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Title: Deleted Post by: kingcolex on December 20, 2015, 02:22:58 PM .
Title: Re: Twitter Phishing scam Post by: biggbox on December 20, 2015, 04:26:35 PM Hey I wanted to give a heads up and warn people, if you use twitter and have tweeted shapeshift or Erik Voorhees there is a chance you will get a tweet about following him so he can send you a direct message. This isn't him the handle will be missing an o and will read @ErikVorhees This will lead to a survey monkey and a "one time double shift" up to 3 btc free. Don't be stupid guys, it is a phish and watch the handle, the account looks just like the original thing so pay attention. Don't get phished and remember if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. Hi OP, might be related. Two weeks (or was it three?) ago, there was a surveymonkey survey link posted on ShapeShift.io site. It claims to give 0.05 BTC (I cannot remember the exact amount, sorry) for a completed survey. The survey did not ask for specific personal particulars but it generally seek opinions about the btc scene in general, more like a marketing survey. Questions such as age range, gender, educational qualifications were asked. Typical quantitative questions. I cannot recall if the coins came in. Title: Re: Twitter Phishing scam Post by: helloeverybody on December 20, 2015, 05:47:16 PM As usual, the old "if it looks too good to be true then it is" applies here, And for most things bitcoin related.
Title: Re: Twitter Phishing scam Post by: NorrisK on December 20, 2015, 05:51:54 PM Hey I wanted to give a heads up and warn people, if you use twitter and have tweeted shapeshift or Erik Voorhees there is a chance you will get a tweet about following him so he can send you a direct message. This isn't him the handle will be missing an o and will read @ErikVorhees This will lead to a survey monkey and a "one time double shift" up to 3 btc free. Don't be stupid guys, it is a phish and watch the handle, the account looks just like the original thing so pay attention. Don't get phished and remember if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. Hi OP, might be related. Two weeks (or was it three?) ago, there was a surveymonkey survey link posted on ShapeShift.io site. It claims to give 0.05 BTC (I cannot remember the exact amount, sorry) for a completed survey. The survey did not ask for specific personal particulars but it generally seek opinions about the btc scene in general, more like a marketing survey. Questions such as age range, gender, educational qualifications were asked. Typical quantitative questions. I cannot recall if the coins came in. If they don't ask for personal info they cannot really phise you right? Did you fill it out and receive the coins? As for receiving 3 btc for a survey, your alarm bells should start ringing right away.. Title: Re: Twitter Phishing scam Post by: biggbox on December 21, 2015, 02:35:10 AM Hey I wanted to give a heads up and warn people, if you use twitter and have tweeted shapeshift or Erik Voorhees there is a chance you will get a tweet about following him so he can send you a direct message. This isn't him the handle will be missing an o and will read @ErikVorhees This will lead to a survey monkey and a "one time double shift" up to 3 btc free. Don't be stupid guys, it is a phish and watch the handle, the account looks just like the original thing so pay attention. Don't get phished and remember if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. Hi OP, might be related. Two weeks (or was it three?) ago, there was a surveymonkey survey link posted on ShapeShift.io site. It claims to give 0.05 BTC (I cannot remember the exact amount, sorry) for a completed survey. The survey did not ask for specific personal particulars but it generally seek opinions about the btc scene in general, more like a marketing survey. Questions such as age range, gender, educational qualifications were asked. Typical quantitative questions. I cannot recall if the coins came in. If they don't ask for personal info they cannot really phise you right? Did you fill it out and receive the coins? As for receiving 3 btc for a survey, your alarm bells should start ringing right away.. I don't recall that it was 3 BTC. 3 BTC isa ridiculous amount. Title: Re: Twitter Phishing scam Post by: lemipawa on December 21, 2015, 02:59:10 AM Ever since I started following twitter accounts of Bitcoin users and Bitcoins sites i've been receiving Direct Messages from different directions. I read the messages but I never click any link from DM's regardless of where its coming from unless I requested for it. If it's unsolicited, then I don't have time to click that link.
Title: Re: Twitter Phishing scam Post by: btckold24 on December 21, 2015, 05:31:22 AM wow! this actually worked and the guy got 12 bitcoin? unfortunately like the africa embassador scam it seems
ridiculous but as long as it works on some morons they will continue to do it. Title: Re: Twitter Phishing scam Post by: TastyChillySauce00 on December 21, 2015, 07:28:19 AM Hey I wanted to give a heads up and warn people, if you use twitter and have tweeted shapeshift or Erik Voorhees there is a chance you will get a tweet about following him so he can send you a direct message. This isn't him the handle will be missing an o and will read @ErikVorhees This will lead to a survey monkey and a "one time double shift" up to 3 btc free. if this happen to you just checking out your twitter application, there's must be something wrong, just remove the application which is suspiciousDon't be stupid guys, it is a phish and watch the handle, the account looks just like the original thing so pay attention. Don't get phished and remember if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. Title: Re: Twitter Phishing scam Post by: calkob on December 21, 2015, 04:10:30 PM Thanks for the warning man.... ;D think i seen that the other day, thankfully these days i just move right on, but your right to post as newbies can easily get caught out.
