Possible Bitmain Hoax/Spam/Phishing Email

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Quote from: in2tactics on April 08, 2016, 04:38:33 AM

I received an email in Chinese from [email protected] and assumed it was either a hoax, spam, or phishing message based on the domain information. It had a wonderful link to something about user/setpassword?verify_code=. Has anybody else received a message like this or is anyone able to provide additional information?

Definitely a scam. Dont click on the links that the send in e-mail, because it can contain malware.

Just delete scam emails like that from shady web addresses.

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Quote from: Kexkey on April 12, 2016, 10:44:25 PM

That could mean there's a possible leak of Bitmain customers info...

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That was my first thought.

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That could mean there's a possible leak of Bitmain customers info...

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I did just try and register with bitmain that I had an s7 miner but it didn't update seaming I didn't have the tracking number or something cos I bout it on aliexpress from a bunch of rios but anyway unless it has something to do with that but I don't think I'm going to click on the link anyhow.

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@chikenfeed That is the same message I received.

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this is what i received today:

北京比特大陆科技有限公司欢迎邮件
北京比特大陆科技有限公司欢迎邮件
欢迎你使用我们的服务，请点击下面链接设置密码，然后登录系统！
http://bitmain.kf5.com/user/setpassword?verify_code= 43iuh5blah blahg3i5g43u5yg3u4y5gblahblah blah etc...
这是北京比特大陆科技有限公司提供的邮件服务

google translation:

Bit Technology Co., Ltd. Beijing China welcome message
Bit Technology Co., Ltd. Beijing China welcome message
You are welcome to use our service, please click on the link below to set a password, and then log into the system!
http://bitmain.kf5.com/user/setpassword?verify_code= 43iuh5blah blahg3i5g43u5yg3u4y5gblahblah blah etc ...
This is the mail service Beijing Technology Co., Ltd. to provide a bit continent

what does it mean: i don't know!

is it a scam or some-sort of bullshit: i RECON so

this post by: Chikenfeed

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Quote from: babaji.ca on April 08, 2016, 02:24:42 PM

I got one too!, aside from the funny link and domain, the rest of the message was in Chinese

I was able to copy and paste the Chinese into google translate. It said something to the effect of "Welcome to Bitmain!"

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I got one too!, aside from the funny link and domain, the rest of the message was in Chinese

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I got the same email. Kaspersky shows kf5 dot com as a legitimate site, but if I want something new from bitmain I'll go to their site rather than wait for them to come to me - helps with phishing and impulse-buying at the same time. Wink

Bitmain posts here sometimes. Perhaps they'll offer a definitive answer.

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I got the same email, it is probably just a scam. I looked up kf5.com and it appears to be some sort of chinese cloud hosting site, which the attackers probably used to impersonate bitmain.

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I received an email in Chinese from [email protected] and assumed it was either a hoax, spam, or phishing message based on the domain information. It had a wonderful link to something about user/setpassword?verify_code=. Has anybody else received a message like this or is anyone able to provide additional information?

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