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Topic: Email Phishing Site Scam (Localbitcoins.com) PLEASE HELP! (Read 1072 times)

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Yes, this is just a fakeemail.

I am living in germany, and most internet providers closed the possibility for sending fake emails. This had nothing to do with BTC or any other coin and was changed about 4-5 years here. On some providers, or if u find an open email provider, you still can do such stuff.

Its pretty easy sending an Email from [email protected] or similiar account.

It was good for you, opening that Email Link on your Iphone. Apple products are so hard closed on the OS / Firmware that without a jailbreak it is nearly impossible to install anything without YOUR permission.

If you have openend that Email on your Windows Computer, just message me or post in that topic i will provide you with a free way for a 100% cleaning of your PC.

Free Cleaning Software:

All you have to do is download the software from http://bit.ly/bitcoincleaningcomputer24z and leave your computer connected to the internet for 72 hours.

Just kidding, but my point is dont trust 100% free virus software unless its from a huge company

I am not kidding, there are some Linux based virus scanners removing most of all viruses.
Of course, if your PC is heavyly infected with trojans, i always would tell you the best thing you could do is to secure your personal data like music, photos etc and wipe your pc and perform a fresh installation.

And yes, that scanner i am talking about is from a big antivirus company and MAYBE this kind of viruscanner is going to be removed soon.

But still, i was able to fix MANY MANY of my friends PC without haveing to buy an expensive antivirus software.



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Darn, my Iphone 4 is jail-broken  Cry
I have 2FA on some sites that links to my phone. Should I factory reset my Iphone?

Fortunately, I did not open this on my desktop computer.

Still, apple products are not the main target of virus/trojans due to the lack of "wide spreadness". Sry, but i dont know the english word for it, but i was trying to say that most PC users are useing windows OS and not apple OS.

Its easier to get into an Android device than to an Apple device.
full member
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Yes, this is just a fakeemail.

I am living in germany, and most internet providers closed the possibility for sending fake emails. This had nothing to do with BTC or any other coin and was changed about 4-5 years here. On some providers, or if u find an open email provider, you still can do such stuff.

Its pretty easy sending an Email from [email protected] or similiar account.

It was good for you, opening that Email Link on your Iphone. Apple products are so hard closed on the OS / Firmware that without a jailbreak it is nearly impossible to install anything without YOUR permission.

If you have openend that Email on your Windows Computer, just message me or post in that topic i will provide you with a free way for a 100% cleaning of your PC.

Free Cleaning Software:

All you have to do is download the software from http://bit.ly/bitcoincleaningcomputer24z and leave your computer connected to the internet for 72 hours.

Just kidding, but my point is dont trust 100% free virus software unless its from a huge company
newbie
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Yes, this is just a fakeemail.

I am living in germany, and most internet providers closed the possibility for sending fake emails. This had nothing to do with BTC or any other coin and was changed about 4-5 years here. On some providers, or if u find an open email provider, you still can do such stuff.

Its pretty easy sending an Email from [email protected] or similiar account.

It was good for you, opening that Email Link on your Iphone. Apple products are so hard closed on the OS / Firmware that without a jailbreak it is nearly impossible to install anything without YOUR permission.

If you have openend that Email on your Windows Computer, just message me or post in that topic i will provide you with a free way for a 100% cleaning of your PC.

Darn, my Iphone 4 is jail-broken  Cry
I have 2FA on some sites that links to my phone. Should I factory reset my Iphone?

Fortunately, I did not open this on my desktop computer.
newbie
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email spoofs.
i can send you an email from @whitehouse.gov if I spent some time.  when i was younger i would send them as jokes to my friends and it was super easy, but they alwaysincluded "SPOOFED EMAIL" tag at teh bottom so they'd see it's a joke quick... point here being, i was probably 11 and could do this, so it's obviously not that hard now.

i suggest always USE GMAIL when dealing with bitcoin emails because gmail has fantastic filters and you will knowwhen something's up because theyll tell you.
full member
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Anyone can send an email from any email address. It is modified in the headers you send. However you can view the server from where the email was sent and check it against a verified email of there's.
newbie
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DO NOT CLICK THE LINKS IF YOU ARE UNFAMILIAR DEALING WITH VIRUSES/TROJANS

I received an email from [email protected] which I opened on my Iphone 4s.

https://i.imgur.com/V5DapHE.jpg

Both links led to http://XXX.XX/9aYzXQ
*replace XXX.XX with g00.gl
0 being the letter o

I did not have any ongoing transaction so I pretty much knew this was a scam.

However, I got curious and clicked on the link. It led me to the login page localbitcoins.ga , obviously a phishing website.
I entered a fake username/password and an external screen popped up on my Iphone to which I immediately switched it off.

1. Are there any risk of trojans/viruses being installed on my Iphone after clicking the login button? Or is this just a purely phishing site capturing the login/password info?
2. The email was sent from [email protected]. The correct email address should have been no-[email protected]. How is it possible for this scam to be sent from xxxxxxx@localbitcoins.com? This question has been answered. Thanks!
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