Just wanted to share my story so other folks won’t be fooled. I’d like to think of myself as pretty smart, heck, I do have a college degree, but that didn’t mean diddly-squat when I fell into this scammer’s trap. And trap it was.
I’m minding my own business using the Shop Wiz to find me a relatively inexpensive orn codestone. I was hoping to find one under 3,000 NP. Guess what, I did, 2300 NP, I’ll take it! I clicked on the username and it took me to their shop. Well, their shop has lots of codestones, but not for 2300, but for 500 NP!! What a dope, I’m thinking, so I quickly click on a codestone before someone else discovers these treasures. Well, instead of getting a little box asking me if I’m sure I want to pay 500 NP, I suddenly get pop-ups popping up all over the place which distracts me. When I get rid of the boxes, I have a new screen. It’s the official Neopets sign-in page, so I’m thinking I got kicked out of the system, and I’m also thinking I got to hurry and get those cheap codestones. WRONG. Turns out what looked identical to the sign-in page of Neopets wasn’t really authentic. (Not that anyone could tell) I discover all this the next day when I go to get on Neopets and my account is frozen. As soon as I signed in that screen disappeared. I have no way to remember who it was.
You can’t imagine the hurt and loss I’ve been feeling all day. I miss my little Moehog, and love him dearly, yet Neopets think I’m some criminal doing who-knows-what. That person took my account, did their illegal game play, used it up until they were caught, and then went on their way. Now my name is tarnished, and how can I make Neopets believe me. How can I start over?? Even if I did, my Moehog was special. For four months, I’d bought him books and food and brought him up many levels. It’s like someone stole my child. I never knew this would affect me this way, and I’m writing today to share my story because it helps to talk about it.
All I can do now is wait for that e-mail from Neopets, and see if they will believe me and let me back in to my family.