Neteller

[HalfSugar]

I recently tried to use Neteller but it came up with a message telling me that I needed to upgrade my account because I had gone over my lifetime transaction in/out limit of $3,500 or something.

I started the steps to upgrade my account but the last one is to send them an email with colour scans attached which show my passport/drivers licence and a recent utility bill.

Given how insecure emails are and how rampant identity theft is, this struck me as a really shitty idea. I contacted support but they were pretty beligerent and pretty much said I had to do it or I was screwed.

Has anyone else done this? I guess it is more likely to be OK than not OK but if some idiot with an IQ of 6 who works in their ID verification department stores my email attachments foolishly at their end, there is nothing to stop some unscrupulous bastard abusing my details.

[crack]

Yeah done it.

[MrDarling]

yeah, done this years ago...
When I tried to open a new account after moving countries it was so hard to do all this crap again.
In the end, after a long talk with support they simply told me to reactivate my old account and change the details.

Have been an happy costumer since.

[steffend]

I did this not too long ago ( like 6 months ) but what I did was to paint over the passport number and driver license number. So I hope it would not be as easy to abuse. ( I might have deletet more, but dont remember )