Topic: I got this email - page 2. (Read 987 times)
They must be took your e-mail from some crypto oriented site and sent this letter to everyone, I would call it as basic letter. Of course they don't know that your wallets are good protected and they just have no chance to hack your comp, but just imagine those people who believed to this letter, believe me there are many a little bit silly users who can take this blackmail as the truly one and I don't doubt there will be people who will send 0,01BTC to that guy. Even if he sent it to 1000 people there is going to be at least 10 who will believe it and in scare will follow the instruction and the blackmailer will get 0,1 BTC and it is not little money at all!
Could be that they have access to the Bitfinex user database 
That is the only exchange i am registered with the exact mail address they sent to.
I received that mail just a few hours after i registered at Bitfinex.
That is the only exchange i am registered with the exact mail address they sent to.
I received that mail just a few hours after i registered at Bitfinex.
coindidence, likely.
They have been spamming this nonsense for several days now, and to a lot of completely unrelated addresses that never were used on any exchange.
They are spammers, not hackers.
Could be that they have access to the Bitfinex user database
That is the only exchange i am registered with the exact mail address they sent to.
I received that mail just a few hours after i registered at Bitfinex.
That is the only exchange i am registered with the exact mail address they sent to.
I received that mail just a few hours after i registered at Bitfinex.
This is not blackmail. It's child's play. What a clever person will send them money? Lol. These letters anyone can write in the hope that someone will be scared. Can not be afraid. They will not be able to bypass the 2 factor authentication. They break the accounts only when the owner is helping them.
Just ignore these sort of mails. It shows that the sender is unable to hack in to your wallet and is desperately trying to extort money from you. But at the same time, it is worrying that he came to know that you are holding Bitcoins. I would request you to immediately increase the security of your wallet, by adding 2FA.
They are actually just spamming harvested addresses from spam-mail databases.
They know NOTHING, these disgusting fake-hacker tards.
The email where I received that threat is one that I never used on any exchange/webwallet etc.
Just ignore these sort of mails. It shows that the sender is unable to hack in to your wallet and is desperately trying to extort money from you. But at the same time, it is worrying that he came to know that you are holding Bitcoins. I would request you to immediately increase the security of your wallet, by adding 2FA.
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You can be hacked
We represent a hacker group that focuses on hacking of crypto-currency wallets and exchanges. We know that you keep your coins on these exchanges.
We got the database of users and passwords of the largest exchanges in our hands, but to get into the account we need to bypass two factor verification, collect private keys from your PCs, brute force mnemonic words. That will cost us some time.
We give you the opportunity to exclude you from the base by reward us and we will remove you and we will not use your data. The amount we require is 0.01BTC Bitcoin Wallet to pay: 1492bBQhiSRgS7k25mUsaedTSjwHkaWQRh Believe me, it\'s better to pay us than are afraid that at any moment you can lose all of your funds.
After payment send us a letter on (I REMOVED THE EMAIL) and we will exclude you from the database.
We represent a hacker group that focuses on hacking of crypto-currency wallets and exchanges. We know that you keep your coins on these exchanges.
We got the database of users and passwords of the largest exchanges in our hands, but to get into the account we need to bypass two factor verification, collect private keys from your PCs, brute force mnemonic words. That will cost us some time.
We give you the opportunity to exclude you from the base by reward us and we will remove you and we will not use your data. The amount we require is 0.01BTC Bitcoin Wallet to pay: 1492bBQhiSRgS7k25mUsaedTSjwHkaWQRh Believe me, it\'s better to pay us than are afraid that at any moment you can lose all of your funds.
After payment send us a letter on (I REMOVED THE EMAIL) and we will exclude you from the database.
IS this a Form of blackmail ? ....I don't keep anything on the exchanges all my wallets are off line and paper ....what A supersize they will get ...an I'm poor ...
Of course, that is a type of blackmailing but I think more than that it is actually just spamming. meaning they are sending the same message to all the email address they can harvest anywhere. And who knows there can be some who might panic and will give them the 'ransom' payment they are demanding. As for us in this forum, we will just laugh at those messages though we are ,of course, taking security seriously as getting hacked and phished is not an easy experience.
As Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are right now surging in price, more and more scammers, hackers, phishers and all the evil people are getting interested to venture into victimizing people out of their kept coins. This is just the start actually since there are still newbies who can easily be tricked into their traps. We have to be very, very careful!
I got the same nonsense. They are just spamming harvested email databases, randomly.
