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Mahanton

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Quote from: Kvalentine on February 25, 2020, 07:23:48 AM

Quote from: ray_saeed on February 14, 2020, 10:28:50 AM

I prefer wallets that dont know my email or any other information. OWNR wallet, Exodus, etc

Any wallet that doesn't request for mails and password always have backups like private keys and mnemonic seeds, any wallet that ask for mails to sign up wallet accounts are dangerous and you can only recover your fund with email and password

Not at all.Try to look blockchain info which do need some identifier and password but you could at least get up the seed which is important when you try out to import into other wallet.

I just dont suggest to make use of custodial wallets or simply to those wallet service or even exchange wallets that dont give out its users with the wallet keys
There are lots of scamming attempts that do happen into this market and you should be aware and be sensible in any actions you made if you dont like
for your funds to be compromised.

shoreno

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Quote from: PuertoLibre on February 28, 2020, 07:34:54 PM

Quote from: Kvalentine on February 25, 2020, 07:23:48 AM

Quote from: ray_saeed on February 14, 2020, 10:28:50 AM

I prefer wallets that dont know my email or any other information. OWNR wallet, Exodus, etc

Any wallet that doesn't request for mails and password always have backups like private keys and mnemonic seeds, any wallet that ask for mails to sign up wallet accounts are dangerous and you can only recover your fund with email and password

In this case, using the paper or hardware wallet is the best instead of giving personal data. Controlling the wallet with private key is better than using the combination of email-password for access. The third-party wallets also support tons of altcoins, no need to use online wallets.

what kind of thirdparty wallet ? there are many kind of thirdparty wallet . it could be offline or offline .

thirdparty wallet means they can provide extra features or can act as an alternative if you find difficulty or missing feature on the existing walet that you use which i prefer them or they prerfer by most users the most .

hardware wallet or offline wallet is okay though but those who are sturdy and shock proof or water proof only , i dont recomend paper .

PuertoLibre

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Quote from: Kvalentine on February 25, 2020, 07:23:48 AM

Quote from: ray_saeed on February 14, 2020, 10:28:50 AM

I prefer wallets that dont know my email or any other information. OWNR wallet, Exodus, etc

Any wallet that doesn't request for mails and password always have backups like private keys and mnemonic seeds, any wallet that ask for mails to sign up wallet accounts are dangerous and you can only recover your fund with email and password

In this case, using the paper or hardware wallet is the best instead of giving personal data. Controlling the wallet with private key is better than using the combination of email-password for access. The third-party wallets also support tons of altcoins, no need to use online wallets.

FairUser

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I finally know why my email is getting hundreds of spam emails every day. But I do not understand why my email was stolen by them, I did not use that email to participate in any bounty or airdrop in this market, it seems that Google's security system or some exchange was information theft

Kvalentine

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Quote from: ray_saeed on February 14, 2020, 10:28:50 AM

I prefer wallets that dont know my email or any other information. OWNR wallet, Exodus, etc

Any wallet that doesn't request for mails and password always have backups like private keys and mnemonic seeds, any wallet that ask for mails to sign up wallet accounts are dangerous and you can only recover your fund with email and password

OasisDre

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Quote from: shoreno on February 18, 2020, 08:13:20 AM

but who would have used that wallet anyway ? i dont know if i already heard of that wallet before but i wouldnt trust a wallet that im not familiar with . being familiar to me is when they are advertise on this site and i can see them everyday . other than that if many people use them and post great feedback or recomend them to others . i havent recieve exact same email but i recieve other emails from other sites that i havent visited or signed up . its clear that they are unsafe so i just stay away

Free wallet have been around for so long and many crypto miners use them back in those days until issues start riding up and they quit using them, lose of fund, slow transaction speed, hacks etc, people who don't know can easily fall for this so called old trick

rosezionjohn

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Quote from: Freewallet on February 14, 2020, 06:25:53 AM

Hi Balladtony77,

Following the breach of data of 1.4 millions GITHUB users, many service providers chose to warn their customers of any suspicious logins to their accounts.

These notifications are solely to inform you about login attempts whereas no actual login to your account takes place.

We recommend you to change passwords to your email box immediately.

LOL so it appears that the emails are actually coming from the real freewallet team?

@OP can you confirm that the screenshot in your post is the email sent to your friend?
I would be amazed if that's sent to you Cheesy

How on earth would they know your email if you haven't created one there.

Guys, aside from the emails, you should also be careful using fake wallets like freewallet. They are like a centralized exchange that freezes user's funds anytime they suspect you are doing something suspicious in their eyes. They won't release it until the user had undergone account verification.

lienfaye

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I used to receive similar emails that I registered for bounty hunting and airdrops thats why its not new to me anymore.

