Topic: New phising email scam. Do not fall for this one. (Read 1255 times)

Same here!

thanks for informing
i myself, always use Bookmark and after entering the login page wait for the SMS to arrive then put in my passwords
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That's what I always do. I never use links in emails because of all the malware and Trojan threats. I always use my bookmarks.

yeah! you are right awareness is very important here if we are not aware while using any address into URL bar then I am sure we will become victims of Phishing so open your eyes while enter into any site

Next come the Nigerian 419 scams letting you know a wealthy old lady with 658,872 btc needs you to accept payment of them in order to move them out of her country and accept 70% as a handling fee and return a payment of 30% in Doge coin. Oh and even though she has BTC she cannot afford the transaction fee of 2 BTC so you'll have to send that ahead of payment...

Thanks for the heads up.

A good habit is to always go to the site by typing the URL yourself or click your bookmark, no matter if the emails sound right or wrong.

Wow, they could unleast put some realistic amount of btc, this is just stupid. But hey, you can never know. Thanks for the warning btw.

I'm still waiting for the Nigerian officials to release my funds into my account.

Somebody giving away lots of BTC for free? How could it possibly be a scam? This is just a legit as the nigerian princes wanting to give you a 10000000000 USD.

thanks for heads up. although most experienced users would not be fooled so easily by this, we are getting an influx of new users just starting to discover crypto and can easily be taken advantage of by something like this. hopefully you have reported the sender IP to the appropriate authorities or ISP(s) to help get them shut down

The email
Above you will see the deceivingly appealing email with details of an anonymous person that has sent you a rather large amount of bitcoins and it is awaiting your approval. When you proceed forward by "Clicking Here", you will be taken to a page that looks rather similar to blockchain.info. On this page it prompts you to either link to a desktop wallet, create a new blockchain.info wallet or log into an existing blockchain.info wallet and it just so happens that the only button that works is, log into an existing blockchain.info wallet. After selecting this tab with excitement and joy thinking of what you are going to do with all of your new coins, you are quickly prompted to enter your identifier and password to continue.

The Scam
Bitcoin transactions are immediate. You will never have to accept a transaction. Although the email is very exciting, it is filled with lies. You will also notice that the senders email is not from blockchain.info. At the bottom of the email you will notice a green box that says top tip. It states that if unclaimed, this bitcoin transaction will be reversed. Not only is this a lie, it is impossible. All bitcoin transactions are final, no reversing of any payments. Pay attention to the urls of the linked sites, this particular email leads to blookchain.info. If you are not paying close attention when dealing with your bitcoin wallet information, at first site everything looks perfect about that url and the page looks very similar to blockchain.info. Some of these scams are so good that if you click on a tab that leads to another page you will actually be taken to blockchain.info, leading you to believe that the email is legitimately from blockchain.info.

A really big mistake is to share your wallet identifier, password, secret keys or pass phrase with ANYONE. At no point throughout your bitcoin journeys will you ever be required to give some this information to accept a bitcoin transaction.

Always be on the look out, this is just one of many probably but this is the one I got so I am sharing it with everyone.

Things to always remember about bitcoin

• Never share your private keys, identifier, password or passkey with ANYONE
• Back up your wallet at least once a week (desktop wallets only)
• All transactions are final, always double check the address you are sending to
• Back up your wallet in at least two different places and offline (desktop wallets only)
• Have fun. We are at the brink of a great technology.

Don't worry I did not believe the email or get scammed of any bitcoins, I just did not want anyone new and excited to fall for this scam or one similar. If your new and need more information you can visit my site, see my signature.