Looking at blockchain explorer it seems people have wisened up to this sort of extortion scam.
Zero activity on that address.
Make sure though to report the Gmail address that they provide as contact address (not the hacked random email account they were sending from) to Gmails abuse team - usually those accounts go down a few hours later.
Law enforcement is too busy hunting file sharers and protecting pedo-politicians, so... nothing much more to do.
If you do however run into a spammer/scammer/extortionist IRL: don't waste a bullet. Just beat them bloody and remove their microscopic haXX0r-balls.
Looking at blockchain explorer it seems people have wisened up to this sort of extortion scam.
Zero activity on that address.
Make sure though to report the Gmail address that they provide as contact address (not the hacked random email account they were sending from) to Gmails abuse team - usually those accounts go down a few hours later.
Law enforcement is too busy hunting file sharers and protecting pedo-politicians, so... nothing much more to do.
If you do however run into a spammer/scammer/extortionist IRL: don't waste a bullet. Just beat them bloody and remove their microscopic haXX0r-balls.
LoL, they are very very pro hackers
Since you keep all bitcoins offline, nothing to worry about. If they really have skills, no need to warn people as a threat of hackers is real problem everyday.
in that case; everyone has to be careful and cautious of every detail that may lead to a leak and get hacked.
But, even if you save bitcoin in web wallet (not in exchanges), it seems impossible for someone to brute force, access the wallet without knowing the password.
There are some people who forgot their passwords and willing to share bitcoin if someone could access their wallet by try to crack the password, but no one can do that.
Since you keep all bitcoins offline, nothing to worry about. If they really have skills, no need to warn people as a threat of hackers is real problem everyday.
in that case; everyone has to be careful and cautious of every detail that may lead to a leak and get hacked.
But, even if you save bitcoin in web wallet (not in exchanges), it seems impossible for someone to brute force, access the wallet without knowing the password.
There are some people who forgot their passwords and willing to share bitcoin if someone could access their wallet by try to crack the password, but no one can do that.
Yeah, its definitely a form of blackmail. But what the hell? They should have hacked your funds if they got your important details. Don't get fooled by these assholes. Especially when you don't even funds stored on a exchange.😆
I never seen any email like this before. It looks stupid. They've send you an email just to extort money from you. If they are really professional hackers. They can just break in to your wallet and steal all your funds without any bullshits like this.
Yeah right. These are professional hackers😄
I never seen any email like this before. It looks stupid. They've send you an email just to extort money from you. If they are really professional hackers. They can just break in to your wallet and steal all your funds without any bullshits like this.
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We got the database of users and passwords of the largest exchanges in our hands, but to get into the account we need to bypass two factor verification, collect private keys from your PCs, brute force mnemonic words. That will cost us some time.
Yeah right. These are professional hackers😄
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You can be hacked
We represent a hacker group that focuses on hacking of crypto-currency wallets and exchanges. We know that you keep your coins on these exchanges.
We got the database of users and passwords of the largest exchanges in our hands, but to get into the account we need to bypass two factor verification, collect private keys from your PCs, brute force mnemonic words. That will cost us some time.
We give you the opportunity to exclude you from the base by reward us and we will remove you and we will not use your data.
The amount we require is 0.01BTC
Bitcoin Wallet to pay: 1492bBQhiSRgS7k25mUsaedTSjwHkaWQRh
Believe me, it\'s better to pay us than are afraid that at any moment you can lose all of your funds.
After payment send us a letter on (I REMOVED THE EMAIL) and we will exclude you from the database.
We represent a hacker group that focuses on hacking of crypto-currency wallets and exchanges. We know that you keep your coins on these exchanges.
We got the database of users and passwords of the largest exchanges in our hands, but to get into the account we need to bypass two factor verification, collect private keys from your PCs, brute force mnemonic words. That will cost us some time.
We give you the opportunity to exclude you from the base by reward us and we will remove you and we will not use your data.
The amount we require is 0.01BTC
Bitcoin Wallet to pay: 1492bBQhiSRgS7k25mUsaedTSjwHkaWQRh
Believe me, it\'s better to pay us than are afraid that at any moment you can lose all of your funds.
After payment send us a letter on (I REMOVED THE EMAIL) and we will exclude you from the database.
IS this a Form of blackmail ? ....I don't keep anything on the exchanges all my wallets are off line and paper ....what A supersize they will get ...an I'm poor ...
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