MEW Scam Email

[sylance]

Hey gang, not sure if this has already been passed around but thought I'd highlight a spam email I got attempting to hijack MEW.  I think the site's already down but the email looks really legit and the link in the email is accurate, but it doesn't link to the official MEW site.  I was already suspicious so I went through trying to spot the issues... it actually took me awhile but it shows up in the email address.

As I said, I believe the site is already down but I sent this up to notify just in case, but also to show others how difficult to spot scam.  When you read people complaining about their MEW being 'hacked' it's likely that someone clicked on an email link like the one I got.

[figmentofmyass]

Hey gang, not sure if this has already been passed around but thought I'd highlight a spam email I got attempting to hijack MEW.  I think the site's already down but the email looks really legit and the link in the email is accurate, but it doesn't link to the official MEW site.  I was already suspicious so I went through trying to spot the issues... it actually took me awhile but it shows up in the email address.

As I said, I believe the site is already down but I sent this up to notify just in case, but also to show others how difficult to spot scam.  When you read people complaining about their MEW being 'hacked' it's likely that someone clicked on an email link like the one I got.

thanks for the heads up. these guys were particularly sloppy; they didn't even properly spoof the email address. it's fairly trivial to do so, so these phishers are aiming at the lowest hanging fruit.

i would hope that nobody would ever click a link purporting to be from MEW anyway. users don't link email addresses to MEW wallets at any point, so that alone should immediately tip anyone receiving these emails that a scam is happening. MEW never sends out emails, and what email list would they even have access to? people are just using the bitcointalk/btc-e/other database leaks and sending phishing emails to those email addresses.

[tabas]

Hey gang, not sure if this has already been passed around but thought I'd highlight a spam email I got attempting to hijack MEW.  I think the site's already down but the email looks really legit and the link in the email is accurate, but it doesn't link to the official MEW site.  I was already suspicious so I went through trying to spot the issues... it actually took me awhile but it shows up in the email address.

As I said, I believe the site is already down but I sent this up to notify just in case, but also to show others how difficult to spot scam.  When you read people complaining about their MEW being 'hacked' it's likely that someone clicked on an email link like the one I got.

Thanks for that noticed and warning to all of the myetherwallet user. This is not the first time that a phisher tries out to get some victim, I have seen before that they are also using SEO and advertising through google by misspelling the middle letters of myetherwallet. Most of the people that are becoming victim of these phishing links / emails are the ones that are lazy to read on what they are visiting.

[poordeveloper]

Thanks a lot for the heads up. It's indeed extremely important to be careful when dealing with links to wallets.

[BitMaxz]

Honestly those people who scam  to us are those  people who are living in china. and people who are doing internet marketing since they are not successful in scamming to someone when dealing they are making new lander for email marketing  and  other they are doing blackhat strategy to promote their fake site..
So beware for this guys there are lots of scammers out there russia and india are almost who are doing scam these days base on what i experience and research from some forum..  since the price of bitcoin is really high they are doing anyway just to got bitcoin since the price of bitcoin is really increase fast and high..

[Potato Chips]

Honestly those people who scam  to us are those  people who are living in china. and people who are doing internet marketing since they are not successful in scamming to someone when dealing they are making new lander for email marketing  and  other they are doing blackhat strategy to promote their fake site..
So beware for this guys there are lots of scammers out there russia and india are almost who are doing scam these days base on what i experience and research from some forum..  since the price of bitcoin is really high they are doing anyway just to got bitcoin since the price of bitcoin is really increase fast and high..

Please stop generalizing people as not all internet marketers are scammers and not all people who are living in china are gonna scam us in fact the location has nothing to do with it but its the skills of of looking like a legit. What we should look after is the content itself, Make reading a habit and take time to think and analyze the data before doing something particularly if it involves money. Take the op for example as the content is definitely suspicious this is probably why op looked into it as something is definitely wrong.

[bL4nkcode]

Thank you for posting this, but people that will be caught or will be tricked fron this are the ones who's not reading and observing the email especially the header. And checking links are the most important.
So just be careful always.

[blockman]

Thank you for giving and bringing us this up mate. I recently had read someone posted at reddit that his ETH was hacked, he has 2FA and other security features for his wallet but still he got hacked.

Honestly those people who scam  to us are those  people who are living in china.

I don't know on where these scammers are coming from, I don't want to guess or give any country because it's quite bias though I'm not protecting them and I'm not even supporting China. But before going to any conclusion if they are from China we should have proof and fact about it.

[KriptoCoder]

We really need to be careful. I recently read that the same MEW spam emails began to spread over one of the airdrop that advertised on the forum. Thank you for opening this topic, it will certainly help many to be more cautious.

[BitcoinExpart]

These days, MEW scam email really true concerns. As mew getting popular there's opening many phishing site. Eventually, I've received same kinds of scam mails. Thanks for your effort and heads up.

[jhenfelipe]

Thanks for sharing. Though I never got an email like this (fortunately), thinking about it is quite bothersome. There were so many reported/posted phishing sites of MEW and so as victims, maybe this is due to a lot of ICO's using ERC20 tokens popping up these days. Desperate people who wants to earn quick and have a skill are taking advantage so all we can do is be VIGILANT.

