Topic: Notification that you should never click (Read 358 times)

this looks like one of those pop-up ads that shows up when you visit or watch movies, series, anime, etc... on illegal streaming websites, they are very common on those types of websites(don't ask me why I am very familiar with it  ). they are extremely annoying, what you can do is either ignore them, leave the website or press the "x" that is usually next to the pop-up. and yes, there are pop-ups like this that if you click directly on the ad, it will try to download something on your computer.

Mostly these messages are in the spam folders of Gmail, I have seen most of the messages in my Spam folder in Gmail, due to which I clicked on my previous mobile, which takes me to a page that requires my mobile password, but I didn't click it. I knew that was a scammer mail.

Although these emails hack a person's whole mobile data through their Gmail mostly people have stored wallet passwords in their Gmail by clicking the Save Data option easily. So, we should be aware of that, even if some message comes into our spam we shouldn't even click it because it can hack our mobile fully, our wallet passwords, our YouTube Channel login, etc. Especially if we buy a new mobile we should be aware the most at that time.

These days most messages that come with links are flagged as spam unless you tag them as "not spam". Once a message comes from an unknown sender and it comes with a link, never click that link. It's best if you just block the sender to be safe.
Even if the message comes from a verified account or website, don't click it as long as you are not expecting any email from those sites.

They come with juicy offers and all. Don't fall victim. The links may be telegram or Whatsapp links. It may be emails, SMS, or social media messages. Ignore all of them and block them.

Newbies are very much porous to scam activities as you have said and as such, scammers do target them to take advantage of their poor knowledge about Bitcoin investment and in some cases they do fall in through messages sent to be their mail box. I believe any newbie seeing this post would have idea on what to do if they possibly encounter Such in the future.

I also buy your idea of suggesting $1000 above to be stored in a separate device while below is maintained in the same mobile. In as much as it is a dollar denomination,, it looks okay but for others this amount is such a huge amount that could run into billions if I am not mistaken. Maybe a $500 above could be stored separately while below can still be maintained in the same place.

Thank you mate fir this information and I don't think this is mostly beneficial  to just the newbies  but to every other person. I've seen several similar random emails and notifications and this is more common when using oparamini browsers.
One thing I've known about scammers is the fact that, they never relent on their mission and the end goal and target of their mission is to defraud their clients irrespective  of who their client is or the situation  they might be going through. Another popular tricks used by this scammers is nude and sex scam where you get several sexy pictures with email or whatsapp number attached and the moment you click on them, you're already 80%exposed and people should always learn how to trade with extreme caution on the Internet as I've already learnt the very hard way.

Newbies are always a potential victim to scam due to their level to have little or no knowledge about how the new scamming method works. Hence, since different hacking & scamming method are getting advance by the day, for me, I will like to suggest that for those having above $1000 in a mobile wallet device, it will be far more better if they can have it stored in a separate different device alone, in other to prevent ever getting hacked, while for those having BTC less than $1000, can still maintain having it store on same mobile device which they use on a daily base, but ensured making security your top priority.

That's an ad that you can see many times on a site like a free movie website but I don't care if it shows " You won an iPhone" because I know it's fake or scam. When I see something like that, I always closed it or leave it as it is and I also tried it myself to click on that and what it ask from me like name for example and number then I will type random number or generated phone number online and fake personal details and after I completed all of it nothing happens.

I can't remember how much scam attempts my very first Gmail account has received already, and until now, I still receive notifications that obviously is a scam attempt. If I'm not mistaken, I receive at least 1 per day.

That's my mistake. I used that email to various websites whenever I'm registering a new account, and maybe that mistake of mine is also the reason why my Bitcointalk account got hacked last year. Anyways, if you feel that the email or whatever you receive is a scam attempt, trust your guts, and don't ever click it. Don't you let your curiosity get you, or you might be a victim by these scammers. Better to just ignore it at all cost I guess.

There's a lot of spam with email and SMS today even in social media, emails, and SMS can now block your devices even calls which is came from unknown users so you won't get harm, if you didn't expect coming from better to block, ignore or delete those to prevent getting click or open, most of them have a malware once you downloaded and click that can now compromise your device. My device supported those features so I don't get worry too much in those spams, and also I tried to download a device protection with ESET.

Everything you describe is true. Because currently there are quite a lot of thieves or fraudsters who use the internet network to target crypto assets from email accounts. Apart from that, data thieves related to crypto assets now have very diverse ways of carrying out their attacks, one of which is the message image that you display. Because if you think about it psychologically, sending a message like that to thousands of email accounts, then offering a very large prize. There is a possibility that one or two emails will be lured into the trap and after that the data contained in them will be leaked to fraudsters/thieves. So this is where we have to be able to think more realistically and be more careful about the traps carried out by a handful of fraudsters who are targeting the crypto assets we own. Never be attracted or tempted by messages that offer unreasonable prizes.

