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April 08, 2015, 06:35:27 PM
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Got an odd e-mail from news@coinbase.com:



In This Issue:
   Get 150% profit with Coinbase Invest Fund

Dear **************,

We're happy to announce a new product - Coinbase Invest Fund, reliable platform for
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York Stock Exchange.

Want to become a professional investor?
Our first short-term investment program starts today - GET 150% FOR A 10-DAY DEPOSIT.

Investment offer is active from 20th of April 12:00 AM Pacific until 30th of April.
Coinbase offers you a fixed return with a 50% growth for a 10 day period.
You can deposit today from $100. Maximum deposit amount per one person
or legal entity is 60 Bitcoins. That's an astonishing opportunity to earn up to $8,500 per 10 days!

Investors who want to apply, please make a deposit to

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    https://blockchain.info/qr?data=13uFnb22f9hKqjMSfWv295TUhoLAcbXamS&size=400

Once a payment is made you will get an e-mail about successful participation.
Please note: Initial deposit amounts exceeding +30 Bitcoins will qualify your membership for a 2nd level upgrade.

We will return your initial deposit with dividends on 1st of May, 2015 12:00 AM Pacific Time.
(for example: investing 10 Bitcoins today will return 15 Bitcoins in a 10 day period)
Profits are withdrawn without any delay and Coinbase waives all fees for 1st level investments.

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The Coinbase Invest Fund Team

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April 08, 2015, 06:37:57 PM
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Looks like an email trying to look like its from coinbase, theres scripts where you can send an email to anyone while claiming to be anyone.
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April 08, 2015, 06:40:48 PM
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Definitely fake. Thanks for warning others

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April 08, 2015, 06:41:44 PM
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Just received a mail.

Is this true?

10 days 150% profit ?!   Huh   

RED ALERT ?!

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April 08, 2015, 06:45:33 PM
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Got the same one..  "Deposits are risk-free insured by institutions such as the New York Stock Exchange."  LOL

Did CB get hacked though the sender appears to know my name..
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April 08, 2015, 06:46:35 PM
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Just received a mail.

Is this true?

10 days 150% profit ?!   Huh   

RED ALERT ?!

Way to good to be true. Hopefully people aren't foolish enough to fall for this.

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April 08, 2015, 06:48:04 PM
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Nothing of the sort is posted on their website. Thanks for warning others.
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April 08, 2015, 06:48:40 PM
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Yeah, I got the same email today and it was to an email address that I ONLY use for financial stuff, so the scammers are not sending this mails out randomly, they have hacked Coinbase's mailing list!
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April 08, 2015, 06:50:48 PM
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It is not their database that was hacked.
I use this mail for sensitive things only, but i never registered at Coinbase.
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April 08, 2015, 06:51:40 PM
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Yup, received this same email just now too!

Slimy bastards got a hold of Coinbase email database some how...

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April 08, 2015, 06:52:42 PM
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I just received the exact same email as well.  I sent ALL of my bitcoins - am I doing it right? /s
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April 08, 2015, 06:53:30 PM
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Hmm i'm signed up at coinbase but i didn't get this email, hope no serious info was leaked from database..probably just emails even if that.
It even may be insider job Wink

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April 08, 2015, 06:59:31 PM
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And I used to trust coinbase's security.
Now the question is will coinbase honor the btc from the victims that will fall for this.......I think not.
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April 08, 2015, 07:04:02 PM
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Just got the email myself. Reaction went from greed  Shocked to skepticism  Huh to google in seconds.

Looks like no one has fallen for it yet:
https://btc.blockr.io/address/info/1NzeMHuhuxcPji9v8BsVJ65SPGaS39uf3B

The balance is 0.
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April 08, 2015, 07:05:12 PM
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And I used to trust coinbase's security.
Now the question is will coinbase honor the btc from the victims that will fall for this.......I think not.

If Coinbase did get hacked, they should address on their blog or send a mass email warning all their userbase immediately.

That said, if you've been using Coinbase, you most likely have 2 Factor Authentication involved for any transactions, so any fool that falls for this, kinda deserves it.

2FA man, 2FA!  No one blindly sends money to an address or QR code without 2FA!!!

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April 08, 2015, 07:10:08 PM
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Yep, I also got this email. I am done with Coinbase either way now.

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April 08, 2015, 07:34:47 PM
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Whatever the connection is it came from BTCJam's email DB not Coinbase's; the email I got it at was only used there.

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April 08, 2015, 07:39:57 PM
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Whatever the connection is it came from BTCJam's email DB not Coinbase's; the email I got it at was only used there.
It must be multiple sources, as i have never registered with that mail at Coinbase nor "Bitcointalk, Localbitcoins and Kraken" as suggested in the other thread.
And i dont even know what BTCJam is.
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April 08, 2015, 07:42:18 PM
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Anybody get one who _doesn't_ have a Coinbase account?

It was most likely the Coinbase DB that was hacked.

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April 08, 2015, 07:45:01 PM
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I got the same. It not trustable at all. What make me nervous that they inlcude my name in the mail the same way how I have it in the my Coinbase profile. This smell fishy Huh
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