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June 06, 2015, 04:20:29 PM
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Seems like a suspicious email is being sent out, received today at 16:53 to a email address I rarely use;


From   contact@adesignaward.com

Hi peter,

This is our unencrypted private key backup for the wallet of (BTC 97.7200134) keep a paper copy of the privkey in a safe place and remove this message.

Password: 5q263aQR947648A

See you tomorow.

Kyle.

Attached: Backup.rar
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June 06, 2015, 04:22:13 PM
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Looks like the Nigerian prince upped his game.
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June 06, 2015, 04:23:08 PM
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Hey bro,

I just got it too. Smiley Check FAIL twitter. Smiley
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June 06, 2015, 04:28:58 PM
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Haha these emails are getting better, reminds me of fonejacker

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LA3zhzT1wDo
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June 06, 2015, 04:29:05 PM
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Quote from: bathrobehero on June 06, 2015, 04:22:13 PM
Looks like the Nigerian prince upped his game.

That made me laugh!
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June 06, 2015, 04:30:17 PM
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Quote from: tiggytomb on June 06, 2015, 04:28:58 PM
Haha these emails are getting better, reminds me of fonejacker

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LA3zhzT1wDo

An awesome program! Terry Tibbs!
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June 06, 2015, 04:37:52 PM
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Quote from: batesresearch on June 06, 2015, 04:30:17 PM
Quote from: tiggytomb on June 06, 2015, 04:28:58 PM
Haha these emails are getting better, reminds me of fonejacker

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LA3zhzT1wDo

An awesome program! Terry Tibbs!

Talk to me!
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June 06, 2015, 04:41:18 PM
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Quote from: tiggytomb on June 06, 2015, 04:37:52 PM
Talk to me!

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June 06, 2015, 04:58:26 PM
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Obviously a virus in that rar. I wonder if they got your email from the forum hack? Was it the same email associated here?

Quote from: batesresearch on June 06, 2015, 04:30:17 PM
Quote from: tiggytomb on June 06, 2015, 04:28:58 PM
Haha these emails are getting better, reminds me of fonejacker

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=LA3zhzT1wDo

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June 06, 2015, 04:59:37 PM
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I can pretty much guarantee that backup.rar will contain a very nasty payload and absolutely no BTC.
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June 06, 2015, 05:36:47 PM
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Quote from: Mountain Jew on June 06, 2015, 04:58:26 PM
Obviously a virus in that rar. I wonder if they got your email from the forum hack? Was it the same email associated here?

That's what I thought but it isn't no. I will check through my list later to see where I used that email address! Yep I have such a list!

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lol - I've heard that they may be planning a film of Facejacker!
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June 07, 2015, 02:26:45 PM
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Quote from: batesresearch on June 06, 2015, 04:20:29 PM
Attached: Backup.rar

.rar file = suspicious; don't click. Same with .jar attachments. This little rule of thumb saved me from disaster many times.





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June 07, 2015, 05:50:54 PM
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I got the same email yesterday, I wish it was true but as I see it's just pure BS… Sad
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