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Title: did anyone else get this email? this is a scam I think.... PLEASE READ
Post by: andrewboy44 on September 29, 2013, 10:55:26 PM
Just got an email from "noreply@bitcoin.org" to get pretty much free coin. I attached a picture of the email. read it and tell me what you think. i think it is a scam personally.  

new info on the email: Source:

The source IP address is 31.6.52.240.

Geo-Location Information
Country    Luxembourg
State/Region    
City    
Latitude    49.75
Longitude    6.1667
Area Code    




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Title: Re: did anyone else get this email? this is a scam I think.... PLEASE READ
Post by: malevolent on September 29, 2013, 11:01:30 PM
Yeah, it's a scam.

Can you post headers?


Title: Re: did anyone else get this email? this is a scam I think.... PLEASE READ
Post by: madmadmax on September 29, 2013, 11:02:15 PM
Anyone can easily spoof a "from" email address.


Title: Re: did anyone else get this email? this is a scam I think.... PLEASE READ
Post by: andrewboy44 on September 29, 2013, 11:03:10 PM
Yeah, it's a scam.

Can you post headers?

thats what I thought and what do you mean by header?


Title: Re: did anyone else get this email? this is a scam I think.... PLEASE READ
Post by: madmadmax on September 29, 2013, 11:09:07 PM
Luckily no one has been stupid enough to "invest" BTC yet  ;D


Title: Re: did anyone else get this email? this is a scam I think.... PLEASE READ
Post by: malevolent on September 29, 2013, 11:09:59 PM
thats what I thought and what do you mean by header?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email#Header_fields



Title: Re: did anyone else get this email? this is a scam I think.... PLEASE READ
Post by: litehosting on September 29, 2013, 11:12:36 PM
We @ litehosting got the same mail.


Title: Re: did anyone else get this email? this is a scam I think.... PLEASE READ
Post by: andrewboy44 on September 29, 2013, 11:19:07 PM
thats what I thought and what do you mean by header?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email#Header_fields



I sent you the header information in a pm


Title: Re: did anyone else get this email? this is a scam I think.... PLEASE READ
Post by: saddambitcoin on September 30, 2013, 04:30:48 AM
anyone asking you to send them btc = scam

anyone saying they will make you money = scam

rules to live by.



Title: Re: did anyone else get this email? this is a scam I think.... PLEASE READ
Post by: Phinnaeus Gage on September 30, 2013, 04:36:44 AM
anyone asking you to send them btc = scam

anyone saying they will make you money = scam

rules to live by.



Good rules! But, what if somebody claims to have a machine that makes money...


Title: Re: did anyone else get this email? this is a scam I think.... PLEASE READ
Post by: bitcoin44me on September 30, 2013, 06:22:01 AM
It should be a Ponzi.


If anyone could use that, no one will be poor. ::)


Title: Re: did anyone else get this email? this is a scam I think.... PLEASE READ
Post by: greyhawk on September 30, 2013, 07:47:10 AM
anyone asking you to send them btc = scam

anyone saying they will make you money = scam

rules to live by.



Good rules! But, what if somebody claims to have a machine that makes money...

Sounds like (a sic)k scam to me.


Title: Re: did anyone else get this email? this is a scam I think.... PLEASE READ
Post by: manoamano on September 30, 2013, 07:52:18 AM
Just curious, I searched the address:
https://blockchain.info/address/14XMna5R8pdPKpwAP4GRvkGbEaLrMXsY6g (if I typed it correctly)



Does not seems really profitable. Only 0.001 btc = 10 cents :P


Title: Re: did anyone else get this email? this is a scam I think.... PLEASE READ
Post by: Birdy on September 30, 2013, 09:00:56 AM
Do you even need a question mark or "I think"?
This is the defintion of scam, the claims are totally absurd, 500% return on 100 Btc in one hour with no risk whatsoever...yeah sure.


Title: Re: did anyone else get this email? this is a scam I think.... PLEASE READ
Post by: greyhawk on September 30, 2013, 09:18:22 AM
Do you even need a question mark or "I think"?
This is the defintion of scam, the claims are totally absurd, 500% return on 100 Btc in one hour with no risk whatsoever...yeah sure.


But but but Bitcoin!


Title: Re: did anyone else get this email? this is a scam I think.... PLEASE READ
Post by: manoamano on September 30, 2013, 09:22:30 AM
Just curious, I searched the address:
https://blockchain.info/address/14XMna5R8pdPKpwAP4GRvkGbEaLrMXsY6g (if I typed it correctly)



Does not seems really profitable. Only 0.001 btc = 10 cents :P


0.001 btc moved there:
https://blockchain.info/fr/address/1Nm29gKu5aEnEiSEYFNdGL6RMdcRFF8Xck
But he lost half of it in the process (fee) :D


Title: Re: did anyone else get this email? this is a scam I think.... PLEASE READ
Post by: marcotheminer on September 30, 2013, 09:43:06 AM
Reads scam all over, too good to be true :P


Title: Re: did anyone else get this email? this is a scam I think.... PLEASE READ
Post by: asdf on September 30, 2013, 12:14:18 PM
Reads scam all over, too good to be true :P

What if it's not, though? Shame to miss this opportunity.


Title: Re: did anyone else get this email? this is a scam I think.... PLEASE READ
Post by: bitcoin44me on September 30, 2013, 12:16:35 PM
I guess that I missed it because I did not send anything :(


Title: Re: did anyone else get this email? this is a scam I think.... PLEASE READ
Post by: hayek on September 30, 2013, 01:52:07 PM
This is very obviously a scam.

Internet 101 ....


Title: Re: did anyone else get this email? this is a scam I think.... PLEASE READ
Post by: David Rabahy on September 30, 2013, 02:14:00 PM
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