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Discussion => Security => Topic started by: buddyy on December 10, 2012, 04:59 pm
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Make sure the name that you put on the Bitinstant form matches the name that you put on the Moneygram form (fake or not, as long as the names match).
If the names don't match you will be denied at checkout!
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That is good info to know.
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What about the (fake) address and phone number?
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What about the (fake) address and phone number?
I think a good rule of thumb is always use the same (fake) info for everything until you switch to new (fake) info, just so theres no problems with stuff not matching :)
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I have learned this just recently because before it didn't matter...Also I made 3 deposits today one with all my real information, another with my friends information and 2 different fake phone numbers (because I didnt remember at walmart), and the last with another friends real information but the same situation with phone numbers, the transaction went through smoothly at Walmart but upon my checking of instawallet only 1 has gone through.....Any thoughts?! What will I be able to do?!
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What about the (fake) address and phone number?
I think a good rule of thumb is always use the same (fake) info for everything until you switch to new (fake) info, just so theres no problems with stuff not matching :)
You need to have several (fake) accounts that way you can alternate between names each transfer. I have about 5 that I can easily use anytime because I've used them once already. You MUST make sure that the name on the Bitinstant page is the same fake account you'll be using on the MG form. Just take note of the info you write on the moneygram slip, especially the phone number since this is how they look up your account. The process goes much smoother if you are already in the system because all the have to do is type in your phone #. I think Bitinstant probably updated the matching name whenever they updated their CAPTCHA, which has just been in the past few days.
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Wow I don't even know what to do, my $1000 is floating around out there somewhere. Should I call ZipZap and act like the other people? or call Moneygram? This is a huge buzz kill :/
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Wow I don't even know what to do, my $1000 is floating around out there somewhere. Should I call ZipZap and act like the other people? or call Moneygram? This is a huge buzz kill :/
I highly doubt anything you did messed up your transaction. Bitinstant is fucked at the moment, I did a transaction 48h ago that still hasn't cleared, and I've never had a problem before.
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Wow I don't even know what to do, my $1000 is floating around out there somewhere. Should I call ZipZap and act like the other people? or call Moneygram? This is a huge buzz kill :/
I highly doubt anything you did messed up your transaction. Bitinstant is fucked at the moment, I did a transaction 48h ago that still hasn't cleared, and I've never had a problem before.
Really? That gives me some hope. It was just weird because one of the transactions went through by the time I got home, and I happened to use all my real info on that one. The other two haven't and they also aren't in my wallet yet.
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My BTC just cleared about 2 days later.
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Wow I don't even know what to do, my $1000 is floating around out there somewhere. Should I call ZipZap and act like the other people? or call Moneygram? This is a huge buzz kill :/
I highly doubt anything you did messed up your transaction. Bitinstant is fucked at the moment, I did a transaction 48h ago that still hasn't cleared, and I've never had a problem before.
Really? That gives me some hope. It was just weird because one of the transactions went through by the time I got home, and I happened to use all my real info on that one. The other two haven't and they also aren't in my wallet yet.
If you made 2 transfers for 500 that could be your problem.. The 2nd $500 transfer always gets locked up for me. You'll have to email Bitinstant support and have them manually push it thru the blockchain. I would suggest keeping the transfers a few dollars different. Support told me that it sets off a fraud alarm and freezes the money if 2 $500 are done in the same day
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If you made 2 transfers for 500 that could be your problem.. The 2nd $500 transfer always gets locked up for me. You'll have to email Bitinstant support and have them manually push it thru the blockchain. I would suggest keeping the transfers a few dollars different. Support told me that it sets off a fraud alarm and freezes the money if 2 $500 are done in the same day
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Really? It's suspicious since it was supposed to go to the same instawallet? Because all of the information was different on each form but they were all the max of $500
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If you made 2 transfers for 500 that could be your problem.. The 2nd $500 transfer always gets locked up for me. You'll have to email Bitinstant support and have them manually push it thru the blockchain. I would suggest keeping the transfers a few dollars different. Support told me that it sets off a fraud alarm and freezes the money if 2 $500 are done in the same day
Really? It's suspicious since it was supposed to go to the same instawallet? Because all of the information was different on each form but they were all the max of $500
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It is seen as 3 $500 transfers going to the same btc address, regardless of information at this point (name, phone number, etc.). When Bitinstant sees this they freeze the funds because they are worried that those are fraudulent transactions or errors. They'd rather be safe by verifying that 3 separate payments were made, than to send $1500 and come to realize that they've only been paid $500. make sense?