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Title: PHISHING ATTEMPT: user OCTAVARIUM Post by: mr.mister on October 22, 2017, 07:55:52 PM what is this all about??
Yesterday, I received a weird private message from a forum member. The only reason why I am posting it here is, because i reported it to the admin, and they did not respond. PLEASE BE ADVICED THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT THIS LINK IS: when I hover over it Hi mr.mister please reply to me: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2267292.0 Thanks. WHEN I HOVER OVER IT THE LINK WITH MY MOUSE IT DISPLAYS SOMETHING DIFFERENT -> http://detallesfalleros.com/index/?=mr.mister What the hell is this??? The user which I will not YET name here did not respond. I clicked on the link and it prompted me to enter my username and password, which I did not do. SCREENSHOT https://s25.postimg.org/be4oprhwv/Screen_Shot_2017-10-22_at_5.05.41_PM.png I will name him. It was a user called OCTAVARIUM. and I will be adding a screenshot in a moment. Title: Re: suspicious private message received Post by: pixie85 on October 22, 2017, 08:01:11 PM It's a phishing link. The site mimics bitcointalk and gives you a fake warning:
Session expired, Please login again. You did good by reporting it. I hope people won't fall for this. There's going to be more of this shit since accounts are worth a lot of money these days. Title: Re: suspicious private message received Post by: mr.mister on October 22, 2017, 08:03:16 PM It's a phishing link. The site mimics bitcointalk and gives you a fake warning: Session expired, Please login again. You did good by reporting it. I hope people won't fall for this. There's going to be more of this shit since accounts are worth a lot of money these days. The user octavarium is a hero member with over 500 posts, and he is the one that sent it. Title: Re: suspicious private message received Post by: Colorblind on October 22, 2017, 08:04:20 PM this is 100% phishing attempt. Report this dude.
Title: Re: suspicious private message received Post by: cioloxl on October 22, 2017, 08:04:26 PM It's a phishing link. The site mimics bitcointalk and gives you a fake warning: Session expired, Please login again. You did good by reporting it. I hope people won't fall for this. There's going to be more of this shit since accounts are worth a lot of money these days. The user octavarium is a hero member with over 500 posts, and he is the one that sent it. Probably lost his account in a similar manner. Or sold. Who know. The bottom line is it's a scam. Title: Re: suspicious private message received by user OCTAVARIUM Post by: mr.mister on October 22, 2017, 08:17:02 PM Here is the screenshot of the private message.
https://s25.postimg.org/be4oprhwv/Screen_Shot_2017-10-22_at_5.05.41_PM.png notice how when I hover over the link, if you look at the bottom right, the link is different. Title: Re: suspicious private message received by user OCTAVARIUM Post by: SM23031997 on October 22, 2017, 08:18:17 PM Better you report that post to the admin with the help of the link provided on the right-hand side corner of that PM, Admins will take care of it and don't forget to mention title to be Phishing Attempt. Also, move this thread to the meta section as it belongs to the forum and not to the bitcoins.
Title: Re: PHISHING ATTEMPT: user OCTAVARIUM Post by: mr.mister on October 22, 2017, 08:26:08 PM REPORTED TO ADMINS AS PHISHING SCAM
Title: Re: PHISHING ATTEMPT: user OCTAVARIUM Post by: hilariousandco on October 22, 2017, 08:26:31 PM The user was banned shortly after you reported the message.
Title: Re: suspicious private message received by user OCTAVARIUM Post by: pixie85 on October 22, 2017, 08:28:26 PM Here is the screenshot of the private message. https://s25.postimg.org/be4oprhwv/Screen_Shot_2017-10-22_at_5.05.41_PM.png notice how when I hover over the link, if you look at the bottom right, the link is different. Because it's coded like this: click this link and win free bitcoins! (https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2303725.0) This is really the most basic way of hiding links. It's not like this guy is a pro hacker. ;) The user octavarium is a hero member with over 500 posts, and he is the one that sent it. Probably lost his account in a similar manner. Or sold. Who know. The bottom line is it's a scam. Title: Re: PHISHING ATTEMPT: user OCTAVARIUM Post by: Paecga129 on October 22, 2017, 11:17:39 PM There will always be scammers and so phishing attempts are natural. 2fa everything you can and don't open files from people you don't know. Scan the file first if you feel the need to open it.
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