PS. Installing the EAL Chrome Extension or the MetaMask Chrome Extension might help as well as they give a warning when you landed on a crypto-phishing site BUT still ALWAYS DOUBLE CHECK THE URL.

[pinky]

Hey gang, not sure if this has already been passed around but thought I'd highlight a spam email I got attempting to hijack MEW.  I think the site's already down but the email looks really legit and the link in the email is accurate, but it doesn't link to the official MEW site.  I was already suspicious so I went through trying to spot the issues... it actually took me awhile but it shows up in the email address.

As I said, I believe the site is already down but I sent this up to notify just in case, but also to show others how difficult to spot scam.  When you read people complaining about their MEW being 'hacked' it's likely that someone clicked on an email link like the one I got.

Hackers discover new tricky tactics everyday. Never open this kind of "security" emails directly.I always run virus scan before downloading something from unknown sources. Always check certificate of wallet site and pay attention to "dots". This tactics bring new victims everyday without realizing truth behind that idea.

[eagleman]

Nice catch for this OP, it's a big help and bumped to the community especially us who are keep on reading and makes ourselves updated when it comes to bitcoin and other stuffs about crypto.

Thank you for posting this, but people that will be caught or will be tricked fron this are the ones who's not reading and observing the email especially the header. And checking links are the most important.
So just be careful always.

Exactly, only those people that will be fooled by this tricked are the ones that are not really checking out the email's and websites that they are visiting but still this is a big heads up to all of us, those hackers are really always in action and never stops.

[passwordnow]

We really need to be careful. I recently read that the same MEW spam emails began to spread over one of the airdrop that advertised on the forum. Thank you for opening this topic, it will certainly help many to be more cautious.

It's easy to avoid these type of scams, just every time you check out your email make sure that it is coming from the real, legit provider or exchange or any wallet provider. You know that nowadays the price of bitcoin is increasing and other alts as well so this is pulling the interest of hackers to pursue their job, yes it's their job to scam people, to make phishing links but if you are vigilant enough about this thing you'll not become a victim of it. Thanks for the notice OP.

[dustboy]

I received the same scam attempt some time ago but it was from someone on slack, he sent me more than 10 personal messages in a day which is so annoying but that's make me being skeptical. There are just too many scam attempts on MEW, probably it is becauce MEW is the most used ethereum wallet in this world. That's why many bad people try to scam us on it.
Always be careful is the best thing to do to avoid this kind of scam attempts. Better to be save than sorry.

[wuvdoll]

Honestly those people who scam  to us are those  people who are living in china. and people who are doing internet marketing since they are not successful in scamming to someone when dealing they are making new lander for email marketing  and  other they are doing blackhat strategy to promote their fake site..
So beware for this guys there are lots of scammers out there russia and india are almost who are doing scam these days base on what i experience and research from some forum..  since the price of bitcoin is really high they are doing anyway just to got bitcoin since the price of bitcoin is really increase fast and high..

Not just China. Shits like this have been happening even before cryptocurrency came into existence. As long as it has to do with dealing with assets and funds online, these guys are really planning an attack every now and then and there is nothing we can do, we just have to always be on the watch out. I am not saying though that they can be involved but we can't really just point fingers.

[jostorres]

Hey gang, not sure if this has already been passed around but thought I'd highlight a spam email I got attempting to hijack MEW.  I think the site's already down but the email looks really legit and the link in the email is accurate, but it doesn't link to the official MEW site.  I was already suspicious so I went through trying to spot the issues... it actually took me awhile but it shows up in the email address.

As I said, I believe the site is already down but I sent this up to notify just in case, but also to show others how difficult to spot scam.  When you read people complaining about their MEW being 'hacked' it's likely that someone clicked on an email link like the one I got.


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A lot of people have really fallen for scams like this and it is just quite unfortunate they just could not read more in between the lines and check the email information properly. These hackers are really damn crazy switching ether to ehter, it is just getting really crazy. Everyone should just be smart and always question everything until they are sure even if it is from the right source. Thanks for sharing that mate!

[beerlover]

We really need to be careful. I recently read that the same MEW spam emails began to spread over one of the airdrop that advertised on the forum. Thank you for opening this topic, it will certainly help many to be more cautious.

That is just it! We just have to be careful and make sure we analyze every tiny details so we don’t fall into scams like this. This is really why so many old folks are always skeptical about getting involved in the internet age as things can really get messy within few seconds and it just takes too much toll on them monitoring their every movements.

Everyone should just be smart and always question everything until they are sure even if it is from the right source.

As long as you will be referring with this community for cross checking then you will be into safer side. Yes, double checking the information from unreliable resources will safe guard us.

[truongdhnh]

I got the same email and i figured it was a scam. The best way to not get scammed is to never click on a link and always use bookmarks. Bookmark the legit site and use that site and that site only.

[JanpriX]

I'm getting tired of these emails from these scumbags. My email is now flooded with their garbage phishing attempts. Slack has been also the main hunting ground of these scammers. They are all over the place sending PMs to every individual in every crypto channel in an attempt to get some coins from newbies. I just can't believe that the Slack team is not taking any countermeasure against these guys. They're just allowing this to happen.