Urgent Problem: How Do I Deal With This?

[Chakra_]

Guys.. I just got a mail from mailto:Support@neopets.com

Here is the start of it:

Dear Neopet User,

Due to complaints you are now allowed to skim through the handbook and
fill out the application. Then you will need to read the whole thing.
EVERYTHING YOU READ, DISCUSS, and SEE regarding Neopets, its users,
Monitors, and STAFF IS CONFIDENTIAL. Failure to keep information
confidential will result in demotion or dismissal.

Spring is fastly coming up and we need your help! You have been chosen
to be a Monitor, if you do not want the responsibility please reply
saying. If you reply to this email with the correct details you will get
your special features. You will be sent The Moderator handbook that
outlines the Neopet code of conduct, which will include how to use your
extra commands. You will also receive Monitor training from your Monitor
Guardians, along with support and guidance from Neopet staff. You will
be able to communicate with the others Monitors with a special email
group, in discussion forums, and on the site of course!

1 INTRODUCTION
Congratulations on being chosen to be a Monitor!

----------------------Around 2 Pages On Stuff To Be A Monitor----------------

Ending:
We truly appreciate your sharing your time, skills and talent with us
and look forward to a fruitful relationship. Enjoy!

Update 12/3/04- Due to mass e-mails coming into mailto:support@neopets.com
please send your application (below) to -Email Removed- . This is
Kenya

[hiddenneggs]

It's a scam.

Don't reply to it.

Forward it to Neopets, if you'd like.

Don't send anything to the scammer address given near the end.

[Atjj]

yep, happened to a lot of people on here. Forward to NP

[LaceyJade]

Very much a scam.

#1: G-mail at the bottom
#2: People can use a program to change what you see their email as.

[Shoyru_Lover]

Anything that asks for your password is a scam.

[Chakra_]

Hearing from you guys make me feel better. Forward to neopets? How do i do that?

[Phlameseeker]

If you know of a scam, such as someone that is pretending to be Neopets staff or someone that is asking for passwords, report the person using this form!

I think thats the right one.

[shapu]

Anything that asks for your password is a scam.

Indeed.

Neopet Password(To verify your account):

That's the dead giveaway.

That, and the fact that they probably don't need to cast a net to get people to be monitors - there are large numbers of folks who've already got names and applications in, I'd wager.

[everconfused]

As well as reporting this to Neopets, which you definitely should, you might want to let gmail know about it too. Most places will not tolerate their services being used to try to scam people. If you forward the entire email to them, including the "details/header" they may try to track the person down.

I know there's little chance of really finding out (have had real life issues with scams/phishing myself), at the very least there is a chance that they won't be able to use that email anymore.

[iconoplast]

That, and the fact that they probably don't need to cast a net to get people to be monitors - there are large numbers of folks who've already got names and applications in, I'd wager.

On top of which, California law doesn't allow people to volunteer for any position where someone else is being paid to do the same work. So they can't legally have any volunteer site monitors. (Plus, even if they could, they would certainly want your last name, to say the least.)

And if you want to report the email to google/gmail, here's the contact link: http://www.google.com/intl/en/contact/index.html (=

[smudgeoffudge]

It is fake. There are programs out there to let people mask their email address. These are meant to be funny, but people use them to scam. Basically if one masks their email address, uses correct grammar, and slaps a few graphics up on the letter, they can make it look professional enough to fool some. Just remember that neopets isn't going to mail you to have a nice little chat and ask for your password. They already have it. If they want to warn you, they will do it on your account, not in the email. If they want to freeze you, they can and will and do! They may warn you and they may not. But they aren't going to get chatty about it in an email. And they don't use player monitors anymore. If you want a job with neopets you have to go to their office.

[Xerophyte]

I was sent one of those not too long ago.
And then a quote ran through my mind:

And we will never ever ask you for your password!

[Uchiha-Itachi]

yes..it is a scam..TNT would not mail u and ask u to join their team..they only hire people who send their applicaiton form to them..just forward the message to them and let them sort it out..TNT will never ask for your password..so any mail or neomail that asks for your password,do not reply and report it so it can be stopped..

y do ppl try to lie and cheat other ppl for a game? they act like the person with the more neopoints will get a grand prize of *huge sum of money*..it really frustrates me

[the_mongoose2020]

yep, happened to a lot of people on here. Forward to NP

Seems like about once a month now someone at PPT forums is getting that letter. That can't be good

So yeah, report it to Neopets and Gmail which I think you said is you email server.

[Alex]

Yeah, I got one of these a day or so ago. Obviously I know it's a scam, since I've seen it before, but I'll report it to gmail as well as Neo.