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Economy => Scam Accusations => Topic started by: escrow.ms on August 09, 2015, 01:40:55 PM



Title: LocalBitcoins Cold Storage Upgrade (SCAM EMAIL)
Post by: escrow.ms on August 09, 2015, 01:40:55 PM
I Just received this email in my inbox. It's a fake email sent by some scammer.

https://i.imgur.com/6XGU7tR.png

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To: escrow.ms@gmail.com
Subject: LocalBitcoins Cold Storage Upgrade
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Subject: LocalBitcoins Cold Storage Upgrade
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Date: Sun, 09 Aug 2015 15:33:20 +0200
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<p>We would like to notify you that we are having an upgrade where we can keep your Bitcoins in cold storage, whilst you are still able to use them as real BTC when selling. By this, we mean since it is the responsibility of LocalBitcoins to ensure that your coins are secure, placing them in our cold storage wallets will help us to achieve that, at the same time keeping your balance the same and not having any issues with your trades.</p>

<p>You are required to transfer the Bitcoins in your LocalBitcoins wallet to your new cold storage wallet by following the following simple steps</p>

<p>1. Click on your wallet balance</p>

<p>2. Enter your designated Cold Storage Address(below)</p>

<p>3. Enter your current balance in the Amount in Bitcoins section</p>

<p>4. Enter your password</p>

<p>5. Send the BTC .</p>

<p>Please note that your account balance will remain unchanged after this, but that should not be a cause for concern.</p>

<p>Your cold storage wallet is</p>

<p>1KGeE1nEhnk4zKV4M7v2MVuzS8oD9KCw6N</p>

<p>Please note that after you transfer your Bitcoins on LocalBitcoins to this wallet, your account balance will still remain the same. We hope this improvement will help in our goal to have 100% security on your valued Bitcoins. Please contact our customer support if you face any difficulties, and also understand that it may take time for our customer support to respond due to the many customers we have.</p>

<p>Regards,</p>

<p>LocalBitcoins Team</p>

<p>&nbsp;</p>


Title: Re: LocalBitcoins Cold Storage Upgrade (SCAM EMAIL)
Post by: wearepoor on August 09, 2015, 03:13:23 PM
Thanks man :)


Title: Re: LocalBitcoins Cold Storage Upgrade (SCAM EMAIL)
Post by: CheapSerials on August 09, 2015, 03:41:36 PM
Many times I wonder where the scumbags get our emails for spam


Title: Re: LocalBitcoins Cold Storage Upgrade (SCAM EMAIL)
Post by: MaxLBC on August 10, 2015, 08:34:38 AM
Thanks for reporting it!

If you get these e-mails, we love to also receive reports of them to our support system: https://localbitcoins.com/support/request/


Title: Re: LocalBitcoins Cold Storage Upgrade (SCAM EMAIL)
Post by: Xandrah on August 10, 2015, 11:42:43 AM
Yep got the same email.. and I have not used localbitcoins in ages either!


Title: Re: LocalBitcoins Cold Storage Upgrade (SCAM EMAIL)
Post by: twister on August 10, 2015, 12:00:59 PM
Thanks for the warning man!, let's hope others realize this is a fake email and don't fall for it.


Title: Re: LocalBitcoins Cold Storage Upgrade (SCAM EMAIL)
Post by: MasterYii on August 11, 2015, 05:46:49 AM
holy crap, how does a hacker can display the email like that...

thats so scary, I would of actually done it since I see the noreply@localbitcoins email shown thinking its a legit support ticket news.


Title: Re: LocalBitcoins Cold Storage Upgrade (SCAM EMAIL)
Post by: CheapSerials on August 11, 2015, 08:28:58 AM
That's very easy to do sadly :(


Title: Re: LocalBitcoins Cold Storage Upgrade (SCAM EMAIL)
Post by: ph111 on August 15, 2015, 08:20:44 PM
https://blockchain.info/address/1KGeE1nEhnk4zKV4M7v2MVuzS8oD9KCw6N just checked the address at least the scammer wasted there time so far !