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andrewboy44 (OP)
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September 29, 2013, 10:55:26 PM
Last edit: September 29, 2013, 11:23:24 PM by andrewboy44 |
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Just got an email from " noreply@bitcoin.org" to get pretty much free coin. I attached a picture of the email. read it and tell me what you think. i think it is a scam personally. new info on the email: Source:
The source IP address is 31.6.52.240.
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malevolent
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September 29, 2013, 11:01:30 PM |
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Yeah, it's a scam.
Can you post headers?
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Signature space available for rent.
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madmadmax
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September 29, 2013, 11:02:15 PM |
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Anyone can easily spoof a "from" email address.
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andrewboy44 (OP)
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September 29, 2013, 11:03:10 PM |
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Yeah, it's a scam.
Can you post headers?
thats what I thought and what do you mean by header? |
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madmadmax
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September 29, 2013, 11:09:07 PM |
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Luckily no one has been stupid enough to "invest" BTC yet  |
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litehosting
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September 29, 2013, 11:12:36 PM |
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We @ litehosting got the same mail.
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andrewboy44 (OP)
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September 29, 2013, 11:19:07 PM |
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I sent you the header information in a pm |
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saddambitcoin
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September 30, 2013, 04:30:48 AM |
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anyone asking you to send them btc = scam
anyone saying they will make you money = scam
rules to live by.
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Phinnaeus Gage
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September 30, 2013, 04:36:44 AM |
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anyone asking you to send them btc = scam
anyone saying they will make you money = scam
rules to live by.
Good rules! But, what if somebody claims to have a machine that makes money... |
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bitcoin44me
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September 30, 2013, 06:22:01 AM |
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It should be a Ponzi. If anyone could use that, no one will be poor.  |
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greyhawk
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September 30, 2013, 07:47:10 AM |
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anyone asking you to send them btc = scam
anyone saying they will make you money = scam
rules to live by.
Good rules! But, what if somebody claims to have a machine that makes money... Sounds like (a sic)k scam to me. |
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Birdy
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September 30, 2013, 09:00:56 AM |
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Do you even need a question mark or "I think"?
This is the defintion of scam, the claims are totally absurd, 500% return on 100 Btc in one hour with no risk whatsoever...yeah sure.
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greyhawk
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September 30, 2013, 09:18:22 AM |
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Do you even need a question mark or "I think"?
This is the defintion of scam, the claims are totally absurd, 500% return on 100 Btc in one hour with no risk whatsoever...yeah sure.
But but but Bitcoin! |
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marcotheminer
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September 30, 2013, 09:43:06 AM |
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Reads scam all over, too good to be true  |
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asdf
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September 30, 2013, 12:14:18 PM |
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Reads scam all over, too good to be true What if it's not, though? Shame to miss this opportunity. |
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bitcoin44me
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September 30, 2013, 12:16:35 PM |
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I guess that I missed it because I did not send anything  |
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hayek
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September 30, 2013, 01:52:07 PM |
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This is very obviously a scam.
Internet 101 ....
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