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Topic: I was scammed from a blockchain fake app :( (Read 3420 times)

newbie
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October 06, 2015, 11:16:21 AM
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Thanks for the warning, it's very kind of you.
newbie
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I used the blockchain wallet since I started with bitcoins more than a year ago. They email you for authorisation when a unknown computer wants to access your wallet. I have about 0.5 btc on there for a long time and it's still in my wallet. I think they are safe if you access your wallet securely.
  Not really   in the exact words of a Blockchain email  Confirmation Required
An attempt has been made to login to your My wallet account from ip address 80.243.180.98. Enter the confirmation code below to access your account. If it was not you who made this login attempt you can ignore this email.   This ip address took me for 17 Bitcoins as it says if not me that attempted i can ignore the email  ...   yeah right thanks Blockchain Sad  
newbie
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After broad agreement that blockchain.info is one of the best if not the best online wallet - suddenly the recent couple of weeks we have horror story after horror story and people saying they have closed their account there etc..

I wonder if some competitor(s) wallet(s) are targeting blockchain.info and trying to capture customers...??

i wouldn't say best Blockchain lost 17 BTC of mine last December after that Joehoe hack they was supposed to pay everyone back that lost coins and the idiot support staff asked for my wallet id and password over support ticket and someone messaged support acting as me and got my refund  6k  i lost Sad
legendary
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Ιntergalactic Conciliator
If you see this programme and your common sense will think that this is original Tongue
legendary
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i am impressed how people are using those programs so easily and dont even check if its not fake, why people dont save their information and money at all?
Why are you suprised? Millions of people are using 123456 as their main password or words like: sex, password, letmein etc. Scammy bitcoin apps are the holy ground of the evildoers.
When you can steal people's btc with ease without problems with fake wallets and apps it is only natural that more malware like that will be created. Nothing can replace common sense and sane brain.
legendary
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In Satoshi I Trust
i am impressed how people are using those programs so easily and dont even check if its not fake, why people dont save their information and money at all?

because it is for free  Tongue

coins are not safe on a phone from an average joe. they will be hacked.
sr. member
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i am impressed how people are using those programs so easily and dont even check if its not fake, why people dont save their information and money at all?
member
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very many applications as it is, but everything is just a hoax, so from now beware  Sad
legendary
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i think they have take the open source of the blockchain.info wallet and they have create a new scam wallet
legendary
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Ad maiora!
Doesn't Amazon vet their vendors? That's ridiculous.

So the guys software, the "wallet" you downloaded, it came ready to use, with private keys, that Bitcoin.developer also possesses?

Is that how it worked? Or do you think it just took every deposit and sends it to Bitcoin.developer's mixer?

No offence OP but that scam is beautiful in its simplicity
sr. member
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careful also against with phishing, a lot of incoming email on behalf blockchain

legendary
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they have remove the apps from amazon app store Smiley
legendary
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i give them an answer to understand the problem

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Hello
Is not a big issue for me because i lost only 0.001bitcoin(0.03euro).
The big problem is the quality control for the mobile app to your store.
This guys give a bitcoin community site as their company site and a
bitcoin developer email as their email and with that fake details they
have upload a scam app to your store.
This is a big problem and i hope to resolve it asap.
I am a many year customer and i trust amazon for my order and for my money.
I think your company can handle this to not happen again.

and finally they sent me an email and they say that they have underastand that this app was a scam and will resolve this matter asap. Smiley


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I understand the app "Bitcoin Wallet" is a scam and it stole your BTC from blockchain.

Thanks for binging this to our attention, I've reported this issue to our technical team to look in to this matter further. We definitely value your opinion and suggestions and will continue to listen and respond to our customers' concerns.We will make every effort to evaluate the information you have provided, and try our level best to lead it to program changes or enhancements.

