My cell phone number changed - same phone, but with new number.
They responded that I needed to send them a copy of a government i.d. to confirm who I am before they will change my cell phone number on their site. As long as the cell number remains unchanged I can no longer participate in some certain activities including cashing out earnings.
Under no circumstances will they be getting a copy of my government i.d. because what they are claiming makes no logical sense.
They previously confirmed my phone by sending a verification number to my phone as part of the signup process. They also randomly have you reconfirm your phone such when you seek a payout, print coupons, or confirm a message within. All this does is confirm that the person using their website on a desktop has access to the phone being sent the verification number. It does not prove that the name you’ve given them is actually your real name since the cell phone does not share information about unlisted numbers with them. At best they can confirm that the phone’s location is near the home address entered as part of their site’s registration, assuming the phone’s geolocation is turned on.
Yet to change your email address all you need to do is send them a message with at least of the following details.
"For our team to change your email address, please provide 3 of the following items on your account."
Date of Birth
Full Name
Mailing Address
Security Answer
The first three are publicly available. That means that anyone wanting to steal your accumulated earnings can simply change the email address with three easily obtain details and have your funds transferred to another PayPal account using that new email address.
Someone wanting to steal a user’s accumulated earnings is not required to provide a copy of government i.d., but someone simply wanting to change their cell phone number, with the money going to the same PayPal email address, is required to provide a i.d.
I’ve earned and cashed out over$200 and as thanks they treat me like a criminal.
Do not accumulate any large earnings - cash earnings out as quickly as possible so they can’t scam you. Fortunately they only stolen$11.
I abandoned the previous InboxDollars account using the old number and set up a new account using the new number. After accumulating over$12 in the new account they suddenly stop sending verification codes to your phone and then claim the only way to fix it is to send them a license. No, the only way to fix it is to send an actual verification number to my phone as you’ve done multiple times before.
This company is a scammer!
They have just earned themselves a complaint with attorney general of my state and the state they are located in as well as the FTC.