Green Dot MoneyPak Card scams have been on the rise since about 2010. Since then many companies, including Green Dot MoneyPak, have issued warnings about scams involving these cards to urge consumers to use the cards carefully. If a consumer never reveals the serial number the card should not get compromised and can be used safely for store purchases, paying bills or make withdrawals from ATMs. There are several important tips to remember if you use Green Dot MoneyPak cards:
· Never give out the 14 digit serial number to anyone. Anyone who calls and instructs you to load money onto a MoneyPak card and give them the serial number is probably a scammer.
· Never give receipt information about your MoneyPak purchase to someone you don’t know.
· Only use your MoneyPak card to reload your prepaid cards or accounts that you control.
· Refuse any offer that asks you to buy a MoneyPak and share the number or receipt information by email or phone.
· Be careful using websites that ask you to pay with a MoneyPak card and remember not to trust online merchants simply because they have a MoneyPak logo on their website. Scammers can create websites that look legitimate and fraudulently use logos.
· Unlike credit cards, MoneyPak transactions cannot be reversed. If the money is taken by a scammer there is no way to get it back.
· If you want to use a MoneyPak card to purchase something online, transfer the money from the card to a PayPal account first, so you do not have to provide the card’s serial number directly to the merchant.
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