I recently have opened moneybookers account but like paypal it isn’t showed unverified at any place, like in paypal you are shown unverified on the front page of your account. So, I was not sure how to deal with it. After reading some stuff available in the account of moneybookers I understood how to do it.
How to Verify
Unlike paypal if you want to verify your moneybookers account you don’t need to have credit card you can well do it with the bank account you have and for the address verification they do have the provision they send you the verification code to your mentioned postal address and you can write that code to verify the address.
It is not like that they don’t do credit card verification all the above-mentioned tasks would not be necessary if you do it with your credit card.
Easy Way to Go with Bank Verification
As in other similar payment processors you are charged for doing a verification from your credit card but in moneybookers you are paid for doing so, yes its true! You are paid for verification. The method is that you have to press the withdraw button and enter your bank “swift code” and then your bank account number and then you can withdraw some amount say $20.
Now, when the money reaches you bank account, in the transaction summary of the moneybookers slip, you get a 6-digit alphanumeric code, which you can use to verify your bank account. It’s very simple to do and it can be done with 3-4 working days.
Verification for Once
I was impressed by the way moneybookers wrote in the account that they do verification for once, and you are never ever asked for other verification methods or re-submission of verification documents.
Don’t Know The Issue
Despite the benefits of easy verification I can’t figure out why the moneybookers is not so popular among users.
Also, I forgot to mention that their customer care has fast response time and they solve the query with pinpoint accuracy. I think if you have not opened a moneybookers account you should give a try to it. Verified
Popularity: 88% [?]
June 6th, 2008 at 1:26 am
Moneybookers sucks big time. I’m guessing you got to be one of the lucky ones, because their customer service is piss-poor, their agents are unable to grasp even the most basic spelling concepts, and seem to be just like paypal with regards to product knowledge (i.e. their expertise does not go beyond navigating their own website’s infuriating labyrinth of a help section). And, in the end, they did not even provide an answer to my question.
My job is online-based, and as my employer is UK-based and I’m in the US, they HAVE to pay me via moneybookers. I’ve only been paid twice – the first time I verified my account by letter; fair enough, it worked, they said my account was set up. Today I just got paid again, and now they suddenly want ANOTHER verification method! I use the “instant” method of debiting my card, but it fails (even though there’s money on it) and keeps taking me back in circles to the same page.
Honestly, if I had the choice, I’d take a better job, or use a different payment method. But I don’t; please don’t be fooled by MB; just because they’re FSA-regulated doesn’t mean they’re not as bad as Paypal, or all the other FSA-regulated banks (like Barclays, who kept mixing up my mum’s and my accounts).
January 29th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
You said that “when the money reaches your bank account, in the transaction summary of the moneybookers slip, you get a 6-digit alphanumeric code, which you can use to verify your bank account.”
But I’ve got a problem with that. When I enter the code that I got from my bank, the moneybookers doesn’t accept it. It says ‘Invalid Code’.
I thought that I might’ve entered the wrong code. When I rechecked with my bank, the code was correct.
What may be the problem. If you can help me..
Thanks in advance
January 29th, 2009 at 12:29 pm
Sure i would… but you need to describe a bit – where are you from and which bank you are using – do you have online access to the account and which type of account you are having.??
February 25th, 2009 at 11:25 am
You said
Now, when the money reaches you bank account, in the transaction summary of the moneybookers slip, you get a 6-digit alphanumeric code, which you can use to verify your bank account. It’s very simple to do and it can be done with 3-4 working days.
Are you sure that the code is a 6 digit alphanumeric code?
I’m from Bangalore, India and I use ICICI bank.
February 25th, 2009 at 6:30 pm
Yes i am sure about it
March 18th, 2009 at 10:54 pm
I also have got the same problem. I have got a code for the transaction.
But moneybookers doesnt accept it. I have rechecked the code. I dont know what to do. Please comments.
March 19th, 2009 at 6:19 am
Ok if your transaction code is not accepted than you can use the address to get the new code for verification – just tell them to send you the letter for verification and they will write code in it – when you get the letter – just write the code and that’s it!
Hope it helps…
July 28th, 2009 at 2:59 pm
JuliaJolie you think this is a problem? Check out what happened to this guy
http://www.ratingviewer.com/company/55/Moneybookers/
They did all they could to prevent him withdrawing his money. This is a spine chilling story.
February 23rd, 2010 at 5:41 pm
Hi to All ,
My experience with money booker is very poor. They dont send me the letter that they claiming 2-4 days. My account was registered at 6-Feb-2010 and i am still not getting my letter so that i can work with my e commerce website.
I am very sorry. Very Dissatisfied Service.
Thanks
Tauseef Ghauri
March 18th, 2010 at 11:16 am
hi to all
i have opened moneybooker’s account on 24-2-10 and i didnt recieve my address verification letter yet .on 16-3-10 i edited my address plz tel me will they send me letter or not i have edited because my postel code was in correct they always showed that they send the letter bt am still waiting…………………..
plz help me some one
March 18th, 2010 at 12:25 pm
it looks like you have changed your address till they sent the document to you – but anyways do let me know when did you asked them to send the verification code to your address? also in which country you are from?
March 24th, 2010 at 11:29 am
thankx for your reply am from pakistan i have asked on same day when i created my account on 24-2-10
March 25th, 2010 at 1:04 pm
hi
still waiting for ur reply help me
March 25th, 2010 at 8:53 pm
ok i think as you created the account and asked for verification and due to same delay… they might have sent the verification letter at max of 4-working days – but as you have written that you have entered the incorrect postal address – so chances might be that due to wrong postal address your letter has not reached you – i suggest you to contact the local post office and also… there could be another reason – that as you are in pakistan the letter would take some more time to reach you – calculate 20-25 working days for letter to reach you.
Hope now this helps
if not i am here to help
March 26th, 2010 at 11:39 am
thank you so much
i have written my query related to “address verification problem” to money booker’s email support. they issued me a ticket number but i dont know how to see the reply of my query.
May 4th, 2010 at 9:41 am
Hi, and what if I cannot receive the letter for verification, I´m not from UK, Europe, etc?
that means that I will lose my money? do you know any other method, please let me know..
May 13th, 2010 at 10:31 am
Thanks for your nice tips but I have a question. Which one is better Paypal or MB?