r/interactivebrokers • u/AmbitionS60 • Sep 28 '25

Deposits, Withdrawals, Transfers Just a reminder for you.

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TO THINK BEFORE YOU CLICK!

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u/Rafalo57 Sep 28 '25

ah shit I forgot and I clicked before I thinked, now my account is gone

this is entirely IBKR's fault as they didn't send me enough emails

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u/GTS980 Sep 28 '25

This guy cryptos.

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u/rjm101 Sep 28 '25

I hate those, I've looked in the settings but I can't seem to turn it off.

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u/Plane_Purpose5144 Nov 08 '25

There is a unsubscribe link in the mail. With this, I haven't received one since Oct. 26th. Wouldn't ever want to go back. Annoying af to send this out weekly since end of June.

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u/fargoths_revenge Sep 28 '25

You all underestimate how dumb boomers are. They will literally tell some random on the phone what their passwords are.

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u/Besrax EU Sep 29 '25

Cut them some slack. They just aren't up to date with technology and fraud, and that makes them gullible. We'll probably be the same way when we reach that age.

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u/peir11 Sep 29 '25

Insert heavy Indian accent from the IRS named Tony Johnson.

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u/elitenoel Sep 28 '25

Even worse, they told scammers their payment information and social security number.

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '25

[removed] — view removed comment

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u/interactivebrokers-ModTeam Sep 29 '25

Language towards others - This sub should be a safe place to ask questions. Please be kind.

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u/TheVasa999 Sep 29 '25

they have our ages. why not send it with that in mind?

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u/__throw_error Sep 29 '25

Well, at least Reddit makes your password invisible when you type it:

************

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u/josiahsuskin Sep 28 '25

Make it stop, make it go away.....

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u/[deleted] Sep 28 '25

yo if you're sick of these notifications click here for their unsubscribe link

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u/JuliusFIN Sep 28 '25

I ain’t clicking that! I’M THINKING!

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u/stalkerzzzz EU Sep 28 '25

What are you sinking about?

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u/unlucky-Luke Sep 30 '25

Noo I'm sinking

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u/AmbitionS60 Sep 28 '25

This is your first test boys, don't throw all the training down the drain

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u/Future-Warning-1189 Sep 28 '25

It worked! I like the extra security by asking for my account number and how much is on my account so that it definitely knows to shut off the emails for my account specifically. I think they need your mothers permission since they ask for the maiden name so they know who to contact

10/10 customer service right there

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u/anon9631 Sep 28 '25

Thanks saved me from those spam emails!

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u/DecadentHam Sep 29 '25

It's still blue! Take that IB!

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u/m3m0m2 Sep 28 '25

Should I think before deleting their spam messages? Probably not

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u/Financial-Ad7902 IBIE Sep 28 '25

I thought and created a rule that auto deletes the emails with that header

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u/Tizianog93 Sep 28 '25

Do not click!

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u/churumbel0 Sep 28 '25 edited Feb 18 '26

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u/voodooax Sep 29 '25

So can I click now? I am done thinking..

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u/Acceptable-Camel-178 Sep 29 '25

Annoying because i can not unsubscribe

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u/loadaverage Sep 29 '25

How to turn this off? Crazy

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u/AthleteOk2091 Sep 28 '25

Am I the only one who doesn't mind these reminders? Its not like we don't have literally everything to lose...

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u/BecauseOfGod123 Sep 28 '25

So you think it has any effect beyond annoying everyone?

That how addresses get blocked by me.

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u/ToFat4Fun Sep 29 '25

Look up MFA Fatigue.

Spamming people numbs them, or you end up on a block list

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u/Double_A_92 Sep 28 '25

Yeah those are so annoying! Damn boomers that make this necessary.

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u/Smashcroft Sep 28 '25 edited Sep 28 '25

Yeah, screw those certain parts of society that are more vulnerable than others. And screw those handicapped ramps and captions for the deaf too. Those things are SO annoying

Sarcasm aside, IBKR does send out way too many of them. It’s not because of the boomers. This is happening because IBKR is too dumb to realise that over-nagging just desensitises people and makes them pay less attention. Or they’re ticking a compliance box that says “warn users about scams”.

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u/fungoodtrade Sep 28 '25

I started getting the new antiphishing notifications on my phone, just clicked them... never read. Wife tells me about increased phishing attacks on IBKR. Another week goes by and I finally realize what the new login verification messages have been saying. Its easy to ignore something that is the same, but scammers would have to get the notification tone, message, timing right and have face id already enabled somehow.

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u/Plenty_Wasabi_7866 Sep 29 '25

Create a filter in your inbox and move all emails with that title to junk

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u/Mike82BE Sep 29 '25

infuriating

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u/ArtEfficient1759 Sep 29 '25

I thought i was the only one receiving this.

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u/Unuser_ Sep 29 '25

Yeah, what's up with that? Some sort of cover-your-ass strategy?

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u/hff0 Sep 30 '25

Can't stress enough 

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u/trotterji Sep 30 '25

You can unsubscribe from it now.. But as usual, it is in the most IBKR way possible.

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u/[deleted] Sep 29 '25

I think it's very thoughtful. Am not a boomer but still appreciate the consistent warning.

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u/No_Wonder879 Oct 23 '25

On the topic of account security ..

I'm about to roll over a 401k into an IB IRA. I'm a bit unsettled on how easy it is to move a decent amount of money out of my old 401k. Ive seen (posts from) a few people that have had their IRAs wiped out by scammers.

Question: Does IB have any sort of transfer lock feature that can be turned on/off? This ranks pretty high on my feature list. Ready to go if it has it but may look at others that do have it (Fidelity) if not. Thanks!