I Funded My NetSpend Visa and Was Ripped Off..

[oldtrvlagt]

Update edited in to my last post near the bottom. Excitin', ain't it?[/QUOTE]

Actually it is, as we are rolling down the highway I'm catching up on all the news I was thinking of getting a Netspend (I am now getting paranoid that my litle ole bank is going to come after me for using my Visa to play, play, play) ! Now I will have to rethink this...that and it seems no one could use it anyway in the last couple of days.

All I can say is "Good luck Bernie" and maybe you could sue, end up owning Rite Aid and come out with your own prepaid VISA (only good at gambling sites)

[WagerWitch]

...a rhetorical question to which the answer was assumed to be a GIMMIE, ww! lol

Well gimmie then...

LMAO!


Oh hey - anyone worried about Netspend - DO NOT.

Netspend ROCKS for us gamblers - period.

This isn't a transaction with Netspend issue - this is someone STEALING money - and having found a way to do it - and hoping they won't get caught.

[WagerWitch]

Oh oh oh oh - make sure if you DO get a netspend - that you get a RELOADABLE one - and that you also see that it has INTER National bank on it.

OK?

This is semi important.

Again Netspend realizes quite clearly that we gamblers are primarily using it.

[skiny]

OF PARTICULAR INTEREST:
I am able to access my account history and the $16 that was in the perp's NetSpend account has been transferred via "P2P reversal" back into my account.

Now this would be the fun part. During the investigation see how much of the jackass who stole your money's info you can get and when the dust settles, transfer his last 38 dollars into your account!

[anniemac]

Curiosity here, why should it say Inter Bank instead of MetaBank? I have never had one minutes trouble with mine and it worked too well this weekend.

[bernynhel]

I was thinking of getting a Netspend (I am now getting paranoid that my Little ole bank is going to come after me for using my Visa to play, play, play)

You're not actually using a bank card or a real credit card issued from you bank, ARE you? I have never, EVER exposed my credit or bank records for anything online!!! I wouldn't buy a $2, used paperback from Amazon with my Platinum Plus Visa! That card is reserved only for totally legit purposes like medical marijuana and happy finishes at Lotus Flower Massage! I can only suggest that you don't if you haven't and quit if you are for a myriad of reasons only one of which is the one you mentioned. I'm not tryin' to scare you or nuthin' but if you're using "real" plastic online then you need to have your head examined!!

Here's the dealio: get any reloadable Visa that is convenient for you to reload securely in your area. Go to the major grocery and drug stores and see what they have hangin' (on the gift card merchandiser) then read the the terms of what's offered then talk to the manager to see that they can swipe to load - either the card itself of the reload-paks you'll pick up each time thru. If there's and Ace Cash Express close to you, try that but check their business hours and see if that's flexible enough for you and if not, alternatively you'll want to find a Rite-Aid or Piggly Wiggly or whatever that services the card you wind up with.

If your in the US, I recommend only using a prepaid card to fund QuickTender and then use them exclusively for depositing into you casino accounts. NOBODY's ever gonna crack QuickTender. They use a bunch of aliases for card transactions. It'll cost you anywhere from $2-4.95 to load the card (unless you do direct deposit -free) then 5% off the top for loading QuickTender + the transaction fee to the card (usually a buck) so I try try to load QuickTender with $500 at least to keep the costs as close to 6% as possible. When you cash out to QuickTender, (I like casinos that get the money there in a matter of hours)they'll charge you $20 to wire transfer whatever to your bank then you pay your bank their fee so playing for $150 gains for US players is kinda out, IMO.

NetSpend Visa, by the way, was actually a listed deposit method at many online casinos at one time. So they ain't proud and wont give you up.

Now this would be the fun part. During the investigation see how much of the jackass who stole your money's info you can get and when the dust settles, transfer his last 38 dollars into your account!

What you consider fun and what I consider fun obviously reside in separate parallel universes. lol As far as I'm concerned I'm already WAY past the point of diminished returns for chasin' this money. If NetSpend tries to burn me I'll just shoot the CEO the link to this thread with a note saying, "...was this worth the $180? Cuz' it damn sure was to me!"

Curiosity here, why should it say Inter Bank instead of MetaBank? I have never had one minutes trouble with mine and it worked too well this weekend.

Yeah, Wager Witch, what's the diff? In 5+ years I've never seen anything but Meta Bank NetSpends. My new Only1 Visa is Meta Bank and the other "chick" brand card I saw was too.

[WagerWitch]

Well well well - cool then.

Cause I think at first the Meta bank ones were not working at the casinos.

But if they are now - NEBBBERMIND....

[skiny]

[quote=bernynhel;331275]

What you consider fun and what I consider fun obviously reside in separate parallel universes. lol As far as I'm concerned I'm already WAY past the point of diminished returns for chasin' this money. If NetSpend tries to burn me I'll just shoot the CEO the link to this thread with a note saying, "...was this worth the $180? Cuz' it damn sure was to me!"

As if that ironic little kick in the butt would have anything to do with money.

[clj7221]

...by the Time I Got Home and Online!

The most recent history showed my funding the card for $195.50 and within an hour or so there's an "IVR Balance Inquiry Fee" of .50 then a $4.95 debit labeled "P2P fee" and a final debit labeled "P2P" with a "user" specified by a 10 didget number (phone number) of $180.00!!! I didn't know that NetSpend was offering user to user transfers via phone! I also didn't know (and was never told) that a carbon copy of the form I filled out with the Visa number filled in was stapled to the back of So someone got my card number, invested $13.70 - $3.95 in a NetSpend account and $10.75, tax included, in a cell phone phone (number already no good) and cleared $166.30!

Their offices had been closed for a half an hour by then but here's what I think happened:

For the first time in 5 years I used Western Union to fund my NetSpend Visa at Rite Aid last week and have loaded my Visa there several times since then(Issued by Meta Bank the same as Western Union's branded Visa). Rite-Aid is closer to me than CVS (MoneyGram), the same fee ($4.50 up to $5k, I think) and easier than MoneyGram (MoneyGram you gotta go through the automated voice prompt dealio on the red kiosk phone - never 1 problem in years!) With WU grab a gray, "Pre-Paid Services Form", fill in your card number, the amount your funding and sign. Hand the form and the money to a checker and voilà! It was also the first time I had to write down my Visa card number in the loading process thereby exposing it to every Rite-Aid employee and, hence, probably their extended families, too! And now this!! I wonder what kind a damage control NetSpend is gonna jerk me around with tomorrow (er, today I mean - in 2 hours and fifty-five minutes!) when I call.....? We'll see!

Thanks for posting this. I never had an issue with quicktender but now that I read this, I am not taking any chances. I deleted my main Bank card from the site and opened up another one only for quicktender deposits.I'm sorry for what your going through. I do hope your situation gets resolved.

[winbig]

Asking to see the actual NS card is SOP...I forget where, but it clearly says on the NS site that you have to show the card to the clerk when you fund it via WU..