If a website is asking for verication on your payment email. Does that mean.... / myLot

Philippines

September 15, 2010 1:25am CST

...Does that mean they are trying to steal your paypal/alertpal info? I have encountered it for some time now, but I only got to read a response from a fellow mylotter that those sites are scam and trying to steal info?! Is that true?

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Just an Ordinary Owl?

@owlwings (43910)

• Cambridge, England

15 Sep 10

I think that this is quite a standard practice designed to ensure that the paypal/alertpay email belongs to the correct person (or has been correctly entered). I don't think it's designed to steal information at all; in fact, how could it? You have to supply an email address which is connected to your payment processor anyway, in order to get paid. All they are doing is sending a message to that address to check that it is a valid account that belongs to the person who is owed the money.

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damned_dle

@damned_dle (3942)

• Philippines

15 Sep 10

Thanks. That makes a lot of sense.

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nainesh1

@nainesh1 (1656)

• India

15 Sep 10

It is just like verifying your email some sites asks to verify payment email also. About stealing paypal/alertpay info I think we the online earning people have to take that risk . I have been scammed by upbux, palmbux, Imcrew, gagabux and many more sites all of them has my payment information , so what does it makes difference. You have to be alert to protect your paypal/alertpay information just change the passwords frequently, verify your alertpay/paypal accounts this will do it.

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damned_dle

@damned_dle (3942)

• Philippines

15 Sep 10

oh so it just the same. thanks. the post about those sites might be a scam made me think twice and had to ask you guys. thanks!

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minx267

@minx267 (15527)

• Hartford, Connecticut

15 Sep 10

What exactly do you mean by verification of Payment email?

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PAPIMANN

@PAPIMANN (28)

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15 Sep 10

just try out surfwithmoney.com and ask for payout once you reach it .They ask to verify our wired pay account by depositing 15$ .Would it be scam or genuine one?

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@damned_dle (3942)

• Philippines

15 Sep 10

Payment email = the one linked to our paypal account. Usually sites just asks for verification on our PRIMARY email. For example we isgned up on **bux. They will send an activation email to our primary email. And then they will also ask for our payment email where they will send the payment (paypal) but they don't usually send a verification email to that email (payment email). BUT there are some small sites that is also asking to verify the payment email. That is what I am asking. If they are just for the info of our payment info??

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