Ben271286 (OP)
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October 19, 2017, 10:26:45 PM |
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I got this mail from support@omisegotoken.comOmiseGO Airdrop Update As you may know, 5% of OMG tokens has been set aside from the total issuance, ready to be distributed by an automatic airdrop. Now, every Ethereum address that has a balance over a minimum threshold of 0.1 ETH or 1 OMG can receive a share of this 5% that is proportionate to their share of ETH or OMG. For every 1 ETH that you hold, you can receive proportionate 9.7 OMG tokens as an airdrop. For every 1 OMG that you hold, you can receive 0.3 OMG tokens as an airdrop. Calculate how much OMG tokens you can get and claim your airdrop: https://omisegotoken.com/airdrop/Read our blog post and learn more about the airdrop: https://omisegotoken.com/blog/airdrop/Thank you for your attention, Omise Team Went to the site filled it in....they asked private key for confirmitation...pls say nothing...my biggest fault...could not see it coming. Next step...my tokens and eth went to this adress 0x7e3d7D8E31b3F472FCD3C1552a9F009131C50C6C I only want to warn ppl! Never give away private key! I lost everything! So please watch out! |
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ranga71
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October 19, 2017, 10:48:39 PM |
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On top of never ever giving out your private key, you need to always be cognizant of the url link that you are clicking! OmiseGo's website is https://omg.omise.co/, not the one OP linked. This isn't porn, leave those risky clicks un-clicked. |
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bigdogdan2
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October 19, 2017, 11:19:53 PM |
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These days you can't trust any links from emails. Its best to go to the webpage of the specific token and check there first. And make sure the website is the correct one.
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FutureC0in
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October 19, 2017, 11:23:26 PM |
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These days you can't trust any links from emails. Its best to go to the webpage of the specific token and check there first. And make sure the website is the correct one.
I agree. Best practice is to bookmark the links that you always used. |
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VackFromOhm
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It's turtles all the way down!
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October 19, 2017, 11:24:25 PM |
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Wow.. That's really unfortunate that happened to you and that you weren't able to see it coming. I have only ever shared my private key with myetherwallet, and I ALWAYS check the url and the https to make sure that I am on the correct site.
I also get spam messages all the time from slack! Yesterday I finally had to disable all emails from slack. It's so ridiculous how much spam there is nowadays. Good luck to you in the future my friend, hopefully this was a big learning experience.
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October 19, 2017, 11:31:09 PM |
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I got this mail from support@omisegotoken.comOmiseGO Airdrop Update As you may know, 5% of OMG tokens has been set aside from the total issuance, ready to be distributed by an automatic airdrop. Now, every Ethereum address that has a balance over a minimum threshold of 0.1 ETH or 1 OMG can receive a share of this 5% that is proportionate to their share of ETH or OMG. For every 1 ETH that you hold, you can receive proportionate 9.7 OMG tokens as an airdrop. For every 1 OMG that you hold, you can receive 0.3 OMG tokens as an airdrop. Calculate how much OMG tokens you can get and claim your airdrop: https://omisegotoken.com/airdrop/Read our blog post and learn more about the airdrop: https://omisegotoken.com/blog/airdrop/Thank you for your attention, Omise Team Went to the site filled it in....they asked private key for confirmitation...pls say nothing...my biggest fault...could not see it coming. Next step...my tokens and eth went to this adress 0x7e3d7D8E31b3F472FCD3C1552a9F009131C50C6C I only want to warn ppl! Never give away private key! I lost everything! So please watch out! wow i feel bad for your lost, and why should they ask your private key if the email is from the official dev ? i see that eth address it seems many people like you too that wallet now has 510 eth worth of 157k usd and 188.8k worth of token so the total they got 345k.8 usd wow its big amount they got there |
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romeo111
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October 19, 2017, 11:44:13 PM |
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These days you can't trust any links from emails. Its best to go to the webpage of the specific token and check there first. And make sure the website is the correct one.
