More phishing emails - Localbitcoins

OnkelPaul

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Quote from: hongw on January 28, 2015, 08:18:12 PM

Quote from: OnkelPaul on January 27, 2015, 05:53:32 AM

Quote from: twister on January 27, 2015, 01:42:27 AM

That's just bad Sad

. Anyone can pretend to be anyone this way. I see now why these phishing attempts are successful, user just sees the 'from' address and thinks that it is real.

Welcome to the world of internet mail. It's been like that for 30 years or so, but you're probably not the last one to realize that it's broken.

Onkel Paul

email really hasn't even been around for 30 years yet. phishing is also somewhat of a newer "feature" of email as it has really only been used for the past ~7 years or so, although phishing attempts have been getting much more advanced

Actually, e-mail has been around for a bit more than 40 years: See http://openmap.bbn.com/~tomlinso/ray/firstemailframe.html and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARPANET
It's true that e-mail phishing is a somewhat newer phenomenon (about 20 years, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phishing), but the prerequisite is that sender information can easily be forged, which is basically built into e-mail protocols from the beginning.
The only way out of this would be to widely use public key encryption and signatures. Most people don't think their e-mail communication is valuable enough to warrant the additional effort, though.

Onkel Paul

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Quote from: hongw on January 28, 2015, 08:18:12 PM

Quote from: OnkelPaul on January 27, 2015, 05:53:32 AM

Quote from: twister on January 27, 2015, 01:42:27 AM

That's just bad Sad

. Anyone can pretend to be anyone this way. I see now why these phishing attempts are successful, user just sees the 'from' address and thinks that it is real.

Welcome to the world of internet mail. It's been like that for 30 years or so, but you're probably not the last one to realize that it's broken.

Onkel Paul

email really hasn't even been around for 30 years yet. phishing is also somewhat of a newer "feature" of email as it has really only been used for the past ~7 years or so, although phishing attempts have been getting much more advanced

I have seen examples where a whole phishing site was hosted on Google Drive, which made it seem very legit.

You receive an email which looks like coming from Google team. You hover over the suspicious link to check only to find that it takes you to a google url (because the site is hosted on Google Drive). You click and assume you are on a Google-owned page. It asks you to login to your Google account. You enter your google account details and .....

hongw

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Quote from: OnkelPaul on January 27, 2015, 05:53:32 AM

Quote from: twister on January 27, 2015, 01:42:27 AM

That's just bad Sad

. Anyone can pretend to be anyone this way. I see now why these phishing attempts are successful, user just sees the 'from' address and thinks that it is real.

Welcome to the world of internet mail. It's been like that for 30 years or so, but you're probably not the last one to realize that it's broken.

Onkel Paul

email really hasn't even been around for 30 years yet. phishing is also somewhat of a newer "feature" of email as it has really only been used for the past ~7 years or so, although phishing attempts have been getting much more advanced

BillyBobZorton

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During my time in the btc world i've seen fishing from at least 3 different exchange sites lol.

Super T

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got another one, different link this time

OnkelPaul

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Quote from: twister on January 27, 2015, 01:42:27 AM

That's just bad Sad

. Anyone can pretend to be anyone this way. I see now why these phishing attempts are successful, user just sees the 'from' address and thinks that it is real.

Welcome to the world of internet mail. It's been like that for 30 years or so, but you're probably not the last one to realize that it's broken.

Onkel Paul

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Quote from: bryant.coleman on January 27, 2015, 03:18:39 AM

Quote from: Newar on January 27, 2015, 01:55:08 AM

Remember to report it. Google: report phishing

Tried it before. Nothing happens. I think Google blocks the link only if more than 3 people report it.

So the best way would be to share the email here, so that more people will be able to report it.

Of course they won't block it mate , Gmail have millions of users so they don't take report seriously , they need more then that , each one who received it should report , person report won't affect on them at all .

bryant.coleman

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Quote from: Newar on January 27, 2015, 01:55:08 AM

Remember to report it. Google: report phishing

Tried it before. Nothing happens. I think Google blocks the link only if more than 3 people report it.

So the best way would be to share the email here, so that more people will be able to report it.

Newar

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https://gliph.me/hUF

Remember to report it. Google: report phishing

sgk

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Quote from: Madness on January 27, 2015, 01:47:46 AM

How it's fake if the link used on that email is localbitcoins.com , or it has another link inside it ?
I'am not really sure why you guys get Phishing attempts emails all the time , I've never got any from BTC exchanges website or mining or bitcoin talk or whatever , be careful where you post your email.

If you notice the first screenshot carefully, you would notice that the clickable link directs to another site, not localbitcoins.com

Madness

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How it's fake if the link used on that email is localbitcoins.com , or it has another link inside it ?
I'am not really sure why you guys get Phishing attempts emails all the time , I've never got any from BTC exchanges website or mining or bitcoin talk or whatever , be careful where you post your email.

twister

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Quote from: sgk on January 27, 2015, 01:32:34 AM

Quote from: twister on January 27, 2015, 01:18:18 AM

How is it that they are able to use "[email protected]" to send these emails? Huh

Many services out there.

Look at this: http://deadfake.com/Send.aspx

That's just bad Sad

. Anyone can pretend to be anyone this way. I see now why these phishing attempts are successful, user just sees the 'from' address and thinks that it is real.

sgk

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Quote from: twister on January 27, 2015, 01:18:18 AM

How is it that they are able to use "[email protected]" to send these emails? Huh

Many services out there.

Look at this: http://deadfake.com/Send.aspx

MineForeman.com

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Quote from: twister on January 27, 2015, 01:18:18 AM

How is it that they are able to use "[email protected]" to send these emails? Huh

You can put anything you want in the from address of an email.

twister

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How is it that they are able to use "[email protected]" to send these emails? Huh

Gumbork

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Quote from: TrailingComet on January 27, 2015, 12:55:39 AM

Just got another one Angry

Sadly localbitcoins seems to be fading fast

have you signed up to any shady website in the pass month with that email address?

TrailingComet

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Just got another one Angry

Sadly localbitcoins seems to be fading fast

wunkbone

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Quote from: Super T on January 26, 2015, 07:19:13 PM

No - the link is fake (see the pop up overlay), it would take me to a fake site, where i would be asked to enter my login details to check my account, then my account would get cleaned out.

dammit man - have you never orchestrated an organised cyber-fraud scheme?

It probably got your email address from some other bitcoin related website and is hoping that you will fall for the scam and actually have a LBC account with bitcoin in it. They likely plan on using the information you input into their fake site to access your LBC account and then withdraw any funds you have on deposit with them

hayabusa911

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Quote from: TrailingComet on January 26, 2015, 11:07:23 PM

Yep, I got those too
Signs that localbitcoins is going down the drain....

Been sinking for longtime!

TrailingComet

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Yep, I got those too
Signs that localbitcoins is going down the drain....

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