How did these scammers acquire my email address?
Received this email (claiming to be) from this forum-
Dear Bitcoin Member,
Bitcoin has made considerable progress and improvement, it has become the leading e-currency and its services are being improved continuously.
Recently we have estabilished a very important relation with leading Forex traders from Tokyo and we decided to give a special offer to you:
GET 500% Bitcoin Address bitcoin RETURN IN 1 Hours !
Investment plans below:
1 - 4 BTC we return in 1 hours 300%
5 - 9 BTC we return in 1 hours 350%
10 - 100 BTC we return in 1 hours 500%
Investment Example:
You send deposit 1 BTC we return 3 BTC
You send deposit 5 BTC we return 17,5 BTC
You send deposit 10 BTC we return 50 BTC
You send deposit 100 BTC we return 500 BTC
You need to make spend deposit to Bitcoin Forex Investment Address: 1xPyfH1AqV2DbEweh6USf1HYg7D9HuC2Uf
Login your bitcoin account or software / Send Money (Coins).
Investment Address: 1xPyfH1AqV2DbEweh6USf1HYg7D9HuC2Uf
The minimal deposit is 1 Bitcoin, while the maximum deposit is 100 Bitcoin per member.
The 300%-500% payout will be made back to your Bitcoin Address in 1 hours.
The payout is IMMEDIATE, GUARANTEED and there is NO RISK from losing your bitcoin.
This is a TIME LIMITED ONE-TIME OFFER and you must ACT NOW!
This opportunity will not last long, so you must react quickly.
Deposits are accepted until Nov. 28 2013 00:00 (GMT).
Please DO NOT reply to this e mail.
Thank You.
Best Regards: Bitcoin.org, Bitcointalk.organd Tokyo forex partnership.
Bitcoin Project 2009–2013 Released under the MIT license
your email address is on your profile page you can click right on your forum name and it goes up. I will send you an email with a screen shot