they have give me and 5 euros for the next order Tongue
so for all of this something good has happen and i dont say about the 5 euro credits but about the remove of bitcoin scam app from their store
hero member
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In math we trust.
Luckily you have been scammed only for 0.001 BTC.
that's definitely not lots of money, roughly 0.27 cents.
However it was a good idea to report this publicly.
I can see blockchain.info is now aware of the issue
as they replied to your reddit post.
Good luck with busting scammers.
They seem to be everywhere!
Some days ago I mistyped blockchain.info URL and as a result I was led to a coinbase referral link!
legendary
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in amazon app store is the only bitcoin wallet there! Tongue I think something good will came from this and will to better quality control especially for bitcoin in the future  Smiley
legendary
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>To make it convenient for you, I've provided the developer's contact information below :
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>Developer Support Email: [email protected]
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>Developer Site Url: https://bitcoin.org/en/faq
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It is funny and sad they they are not even remotely checking apps. It is paradise for bitcoin scammers: create fake wallet, put fake info about developer with some randomly generated gmail address and you are free to steal people's coins. But you brought this upon yourself really, they are many good wallets listed on bitcoin.org (for Android):Copay, Airbitz Bitcoin Wallet, Bither, Bitcoin Wallet, Hive, Mycelium, GreenAddress, Coinomi Universal Wallet, Ninki - all these apps are tested and proven safe. 
legendary
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Did anyone know the official blockchain customer email to sent a report to them about the situation? I have contact them through reditt but i like to contact them and more official. This is very scammy and break the reputation of this company. The other point is how poor is the quality control to upload an app to this stores. They upload an app to amazon with the comunity bitcoin.org site as their company site!!
I dont know if the email is from the bitcoin developers
legendary
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I have a reply from amazon cusstomer support and i think even them they didnt know what they do with this. this is the answer

>I'm truly sorry to hear about the problem you had with your application "Bitcoin Wallet" which steals your btc from blockchain wallet. That's certainly what we don't want our customers to experience.
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>Upon looking into this issue I see that, the issue you are facing is regarding the app functionality, hence I request you to contact the game developer. Since the product is downloaded and installed through "Blockchain LTD". They have all the necessary tools and resources to assist you regarding issues such as these. Therefore, I request you to please contact the developer once in this regard.
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>To make it convenient for you, I've provided the developer's contact information below :
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>Developer Support Email: [email protected]
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>Developer Site Url: https://bitcoin.org/en/faq
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>I'm sorry I couldn't resolve this issue for you right away and I realize that at this point of time asking you to contact the developer would be disappointing, but please understand that it is very important for us that we provide you with accurate and expedient resolution and I find that this is the best way to be certain that this issue is resolved more appropriately.
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>-- I'd like to take to your kind notice that, Our goal is for Amazon Appstore customers to have a great experience with every app they order. We test all apps and updates to verify that they work as intended, don't impair the functionality of the mobile device, and don't put your data at risk.
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>However, I've taken your concern regarding this issue a feedback with high priority, I've also personally forwarded your comments to our Appstore development team for review and correction. I'm sure that our development team would carefully look into this and resolves your issue as soon possible.
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>-- If you've contacted the developer, and if they can't help, not to worry please send us a summary of that correspondence and we'll work on another solution to get this issue resolved at the earliest. We can be reached by phone 24 hours a day, seven days a week using the following link:

The strange is that they tghought that bitcoin.org is the developers site.. Tongue
legendary
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and because i lost a small amount i dont have to warn the others? For you what i have to do simple silent and keep my life and thank "god" that i didnt lost much more money Tongue?

You should be happy that you didn't get burnt by losing a larger sum. It's definitely a good idea to warn the community & tell us about your misfortune but I'd be thanking the Lord above that I didn't lose a significant sum.

Sorry to hear what happened to you but you are also lucky in a way it was such a small amount. My advice would be to stop downloading so many different wallets on different devices. Pick 2 or 3 & stick with them, it's just too risky any other way.

Best of luck in the future.
legendary
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Update
Ok is official. this app
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Blockchain-LTD-Bitcoin-Wallet/dp/B010UTSK34/ref=sr_1_2?s=mobile-apps&ie=UTF8&qid=1438875641&sr=1-2&keywords=blockchain
is not for the blockchain.info is from third party. they told me now from blockchain.info so i was scammed Sad Is 100% my fault because i think was an official app but it was not. It says that is from blockchain ltd but is not.
That is why do not want trust anything from google store. They have long history of scam applications happily posted there. This is not the first bitcoin app which is rigged.
I saw reports from people who claimed that other 'wallets' of bitcoin "block 'explorers were infected with malicious code. If you want bitcoin wallet - only download it from Bitcoin.org!
You will save yourself problems in the future...

now i have to look my wallet that is not affect it with anything malicius.
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