I just ignore those messages especially if I dont have any business to them.

Scammers are everywhere nowadays and they will do everything they can to take advantage the weakness of others particularly the newbies who dont have enough knowledge on how things work online hence be cautious and dont trust easily.

shoreno

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but who would have used that wallet anyway ? i dont know if i already heard of that wallet before but i wouldnt trust a wallet that im not familiar with . being familiar to me is when they are advertise on this site and i can see them everyday . other than that if many people use them and post great feedback or recomend them to others . i havent recieve exact same email but i recieve other emails from other sites that i havent visited or signed up . its clear that they are unsafe so i just stay away

joksim299

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Bitdice is scam scam scammmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Its better to memorize private key than to use Freewallet.
Always use wallet where you hold your private key there are many proven out there FW is not one of them.

terizla

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I think they got emails not only from bounty spreadsheet and fakes airdrops. They can got email in fake project too. Like a Newsletter in fake project.

smyslov

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Quote from: Balladtony77 on February 14, 2020, 05:08:26 AM

Scammers are going around copying peoples email from
1. bounty spreadsheets
2. Fake airdrops bots

just to fool the real email users to get into their freewallet account and steal funds, I here to reveal their new moves, I personally use a different email to claim airdrops and bounties but I am surprised that all these mails of mine got the same message from fake freewallet team that some is trying to log into my account from unknown location that I should click a link to change password, the fact is I never like freewallet and I've never used any of my mails to registered for freewallet account. Be careful especially crypto newbies

After two weeks a friend of mine called from afar and asked me the same thing, this is no doubt a new move from scammers, here is the image of the mails

That's actually an old trick they used to use it on Paypal holders, so be wary on the url or the domain where you are going to land I'm 100% sure that it will be a different domain or sites that you usually login , scammers are everywhere you should be aware of all their dirty tricks.

Jannyh

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I also got series of such mail, but what made me raise an eyebrow was when I got the message from email I never used to sign up for the free wallet, I think we really need to be very careful, scammers would go to any length just to ripe one of their earnings.

Zurcermozz

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This one also sent me a mail, I don't know the reason how the hell did they know my email address, thankfully I didn't do anything crazy, because for sure, I might get scammed again like what happened before, I try to report it, but it keeps on sending mail, so I block it to stop.

rdewilde

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That's is, spreadsheet and fake Airdrops are the easiest ways to get emails reason why it's important for bounty managers to always hide their participants emails for security reasons. Also, it is good you pointed it out for others to leans and take caution about it as most might be gullible to fall for such. Furthermore, you can access your account, change password or take other precautionary measures to ensure the safety of your account.

o.ogurlu

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This kind of mail comes so to my e-mail address too which i use for bounty campaigns. Recently they have been sending fake spreadsheet mails especially. The best way is to ignore and delete such mails.

Denv_eagle

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Well, I do get the same emails from numerous services. Seems that hackers just got my address in their databases Embarrassed

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Quote from: Bitbtc8 on February 17, 2020, 06:06:14 AM

Are you part of free wallet team? if yes then its good to have you on here, please do upgrade your wallet from online/web to full wallet and let users control their private keys themselves and you will notice a huge increase users of your wallet, having private keys for users is a shady business

That's right, your suggestion is very good and I totally agree with the phrase you say, because like myetherwallet and trustwallet wallets that have been very widely used by crypto lovers, because they know that the wallet is really safe and they can hold privatekey

Bitbtc8

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Quote from: Freewallet on February 17, 2020, 04:57:09 AM

Quote from: VDraci on February 14, 2020, 10:38:39 AM

I don't trust freewallet team, they can be the real culprits behind these mails, I once lost funds to their crappy wallet and till date I still can't recover it, same as xapo wallet too, once you have problem with log in you are in big trouble

Hello,

Did you contact our support team on this issue? May we have your user ID or support ticket number?

Are you part of free wallet team? if yes then its good to have you on here, please do upgrade your wallet from online/web to full wallet and let users control their private keys themselves and you will notice a huge increase users of your wallet, having private keys for users is a shady business

Freewallet

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Quote from: VDraci on February 14, 2020, 10:38:39 AM

I don't trust freewallet team, they can be the real culprits behind these mails, I once lost funds to their crappy wallet and till date I still can't recover it, same as xapo wallet too, once you have problem with log in you are in big trouble

Hello,

Did you contact our support team on this issue? May we have your user ID or support ticket number?

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