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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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September 29, 2013, 11:01:30 PM
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Yeah, it's a scam.

Can you post headers?

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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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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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September 29, 2013, 11:09:07 PM
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Luckily no one has been stupid enough to "invest" BTC yet  Grin








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September 29, 2013, 11:09:59 PM
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thats what I thought and what do you mean by header?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email#Header_fields


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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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September 29, 2013, 11:19:07 PM
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I sent you the header information in a pm
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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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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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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. Roll Eyes

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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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September 30, 2013, 07:52:18 AM
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Just curious, I searched the address:
https://blockchain.info/address/14XMna5R8pdPKpwAP4GRvkGbEaLrMXsY6g (if I typed it correctly)



Does not seems really profitable. Only 0.001 btc = 10 cents Tongue
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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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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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September 30, 2013, 09:22:30 AM
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Just curious, I searched the address:
https://blockchain.info/address/14XMna5R8pdPKpwAP4GRvkGbEaLrMXsY6g (if I typed it correctly)



Does not seems really profitable. Only 0.001 btc = 10 cents Tongue


0.001 btc moved there:
https://blockchain.info/fr/address/1Nm29gKu5aEnEiSEYFNdGL6RMdcRFF8Xck
But he lost half of it in the process (fee) Cheesy
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September 30, 2013, 09:43:06 AM
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Reads scam all over, too good to be true Tongue
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September 30, 2013, 12:14:18 PM
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Reads scam all over, too good to be true Tongue

What if it's not, though? Shame to miss this opportunity.
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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 Sad

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September 30, 2013, 01:52:07 PM
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This is very obviously a scam.

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