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Title: WARNING FOR BEGINNERS FAKE EMAILS
Post by: marlboroza on July 15, 2016, 10:52:52 AM
Recently there are bunch of scam emails circulating looking like this or similar:

 Blockchain@blockchain.lnfo

To me

Blockchain Invest Fund

We're happy to announce a new product - Blockchain Invest Fund, reliable platform for small and medium scale investments. Fund assets are diversified among emerging Forex positions at Blockchain Exchange. Deposits are risk-free insured by institutions such as the New York Stock Exchange.

Want to become a professional investor?

* Send 0.50 Bitcoin to xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and in 10 days you will receive 3 bitcoins.


* Send 1 Bitcoin to xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx and in 10 days you will receive 10 bitcoin.

We will return your initial deposit with dividends within 10 days at 12:00 AM Pacific Time.
(for example: investing 1 Bitcoins today (08 of July, 2016) will return 10 Bitcoins in 18 of july, 2016 at 12:00 AM Pacific Time)
Profits are withdrawn to same bitcoin address where you spent the funds, so don't send direct from exchangers, because the money will be return to them bitcoin address, sent the bitcoin from one bitcoin address you have control.

Hurry up! This is a limited, one-time opportunity for first 10000 tranfers. You only can invest one time per Bitcoin address. If you want to invest 2 or more times need to use different Bitcoin address.


Kind regards,
Blockchain SA

Do not send bitcoins to this address because you will lose your money, this is not email from blockchain, this is fake scam email trying to steal your money!


Title: Re: WARNING FOR BEGINNERS FAKE EMAILS
Post by: Velkro on July 15, 2016, 11:02:06 AM
Deposits are risk-free insured by institutions such as the New York Stock Exchange.

Want to become a professional investor?
* Send 0.50 Bitcoin to xxx
* Send 1 Bitcoin to xxx
I can't believe anyone would fall for that. Its like nigerian 419 scam, targeting only the most naive people in the world. Its like 1000% interest rate in 10 days :D
What bitcoin have to do with new york stock exchange?  ??? ???


Title: Re: WARNING FOR BEGINNERS FAKE EMAILS
Post by: Vika NSFW on July 15, 2016, 05:56:22 PM
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and in 10 days you will receive 10 bitcoin

Do You thinking, that this is not a p2p lending?
If they need some cash for a big cocaine acquisition or produce some illegal syntetic drugs?

Show me, please the victims of this presumed fraud attempt.


Title: Re: WARNING FOR BEGINNERS FAKE EMAILS
Post by: marlboroza on July 15, 2016, 09:07:30 PM
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and in 10 days you will receive 10 bitcoin

Do You thinking, that this is not a p2p lending?
If they need some cash for a big cocaine acquisition or produce some illegal syntetic drugs?

Show me, please the victims of this presumed fraud attempt.

presumed fraud attemt? Did you read what I just post, or do you read what you want to read? Jesus...So, someone is pretending to be from blockchain.info sending fake emails looking almost the same, only difference is in .info-->.lnfo with "king regards blockchain sa" asking for bitcoins and you are asking for proofs.


Title: Re: WARNING FOR BEGINNERS FAKE EMAILS
Post by: Vika NSFW on July 15, 2016, 09:34:46 PM
.So, someone is pretending to be from blockchain.info

 and you are asking for proofs.

Why not.
Do You have persons, that have lost the Money?

Show me "Beginners" who have such money to send in a so lucrative investment, based only on email.


Title: Re: WARNING FOR BEGINNERS FAKE EMAILS
Post by: Strongkored on July 15, 2016, 11:01:35 PM
.So, someone is pretending to be from blockchain.info

 and you are asking for proofs.

Why not.
Do You have persons, that have lost the Money?

Show me "Beginners" who have such money to send in a so lucrative investment, based only on email.

I think there should be no evidence, because there may be a large company like blockchain.info have multiple e-mail. And email has become a joke for me, blockchain.info not blockchain.lnfo thats (L) dude not (i). So do not bother to look for evidence..

Plus tons of threads like this in bitcointalk.org
one of them https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1544768.0 (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=1544768.0)


Title: Re: WARNING FOR BEGINNERS FAKE EMAILS
Post by: jackg on July 15, 2016, 11:18:11 PM
REMOVE THE ADDRESSES - someone may send to tem!

It's unrofessional to not have an annoucement on teir site for a firs!
How they managed to get that email I do not know?
Thanks for pointing this out for new members and everyone should remember: you can always contact the blockchain.info support or come to this forum if you consider you have got a scam email!


