I have been on Neopets for over 28 months now and pride myself on being an excellent Neopian. And this is why it so fires me up whenever I hear people bashing Neopets or trying to “get into” the site illegally. Neopets is free, an awesome site where you can create up to four loveable, unique pets. There you can play with them, feed and battle them, train them and a lot more. There are message boards suited to every Neopian’s need, there are shops to get food, toys and other items, many cool and beautiful worlds to explore and the Team who created the site are fair and cool.
But I guess people love to make fun of some Neopet members. My ex-friends would always say, “You’re 20 years old and your playing a baby game?” Neopets is NOT a baby game! Why, I am neofriends with more adults than children. Neopets should be safe for everyone am I right? But bad people repeatedly trick young Neopians into giving away their info or items. It makes me feel horrible because the game is then ruined for young children. I think Neopets is doing a splendid job keeping potential bad people from hurting other Neopians but here are some things, you the Neopet User should know how to do:
1) NEVER, NEVER give your password or personal info to anyone on the site who asks for it! Unless you know them in real life OR you are of a consenting age to give that information. THIS includes all supposed neomails from The Neopets Team. Yeah, some bad people pretend to be the creators/owners of the site. But the team WILL NEVER ask you for your info so if you get a neomail from them asking..it’s a bad person.
2) NEVER log into Neopets unless it has the Neopet URL in the address bar. There are some pages called “fake login pages” that stupid people make up in their spare time to get into accounts. ALWAYS check the URL.
3) Change your Password every so often. I change mine once every week. Put it somewhere you can find it, like a laptop address book or a small notebook. Changing your password will make it harder for bad people to get inside your account.
4) That’s about all you can do. Try your hardest to stay safe and just have fun because Neopets IS a game and is supposed to be a blast. And to all those bad people out there… “YOU WILL EVENTUALLY BE STOPPED!” – khunabah