and then 700 was sent to one poker site and 750 to another. So I called Neteller and had the account shut down and now they're working on it. So...

What's the possible outcome here? Should I expect to see any of that 1600 coming back? What precautions should I take so that this doens't happen again? I already changed the passwords to the e-mail account I use and to Neteller and got a new secure ID. Is my bank account still in danger? Where do I go from here?

Any help you guys got is appreciated.

[thefisherman]

Bump. Anything, or does this just suck?

[KingMedicine]

i dont know much to say about your situation, but ive been hearing so many neteller and poker site thefts that ive been making very sure that i keep only the balances i need to play my game in my poker accounts/neteller.

i suggest others start doing the same.

also, im calling neteller and having them disable any sort of EFT/Instacash from my checking to NT (i never fund that way and i dont want someone to get into my checking account this way either).

[crunchy1]

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also, im calling neteller and having them disable any sort of EFT/Instacash from my checking to NT (i never fund that way and i dont want someone to get into my checking account this way either).

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Get a second checking account.

[Punker]

I advise everyone to do what I do. Have two chequing accounts. One linked to your NT account with <$100 in it, and another one that you actually use for your day to day. When you EFT from NT to bank, then do a transfer from your NT linked account to your regular account. There's no reason not to do this.

With regards to your individual situation, I would also contact each of the poker sites in question.

[FlFishOn]

Contact your bank. They should be able to protect you from fraudulent withdrawls. Let us know how it works out.

Also, read my posts often. My past mantra: 'All funds online at risk all the time.' I'm gonna expand that to include all linked bank accounts. 'Course all my linked accounts have a $1 balance when idle.

[Blowup Doll]

Your bank will fight for you in a fraud case. Also call the police and report it or the bank won't do jack.

[thefisherman]

So far nothing, but we'll see what happens. The advice given here is definitely something I will follow in the future. More to come, something by Monday...

[LinusKS]

I dunno.

With Neteller, you're screwed. But with your bank... I'm assuming it's a US bank here - the general rule is that if you didn't authorize the transaction, the bank takes the hit, not you. That's the general rule - I wish I could say for sure that applies to EFTs.

[SoloAJ]

This is somethign I've always been wary of. Especially after starting casino whoring. Either way, I have only one bank account, so I now am debating whether or not to look into a second account of some sort....sigh. I suppose I'd have to go to another bank right?