Title: Re: WARNING FOR BEGINNERS FAKE EMAILS
Post by: Vika NSFW on July 15, 2016, 11:44:39 PM
REMOVE THE ADDRESSES - someone may send to tem!


Why You sospect not that he is the spammer in the first person?


Title: Re: WARNING FOR BEGINNERS FAKE EMAILS
Post by: dunfida on July 15, 2016, 11:58:50 PM
It's a SCAM and it's very obvious no one should be fall to that scam, what's the connection between Bitcoin to stock exchange? As he thinks no one could recognize it.


Title: Re: WARNING FOR BEGINNERS FAKE EMAILS
Post by: jackg on July 16, 2016, 12:02:24 AM
REMOVE THE ADDRESSES - someone may send to tem!


Why You sospect not that he is the spammer in the first person?

I can honestly say I have no idea what you are talking about?
If you think that he is the person promoting this scam, there are also two other people that have done exactly the same thing!


Title: Re: WARNING FOR BEGINNERS FAKE EMAILS
Post by: Vika NSFW on July 16, 2016, 12:11:05 AM
there are also two other people that have done exactly the same thing!

If You go to Market section, you will find the Forum Accounts in sale on large number.
The fact is, that the text is published online.
So, he is a spammer.


Title: Re: WARNING FOR BEGINNERS FAKE EMAILS
Post by: jackg on July 16, 2016, 12:22:57 AM
there are also two other people that have done exactly the same thing!

If You go to Market section, you will find the Forum Accounts in sale on large number.
The fact is, that the text is published online.
So, he is a spammer.

You think I am a Sr Member and don't have enough experience to know there are account sales?
There are obviously sles, but why put it down as a warning? Why not promote it on a self-moderated topic, then he can delete the posts where people call him a scammer!
Calling him a spammer is a little extreme for his contribution to the forum do ou not feel (DO NOT MAKE ACCUSATIONS WITHOUT EVIDENCE)?


Title: Re: WARNING FOR BEGINNERS FAKE EMAILS
Post by: pearl11 on July 16, 2016, 12:56:10 AM
Recently there are bunch of scam emails circulating looking like this or similar:

 Blockchain@blockchain.lnfo

To me

Blockchain Invest Fund

We're happy to announce a new product - Blockchain Invest Fund, reliable platform for small and medium scale investments. Fund assets are diversified among emerging Forex positions at Blockchain Exchange. Deposits are risk-free insured by institutions such as the New York Stock Exchange.

Want to become a professional investor?

* Send 0.50 Bitcoin to 1BLockYT28pJdzdCuPNYLxFSdusjpHbAAq and in 10 days you will receive 3 bitcoins.


* Send 1 Bitcoin to 1BLockYT28pJdzdCuPNYLxFSdusjpHbAAq and in 10 days you will receive 10 bitcoin.

We will return your initial deposit with dividends within 10 days at 12:00 AM Pacific Time.
(for example: investing 1 Bitcoins today (08 of July, 2016) will return 10 Bitcoins in 18 of july, 2016 at 12:00 AM Pacific Time)
Profits are withdrawn to same bitcoin address where you spent the funds, so don't send direct from exchangers, because the money will be return to them bitcoin address, sent the bitcoin from one bitcoin address you have control.

Hurry up! This is a limited, one-time opportunity for first 10000 tranfers. You only can invest one time per Bitcoin address. If you want to invest 2 or more times need to use different Bitcoin address.


Kind regards,
Blockchain SA

Do not send bitcoins to this address because you will lose your money, this is not email from blockchain, this is fake scam email trying to steal your money!
Probably a scam,only nood and idiot people will fall on that trick.
If they can turn 0.5 btc to 3btc why they cant do it in thier own.


Title: Re: WARNING FOR BEGINNERS FAKE EMAILS
Post by: Vika NSFW on July 16, 2016, 01:16:07 AM
If they can turn 0.5 btc to 3btc why they cant do it in thier own.

What is the difference in the price of 50 kg. of Cocaine in Colombia and USA?


Title: Re: WARNING FOR BEGINNERS FAKE EMAILS
Post by: Omegasun on July 16, 2016, 01:35:42 AM
i received also a fake emails. they are promoting new doubler and other ponzi site. i dont know where they get my email. i didnt use it to their site, im very pissed with that because it is directly in my inbox not on spam msg.


Title: Re: WARNING FOR BEGINNERS FAKE EMAILS
Post by: Vinz24 on July 16, 2016, 04:42:11 AM
Recently there are bunch of scam emails circulating looking like this or similar:

 Blockchain@blockchain.lnfo

To me

Blockchain Invest Fund

We're happy to announce a new product - Blockchain Invest Fund, reliable platform for small and medium scale investments. Fund assets are diversified among emerging Forex positions at Blockchain Exchange. Deposits are risk-free insured by institutions such as the New York Stock Exchange.