However, apart from the incoming message containing the promise of a gift that goes to the email account (spam). As far as I know, there are many other methods commonly used by internet-based thieves in their hacking actions. And the methods that I know include phishing techniques, using applications, via websites, and via WiFi networks. Therefore, we as cryptocurrency investors must continue to be careful and not be careless when it comes to downloading files, applications, entering websites, and entering WiFi networks. Because the slightest mistake can have fatal consequences, especially if we have crypto assets stored on our PC, cellphone or laptop.

Those scammers are just trying to get us thru our curiosity that's why they always use appealing words to confuse people about what they are trying to offer. But if they click those links for sure they are now their victims and either they attack thru malwares and drained all the wallets installed or try to scam them by to good to be true offers.

That's why its really good for us to ignore such messages so we can getaway on any potential risk that may came to us. Its more better if think about all of it is just a scam so that we will get curious on any spam emails or random messages out of nowhere.

See some several cases which they got hack for clicking those link so hopefully we can learn from their experiences.

The one you mentioned is just one of them. There are many other that you see from ads too. Something like "your friend just won some thousand of $, click to get yours"

"Download this to start making money online", you see pops like "free browsing for a year. Continue"

All of this are always scams, nothing good comes out of them. Your phone might get hacked in the process of downloading any apps they recommend

There are always ways that thieves take advantage of. They take advantage of our weaknesses. Not only email, all messages, the web has the potential to hack the data we have. So actually we must be vigilant and careful not to have excessive fear. In my country, there is a lot of phishing news through the WhatsApp application. They send wedding invitations or letters from banks. But it is an Apk Extension file. Even I myself accepted the invitation but I let it go and block the phone number.

I find this article helpful in connection with the topic:

The Dangers of Randomly Clicking Links

It includes an explanation of the possible damage by clicking links loaded with malware and ransomware.  The good thing is that the article also included ways to prevent one from being infected.  The list stated in the article is as follows (the explanation is on the given link above):

• Stop going to unknown websites and clicking on random links
• Don't open attachments from people you do not know
• Don't click on weird links or even weirder email or Skype messages from your friends or acquaintances
• Update, update, update
• Scan, scan, scan
• For your IoT devices,  make sure you connect them through one secure point
• Stay up-to-date on the latest happenings in tech and scam land
• Check our additional resources on web security, too.

For more information about IoT hacks and attacks you can check this link

If you are willing to click on the fake links you get through these phishing mails then you are already making big mistakes because when you click on these links you will be redirected to lot of new tabs trying to implant malwares on your device and trying to steal data from your phones.Most of us are ignorant enough to keep seeds and wallets in the same device so they simply access the personal information and drain your wallets as well.Then we wonder how it happened so best is to avoid such mails giving you offers because they are pure scam.

In the online world a person can get into an accident like hacking at any time. For this one must be very careful. Hackers will often discover new tricks, so never click on any link sent in an email or anywhere without clearly observed. I have seen some phishing sites related to my work which made me more cautious because I have learned about some people getting hacked in the past. Currently there are direct messages and notifications in my mail and social media with various links that I have never clicked and never. Newbies are more likely to make such mistakes. So if you take precautions, you can get rid of such situations.

There are scammers and then real Hackers. Scammers are the ones who use deceit to carry out their theft like sending deceitful links to people to make them create a vulnerability. They can also be in talk with their victim for a short or long time, during the time they deceive them into letting their guard down. But Real Hackers do not need to be in talk with their victims, they observe from far and exploit security vulnerabilities. Scammers will send clickable links, Real Hackers will not, so you may not even know when you will be attacked if you keep being careless with your security by allowing vulnerabilities.

Receiving messages of this nature definitely is a red flag and suspicious enough for one to note it is a scam attempt from scammers. If one is sure of messages coming into their mail box without being worried because one knows where it is coming from or one is expecting a mail from a certain address then there is no need to worry but here you are not sure of the sender and then the content is corrupted with malware, one should not bother about looking into it but rather deleting it would be the remedy for your own safety.

Maybe your email must have been a target as a result of possible hack from the Crypto organisation(s) you have registered with and it is not just you alone, I believe others too are having their own share of the message  as it is as you have received it. I actually received mine last month and consistently for 3weeks back to back but I never bothered because I can't remember doing anything with such mail in the past.

talking about this, just recently what i did on my chrome was to logout past histories of sites have logged in and make sure to stay safe of some emails not to click anything again or register to some websites because online is never safe right from time.

I am also a victim of this. This doesn't happen only with email services but also numbers. One time I had to give my number to an association for work (I seriously don't know what got into me, why I gave away my number). Guess what happend the next day, I started getting lots of spam messages, calls. Like are you looking for jobs? Are you looking for houses? And it didn't stopped. Every day I would get minimum 10-15 spam message. Later I had to change my number. As for email, I have my personal mail & my work mail. I try to be as spam free as possible. Unsubscribe what I don't need, avoid clicking unknown links. They best way to sort everything is to use the filter option.