Blockchain.info Phishing warning

[Patinix]

Hi guys,

I hope it is the right place to post this, but I would like to warn you guys about a Blockchain.info phishing going on.

Normally, I just ignore them, but this one passed Outlook / Hotmails spam filter and went straight to the inbox and has the official icon when viewed in an app.

Title:

Code:

Upgrade your Security Level !

Content:

Code:

Welcome to your wallet!

Please Upgrade your Wallet Account.

Verify your email below to complete your Security Steps.

https://blockchain.info/verify/********************* (Link leads to [DO NOT GO]: hxxps://webdesarrollo.es/mic/t157.php)

Use your unique Wallet ID to log into your Blockchain wallet.

Just wanted to warn you guys to not fall for this. Always question emails like this.

[pooya87]

there is an easy solution for a fast detection of these type of emails. compartmentalize your inbox.

for example in Yahoo mail you can add folders and add a filter/setting kind of thing where you set it to place all emails coming from something[at]somedomain.com to that folder so when you receive fake[at]fakedomain.com emails they easily stand out because now the fake email is in your Inbox not in that special folder.

i should add that this is just to make it easy to detect these fake emails not to make you safe, you should still double, triple check the links you click even if it was in that folder and check the green address bar indicating the identity of the website is real.

[Xester]

Hi guys,

I hope it is the right place to post this, but I would like to warn you guys about a Blockchain.info phishing going on.

Normally, I just ignore them, but this one passed Outlook / Hotmails spam filter and went straight to the inbox and has the official icon when viewed in an app.

Title:

Code:

Upgrade your Security Level !

Content:

Code:

Welcome to your wallet!

Please Upgrade your Wallet Account.

Verify your email below to complete your Security Steps.

https://blockchain.info/verify/********************* (Link leads to [DO NOT GO]: hxxps://webdesarrollo.es/mic/t157.php)

Use your unique Wallet ID to log into your Blockchain wallet.

Just wanted to warn you guys to not fall for this. Always question emails like this.

The best way to avoid phishing scams like that is to simply ignore all emails that is popping on your inbox or you should just dont open your email at all. THe victims of those phishing schemes are those who are always reading their emails thus if you dont want to be a victim of phishing attacks then you should just avoid opening your email. To make it simple create a lone email for every wallet and every investment.

[magneto]

I personally think that this thread better belongs in the "Service Discussion" section, you can move it from the bottom left corner.

But yes, this is generally a very big issue. Right now there are basically thousandsh of phishing emails being sent out to people's emails probably hacked from either bitcointalk database or some other database that was leaked.

Hopefully no one is dumb enough to click on any of them, your information will be compromised.

Thanks for letting us know.

[bitcoinstress]

Thanks for notices to be careful about using online wallet . I'm still new in bitcoin world may be easy for me to be fooled by fake websites.

[freedomno1]

Warnings are good it's better to know what phishing scams are in the wild than not.

Seeing how 7% of all computers still use Windows XP and their is a fair bit of notoriety going on atm it really does not hurt to remind people to be careful with links in e-mails.
(Albeit a lot of those are karaoke machines/ATM machines in China/India and stuff that likely has hardware limitations and can't be upgraded to a more advanced version lol)

[zend7]

Thanks for notices to be careful about using online wallet . I'm still new in bitcoin world may be easy for me to be fooled by fake websites.

Well you can protect yourself by always typing directly to your browser only the official website of blockchain.info and always typing the https:// before. Do not click any suspicious link and always double check with the official website if there is really need to upgrade your security level or not, usually in your control panel of your wallet in blockchain.info you set all the security measures you like to add to your account. So to summarize:

1. Always use https:// before and type only the official website address after the https:// (do not copy paste it, type it directly for better security)
2. Do not click links from email addresses you do not know the senders name or domain.

With these 2 advises you should be good to go until you pass the newbie rank in the bitcoin world.

[Argon2]

Saw this email. Knew immediately it was phishing because nobody sends you a random email to sign into your account.

[BTCLovingDude]

Warnings are good it's better to know what phishing scams are in the wild than not.

Seeing how 7% of all computers still use Windows XP and their is a fair bit of notoriety going on atm it really does not hurt to remind people to be careful with links in e-mails.
(Albeit a lot of those are karaoke machines/ATM machines in China/India and stuff that likely has hardware limitations and can't be upgraded to a more advanced version lol)

most of them are better off using a linux distribution instead, it is both safer and takes less system resources! for example there is one called Puppy linux which only takes about 100 MB or something of your memory.

or even Ubuntu flavors such as Lubuntu or Xubuntu are way better because they are exactly the same as Ubuntu but with a different GUI.

p.s. phishing email has nothing to do with OS though, you go to a similar looking website and enter your username and password and the hacker guy gets it for free.

[DeathAngel]

It's usually pretty easy to detect a phishing email, only dumbasses fall for it but you did the right thing making the community aware.

[Spendulus]

It's usually pretty easy to detect a phishing email, only dumbasses fall for it but you did the right thing making the community aware.

The scam is back. Here is the way it reads.


This is an automated notice that your wallet account has been credited with funds in the amount of 0.54798743 BTC.

Details of the transaction you can see here (clickable link).

Do not reply to this email. If you have a question, use the help section.

CHECK TRANSACTION (clickable link)

[lorisarvendu]

It's usually pretty easy to detect a phishing email, only dumbasses fall for it but you did the right thing making the community aware.

The scam is back. Here is the way it reads.


This is an automated notice that your wallet account has been credited with funds in the amount of 0.54798743 BTC.

Details of the transaction you can see here (clickable link).

Do not reply to this email. If you have a question, use the help section.

CHECK TRANSACTION (clickable link)

Yes I had one of these this morning. The worrying thing is that it mimics a Blockchain mail, and I signed up for a Blockchain account and wallet a month ago.  Probably coincidence, but I can't shake the suspicion that either Blockchain immediately passed my mail address onto 3rd parties, or that somebody has a back door into their account database. 

[Singwala]

Yes many phishing sites are now spreading. And they had many victims. So do double-check us and do not open links that are not well thought out. We know that we have been victimized and the money we collect is stolen. It's good to read it easily just to know if you opened the link is a phishing. Just look at the top in the first part you'll see right there if phishing is open. And you'll know it right away, because the computer is immediately detected. In the present day, many have been spreading bad people because of the continuing increase in the price of bitcoins. So the hackers are becoming more aggressive now

[iqlimasyadiqa]

Yes many phishing sites are now spreading. And they had many victims. So do double-check us and do not open links that are not well thought out. We know that we have been victimized and the money we collect is stolen. It's good to read it easily just to know if you opened the link is a phishing. Just look at the top in the first part you'll see right there if phishing is open. And you'll know it right away, because the computer is immediately detected. In the present day, many have been spreading bad people because of the continuing increase in the price of bitcoins. So the hackers are becoming more aggressive now

sometimes without a strong sense of attention to what we visit can make us lose a lot of bitcoin. they steal information about the wallet that we have. phishing websites are very similar and for people who are not thorough then they will have a bad day.