Thread: Hacked Moneybookers?

So, this is extremely odd.

I have never signed up for a MoneyBookers account, since I've had no problems with paypal.

Now, guess what I got today?

Apparently my MoneyBookers account has been accessed by a third party, so it's been suspended.


Did someone use my email to create a hacked Moneybookers account? Because I've never made one. :\


Didn't know I had one until it got suspended :eek:!

Smells like a phishing scam to me, much like all the emails I get telling me to go update my paypal account before I use it again!! LOL

Originally Posted by LeenkzMike

Smells like a phishing scam to me, much like all the emails I get telling me to go update my paypal account before I use it again!! LOL

Bump to that

Originally Posted by LeenkzMike

Smells like a phishing scam to me, much like all the emails I get telling me to go update my paypal account before I use it again!! LOL

I would have to agree. I have had emails of a 'major bank' before about my online account with them, problem is I have never had an account with that bank.

I got one yesterday from the IRS - problem is, the return address when checking the headers was from dork in the UK. Boy is he in a lot of trooooooouble......

Have you reported him to his ISP? I reported someone on comcast who sent me ebay phishing emails. They never got back to me though so I don't know if they took any action against him but I assume they did.

The email came from moneybookers.com :\

That's why i found it odd.

Originally Posted by benjaminp

Have you reported him to his ISP? I reported someone on comcast who sent me ebay phishing emails. They never got back to me though so I don't know if they took any action against him but I assume they did.

More than likely a zombie computer taken over by a spammer.

Probably a phishing scam to get you to "login"

Yeah, fishing site.
The link went to 'moneybookersa.com

It won't load for me?

Originally Posted by unr

The email came from moneybookers.com :\

That's why i found it odd.

Check the headers to find the IP of the sender. It is not hard to mask a url like that.

Originally Posted by GRIM

More than likely a zombie computer taken over by a spammer.

True, your always here to give valid points

Originally Posted by Hurley4540

It won't load for me?

Why would you want it to?

Originally Posted by benjaminp

Check the headers to find the IP of the sender. It is not hard to mask a url like that.

Unless that particular phisher was really stupid, the IP in the header is most certainly faked.

Never bother to try to track a spam or phishing message. It's just a waste of your time.
If you really want to do something about it, concentrate your efforts on the domain they are trying to get you to visit.
They want you to visit it, so it's the one thing in the e-mail that's likely real.
Notify their registrar and their webhost and move on to the next message.

Originally Posted by benjaminp

Why would you want it to?

Curiosity.

Originally Posted by benjaminp

Why would you want it to?

To see what it looks like

Originally Posted by Hurley4540

To see what it looks like

I imagine it would look just like moneybookers.

Well yeah, but I just wanted to see what the page was asking you to do and saying.. like obviously for you to login but I just wanted to see it lol