Want to become a professional investor?

* Send 0.50 Bitcoin to 1BLockYT28pJdzdCuPNYLxFSdusjpHbAAq and in 10 days you will receive 3 bitcoins.


* Send 1 Bitcoin to 1BLockYT28pJdzdCuPNYLxFSdusjpHbAAq and in 10 days you will receive 10 bitcoin.

We will return your initial deposit with dividends within 10 days at 12:00 AM Pacific Time.
(for example: investing 1 Bitcoins today (08 of July, 2016) will return 10 Bitcoins in 18 of july, 2016 at 12:00 AM Pacific Time)
Profits are withdrawn to same bitcoin address where you spent the funds, so don't send direct from exchangers, because the money will be return to them bitcoin address, sent the bitcoin from one bitcoin address you have control.

Hurry up! This is a limited, one-time opportunity for first 10000 tranfers. You only can invest one time per Bitcoin address. If you want to invest 2 or more times need to use different Bitcoin address.


Kind regards,
Blockchain SA

Do not send bitcoins to this address because you will lose your money, this is not email from blockchain, this is fake scam email trying to steal your money!

I'm a newbie but I'm not fool to send them a btc for that.  But thank you for the warning this was helpful.


Title: Re: WARNING FOR BEGINNERS FAKE EMAILS
Post by: pooya87 on July 16, 2016, 05:44:53 AM
don't listen to the bullshit some of the users say here. this is an obvious scam. first of all there is no such program going on with blockchain.info and even if there were they wouldn't have asked for payment to the bitcoin address, instead they would have asked you to go to their official site and sign up.

secondly the email can either be from an alternative name similar to blockchain.info like using another letter in the middle eg L instead of i or it can be an spoofed email from the same domain name.


Title: Re: WARNING FOR BEGINNERS FAKE EMAILS
Post by: Vika NSFW on July 16, 2016, 07:40:09 AM
but I'm not fool to send them a btc for that.

What is the greatest % that You will believe?
Will 21% at Year in Euro for p2p lending?


Title: Re: WARNING FOR BEGINNERS FAKE EMAILS
Post by: PHS on July 16, 2016, 08:16:48 AM
Thanks for the info.


Title: Re: WARNING FOR BEGINNERS FAKE EMAILS
Post by: Vika NSFW on July 16, 2016, 08:58:39 AM
Thanks for the info.

Do You really need some warnings???


Title: Re: WARNING FOR BEGINNERS FAKE EMAILS
Post by: CoinBreader on July 16, 2016, 10:36:06 AM
every day a new scam level appears, and i wonder... there are people fall in to that ?? dont be shy guys, care and share! :)


Title: Re: WARNING FOR BEGINNERS FAKE EMAILS
Post by: Vika NSFW on July 16, 2016, 11:06:55 AM
a new scam level appears

This is a old cheap Black Hat SEO trick, to put some warnings for publishing spam.


Title: Re: WARNING FOR BEGINNERS FAKE EMAILS
Post by: romero121 on July 16, 2016, 11:15:23 AM
From these kind of scams we can understand clearly that bitcoin is getting more and more popular. Such email scams gets initiated when something goes high with big earning. On these scams not only beginners, every user needs to be careful.


Title: Re: WARNING FOR BEGINNERS FAKE EMAILS
Post by: marlboroza on July 16, 2016, 11:16:52 AM
there are also two other people that have done exactly the same thing!

If You go to Market section, you will find the Forum Accounts in sale on large number.
The fact is, that the text is published online.
So, he is a spammer.

Everybody have right to their opinion, I just don't understand why do you think that I am trying to get money with BIG RED WARNING. I posted this email because it came to my inbox, and not spam folder. Its one of many fake emails from that address i had received. I am pretty sure that I am not the only one, and I am sure that someone will fall to this trick, so why do you think its not good idea to give warning to people?
You are accusing me for spam/scam just because I tell people to be carefull? Seriously?


Title: Re: WARNING FOR BEGINNERS FAKE EMAILS
Post by: Vika NSFW on July 16, 2016, 11:30:34 AM
I just don't understand why do you think that I am trying to get money with BIG RED WARNING.

There is nothing to thinking.
You have put on the public forum this text.
"Warnings" playing nothing for Search Engine Robots.
This is a ugly spamming.

Quote
I just don't understand why do you think that I am trying to get money 

Ohh, You publish the spam for free?