Coinbase Investment fund email?

[MacDuro]

Why isn't Coinbase issuing an email to all it's clients to watch out for the scam ? That's my problem with the whole thing, they should be informing everyone who is signed up at Coinbase right now not to invest in this scam.

The kicker for me was that the email didn't route to Coinbase actual website, just some random deposit link. I mean, I guess if you're brand new to Bitcoin you might fall for it.

Totally agree ... for me Coinbase is dead , that lack of action to prevent his users is inacceptable.

[dznuts85]

i recieved this email too. but fortunately i didnt click on any links i found on the message..

[to3m]

That would be very much appreciated. Would be nice if we get this solved… I don't like the idea of my data moving around uncontrollably (yes… the internet, but I guess you know what I mean).

BTC-E said: "Thank you for contacting BTC-e. We can not assume where hackers have received your e-mail address We have no information leaks." Well, true or not (I have no opinion), they've at least been told.

So: case unsolved!

--Tom

[crazyivan]

i recieved this email too. but fortunately i didnt click on any links i found on the message..

Its not about links. Its about people who actually send BTC. If there is anyone that stupid and I m sure there is. It s also about the source of emails, where did they all these addresses from?

[sp00ner]

My two cents: I received that email on an address I used exclusively for Localbitcoins.com.

[OnkelPaul]

It s also about the source of emails, where did they all these addresses from?

Yes that's the real question here. I don't know where they got mine, sadly I did not use individual addresses for different services, but I'm sure that I did not register at BTC-e and I think I never left my address at MtGox or Localbitcoins (although I'm not entirely sure of that).

If they were able to siphon off addresses from different services, and managed to hack a coinbase account, they are either pretty good at hacking, have very good social engineering skills, or have placed people within several organizations. I don't know what to think of this.

Onkel Paul

[allyouracid]

i recieved this email too. but fortunately i didnt click on any links i found on the message..

Its not about links. Its about people who actually send BTC. If there is anyone that stupid and I m sure there is. It s also about the source of emails, where did they all these addresses from?

Exactly this.
Though I still have the feeling that the leaked Mt.Gox database at least plays a role in that.

.edit:
Plus, I'm also pretty certain that different websites do sell our user data. I mean, who did not yet register with his email on one of the thousand Bit- and altcoin faucets, or at some random news page or other site promising anything that looks like profit.
We're in crypto here, any anything evil imagineable has to be expected. We're in an unregulated world, and such things even happen in the regulated one. The white sheep are the absolute exception, here!

[sgk]

I got one of these today. It was sent to my BTC-E email address. (I have my own domain, so I sign up with every service under a different email address.)

I wonder how they got hold of that?

--Tom

Very clever!
This would make the origin of the problem pretty much clear. On the other hand, while BTCe is a bit shady, I cannot explain how the connection to the mails being sent through coinbase servers can be drawn…

I don't have account on BTCe or Coinbase. Still I received the phishing email.
In the email, they're not using my BitcoinTalk forum username, so I'm sure they got my email address from somewhere else. From where, that's beyond my understanding.

They're giving unique deposit address to everyone. They gave me 1MFqqNRtRHKfuejDR1wF8BkkmUaGypXc8L which is different from what someone else has posted earlier in this thread.
This makes it difficut to taint a single address as scam.

[TheButterZone]

The address they gave me: 1PCkmoYFCLo8qX1Lt1opxCjs8cDbW5dm7g

Scammers not reusing addresses, LOL, they're ahead of 99% of bitcoindom.

[r4vani]

new way for scam, absolutely not from CoinBase. 

[ajareselde]

i get a ton of theese, from wide spread of "resources" , this was the newest

"
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Please update your information promptly so that you can continue to enjoy
all the benefits of your PayPal account.
If you don't update your information within 2 days, we'll limit and suspend your paypal account.
sorry for any inconvenience caused by our security measurements

update
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Sincerely,
PayPal

 
Please do not reply to this email. We are unable to respond to inquiries sent to this address. For immediate answers to your questions, visit our Help Center by clicking "Help" at the top of any PayPal page.
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i just lol, and extend my blacklist ^^

cheers

[Xiaoxiao]

They sent this to my other email not registered with Coinbase.  And they figure out your real name.  Likely they compromised your information from other businesses such as BTC jam in order to obtain your full name and email address.  Obviously they know you're interested in bitcoin some how.

[Mikestang]

I couldn't decide which was a better deal, this Coinbase investment, or the chance to help import $42,000,000 from a Nigerian prince.  I'm still trying to decide which investment to pursue with all of my ponzi income.