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Protecting Your Account
This guide is meant to help you protect your Neopets account. It includes tips and hints to keep people from getting into your account, plus scams to watch out for, and even ways to keep your account from being frozen.
Scams | Things to Remember | Rules | Other Things | FAQ
Scams
Scams are tricks in which "scammers" will try to trick you into giving them your password. Here are some tricks they use and how you can avoid them.
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Chatting: No Neopets Team (TNT) member will
EVER contact you using AIM, MSN, or any other chat/messenger program. If someone says they're part of TNT through the chat/messenger program, you're being scammed.
- Login Pages: When logging in, if the URL of the page is not http://www.neopets.com/loginpage.phtml, then don't enter your information. TNT never have, nor ever will ask you to login from any other addresses. The scam sites are sometimes on the following domains: geocities.com, formsite.com, freewebs.com, freeonlinesurveys.com, angelfire.com, and so forth. If the page has your pet's image, its name, and goes with the Neopets login URL, then go ahead and put in your password, because it's really Neopets.
- Free Neopets/Items: Scammers often post these offers to get you to go off Neopets.com. One of the typical scams is a Neopoint or Item Generator. No matter what ANYONE says, these are ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS a scam. They require you to give them your password, or to change your e-mail address for the so-called "freebies" to work. Scammers also often try to calm your fears by saying, "This isn't a scam!" when it always, always is. So if the page asks you to enter your password or change your e-mail, then it's a scam.
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E-mail: One trick is to try to make you change your e-mail to win a prize, or to change your password to something simple. Don't do this! If you do, that person will be able to get your password and gain entry to your account. Remember, no TNT member will ever ask for your password. If you receive any messages like this, go to the website at the bottom of this guide. Include a copy of the message with the form, if you can.
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Avatar/Flash Game: One of the other scams includes you giving your password to the scammer in hopes of either getting an avatar or a trophy for one of the games. No matter what, by giving someone else your password, you will lose your account. Either because they have stolen it or because it will get frozen, since you've cheated by having someone play games for you. Lending and borrowing items to get an avatar is highly unrecommended. Chances are you won't get them back.
- Referral: Clicking on a referral link won't get you a million NP, or rare items. It's a trick to get you to refer the scammer who thinks they'll get more referral prizes. If you want to create a new account, go to Neopets.com and create one!
Things to Remember
1: Do not give ANYONE your password. No matter what they promise.
3: If anyone sends you a message and says they're part of TNT, unless they're using the username theneopetsteam, they're most likely lying.
We don't really need to tell you the rules since they're already stated here: Neopets rules. You will get warnings, etc. depending on the rule you break. If you do something small like trying to hide a link you will get a warning. But if you send chain e-mails or ask for someone's password you will probably get your account frozen, you have to be careful of what you say and do on neopets.
Other Things
Just random miscellaneous stuff you should know. :D
- Chain Letters: TNT will never ask you to pass any messages on to anyone else, nor will they ever ask you to post messages repeatedly on the message boards, trading post, or any other area of the site. These will not earn you paintbrushes, codestones, or anything else and are merely spam that annoys other users. Any "copy and paste" messages that tell you otherwise are fake and are not endorse by TNT no matter what they say. If you receive any such Neomail, delete it.
- Trading not via the Trading Post: Do not trade with anyone unless you are using the Island Trading Post. If you trade with anyone without using this then it is at your own risk and you could lose your items or Neopoints.
Questions? (FAQ)
Q: What are the dangers of Neositting?
Q: Where do I go to report someone who's breaking the rules?
A: Your passwords shouldn't be easy to figure out. Stuff like, "hi", or "Neopet", are very easy. But maybe something like "N3E0OP3ET3S" would be harder. Use numbers, symbols, etc. to make your passwords.
A: Neositting, like mentioned before, requires the "neositter" to get your password. Thus, this person can change your password so you can't get into your account. Not to mention spend all your NP, put your pets up for adoption, and give up your items to the money tree. So even if they don't change your password, you'll have absolutely nothing and have to start over again.
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http://neopets.com/autoform_abuse.phtml?abuse=report
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