Title: Re: Twitter Phishing scam Post by: amacar2 on December 21, 2015, 04:54:05 PM I am not quite active in twitter specially with crypto tweets and following but defintely i will try to look deeper before doing anything nonsense after reading this.
Title: Re: Twitter Phishing scam Post by: pereira4 on December 21, 2015, 05:00:36 PM wow! this actually worked and the guy got 12 bitcoin? unfortunately like the africa embassador scam it seems ridiculous but as long as it works on some morons they will continue to do it. WE are only going to see more and more of those "african prince of niggeria" type of scam, so get your spam folders ready because in the next years it will be the most used method to try to scam the most uninformed people out there as Bitcoin gets bigger and scammers worldwide take advantage of it. I just hope education will rise as well within the usage of BTC Title: Re: Twitter Phishing scam Post by: pawel7777 on December 21, 2015, 05:32:01 PM Hey I wanted to give a heads up and warn people, if you use twitter and have tweeted shapeshift or Erik Voorhees there is a chance you will get a tweet about following him so he can send you a direct message. This isn't him the handle will be missing an o and will read @ErikVorhees This will lead to a survey monkey and a "one time double shift" up to 3 btc free. Don't be stupid guys, it is a phish and watch the handle, the account looks just like the original thing so pay attention. Don't get phished and remember if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. Hi OP, might be related. Two weeks (or was it three?) ago, there was a surveymonkey survey link posted on ShapeShift.io site. It claims to give 0.05 BTC (I cannot remember the exact amount, sorry) for a completed survey. The survey did not ask for specific personal particulars but it generally seek opinions about the btc scene in general, more like a marketing survey. Questions such as age range, gender, educational qualifications were asked. Typical quantitative questions. I cannot recall if the coins came in. Yeah. I've also received an email with that survey. I was sceptical but the link was fine. I've done it and received $5 in bitcoins. So the survey was legit, but the one linked by the scammer doesn't have to be. Title: Re: Twitter Phishing scam Post by: Denker on December 21, 2015, 08:18:55 PM wow! this actually worked and the guy got 12 bitcoin? unfortunately like the africa embassador scam it seems Yeah and quickly, I think there were only a few targets. I even in the direct message noticed a few flags and brought it up. If he hadn't said I had only 2 hours (scammers always use time limits) and that the supply was lowering I may have even fallen for it.ridiculous but as long as it works on some morons they will continue to do it. He had bout 2k or so twitter followers and skinned and copied all photos and tweets to look exactly alike. I am not surprised it worked. Wow!So that guy put a lot of effort in it to get the best out of his scam. When Bitcoin continues to rise I think we will see many more dirty tricks and attempts of guys like him, trying to steel us. These guys are really creative and often are also high skilled oin terms of social engineering.So be prepared! Title: Re: Twitter Phishing scam Post by: maokoto on December 21, 2015, 08:26:17 PM Hey I wanted to give a heads up and warn people, if you use twitter and have tweeted shapeshift or Erik Voorhees there is a chance you will get a tweet about following him so he can send you a direct message. This isn't him the handle will be missing an o and will read @ErikVorhees This will lead to a survey monkey and a "one time double shift" up to 3 btc free. Don't be stupid guys, it is a phish and watch the handle, the account looks just like the original thing so pay attention. Don't get phished and remember if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. Very nice of you of warning about this. I do not use twitter very much, but will keep my eyes open to not fall for this. Thanks. Title: Re: Twitter Phishing scam Post by: Kprawn on December 21, 2015, 08:56:51 PM These guys are getting better every day... You really need to look at every little detail these days... even simple tasks like copy and paste, needs to be double checked. I cannot
believe how much trouble these guys go through to scam people out of their hard earned money. Twitter is famous for it identity fakes and associated scams, so be careful if you receive communication like these. >:( ....Check and triple check, before you reply. Title: Re: Twitter Phishing scam Post by: yoona on December 23, 2015, 02:29:26 PM Hey I wanted to give a heads up and warn people, if you use twitter and have tweeted shapeshift or Erik Voorhees there is a chance you will get a tweet about following him so he can send you a direct message. This isn't him the handle will be missing an o and will read @ErikVorhees This will lead to a survey monkey and a "one time double shift" up to 3 btc free. thanks for warn us about this,i believe there was so many people dont know about this phising,and i hope that scammer quit soon,lets do some effort for stop scammers.Don't be stupid guys, it is a phish and watch the handle, the account looks just like the original thing so pay attention. Don't get phished and remember if it sounds too good to be true it probably is. |