Yes Dear, good suggestion, i like your searching way. Because here is many scamer and hacker. Most important everybody be careful in slack spam messages. i think it's a big hacker zone. you don't click any wallet link. |
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javadsalehi
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October 19, 2017, 11:50:36 PM |
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Sadly, we receive a lot of fake emails every day. I personally don't click in any link in emails. better to use official and promising websites for any announcement.
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chocopapaya
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October 20, 2017, 12:17:55 AM |
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although I feel sorry you got scammed . . . man, your mistake, that's like giving someone your debit card and your pin #.
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JesusCryptos
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October 20, 2017, 12:26:07 AM |
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This is very unfortunate what has happened to you. But it is a good thing to share it so as to warn people about this specific scam.
However, this time the scammers have used a real domain which cannot really be anonymous since somebody must have paid the registrar with a credit card, as well as the hosting service. You could try to inform the postal police of your country and/or contact their hosting service and tell them that they are hosting a scammer.
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a7594li
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October 20, 2017, 12:40:32 AM |
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most big name coins that have 'air drop' emails and links in slacks are scams. do not click any phising links in slack or telegram groups they are always to steal your funds
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V1saya
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October 20, 2017, 12:45:05 AM |
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Thanks for this warning. But this is not needed actually. It should be automatic that you will never ever give your private key to anyone, even if that someone promises you tokens worth double your current tokens. That is why private key is called private because it should not be given away like your wallet address. Well, some people have to learn the hard way. I hope it will never happen again.
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tomahawk9
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October 20, 2017, 12:49:22 AM |
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They've been doing this since last month, bunch of people are getting scammed every week using the same MO. In fact, if you google "omisegotoken.com" you will get a bunch of results with the word "scam".
Sadly, this is happening more frequently than we think, as more and more newcomers are becoming aware of the Altcoin frenzyness. But, at the end of day, it was your fault for giving away your private key. If I were you, i would try to expose this scam to as many people as i can.
And don't feel bad, you made a mistake but, let this be a lesson for you: Never share your private key.
Also, don't click any link that gets sent to your email, verify everything before doing something. Good luck.
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Merptastic
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October 20, 2017, 02:32:18 AM |
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Metamask already blocked op's link as a possible phishing address.
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yndye
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October 20, 2017, 02:46:53 AM |
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I also received that e-mail but I did not dare click it. E-mail seems legit and the sender too but I am just skeptic because there is a lot of fake e-mails nowadays and when a site ask for private key, I am already in alert because as what they say, whoever has your private key has your coins that's why when a site ask for private key then most probably it is scam. Just be vigilant next time OP.
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Filmmmakerr
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Hello. Bye.
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October 20, 2017, 02:51:58 AM |
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I wonder how many people they've scammed so far  |
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October 20, 2017, 02:52:58 AM |
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It's never a good idea to enter any information on a link you clicked from an email. Always either type in the address, or type it in and then bookmark it.
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Ben271286 (OP)
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October 20, 2017, 05:56:24 AM |
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Thanks for the replies! Yes i learned the hard way...my luck i kept some amounts on exchange...i googled before and there is obviously some kind of airdrop going...the url looked not strange to me so...i will be careful in the future!
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Ben271286 (OP)
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October 20, 2017, 05:59:36 AM |
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This is very unfortunate what has happened to you. But it is a good thing to share it so as to warn people about this specific scam.
However, this time the scammers have used a real domain which cannot really be anonymous since somebody must have paid the registrar with a credit card, as well as the hosting service. You could try to inform the postal police of your country and/or contact their hosting service and tell them that they are hosting a scammer.
Hmm is there a possibillity to find out the hoster? I already know the looks i will get if i tell my story there...i guess they wont even know what i am talking about...but i will give it a try. Is there a possibillity for the scammer to cash out without attention? |
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criticoflife
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October 20, 2017, 06:18:51 AM |
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i have received this email every day for the last few days. I get 3-4 scam emails a day including the one saying about the byzantium fork and need to claim them now with a link to a fake myetherwallet site. That and about a dozen slack phishers daily does get annoying. I traced the ip address of two of them to an isp in russia so they are likely a group of russians working hard to scam us all. Best thing is not to open any emails regarding any forks/wallets etc at all. Stay safe everyone and be security conscious please.
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