WARNING! PHISHING EMAIL!

[BTCbyCC$]

Sorry for posting this here, but I cannot for the life of me find any way to contact support/system admins. I have just received a phishing email and want to bring it to the administrator's attention. The following is a direct copy/paste of the email I received. Whatever you do, DO NOT click on ANY of the links!!




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9:09 AM (17 minutes ago)
Dear Users,

 This mail was sent because you need install Java Software for your browsers (Mozilla Firefox ,Internet Explorer,Chrome,...) for News updates on [Suspicious link removed] set Java Software for your Browsers click the following link:
https://bitcointalk.org/Java/

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[BTCbyCC$]

I also apologize if I have made a mistake and this is not a phishing email, however, I only received this at one email address when I have 2 different accounts with 2 different email addresses (one personal and one business account which I am posting from now). And no offense meant if I am wrong, but the improper grammar seemed suspicious as well. The link provided appears to be bitcointalk.org/Java however hovering over the link shows it is actually an "http://[Suspicious link removed]/..." link. This just sent up red flags to me.

[madhatter.]

I also apologize if I have made a mistake and this is not a phishing email, however, I only received this at one email address when I have 2 different accounts with 2 different email addresses (one personal and one business account which I am posting from now). And no offense meant if I am wrong, but the improper grammar seemed suspicious as well. The link provided appears to be bitcointalk.org/Java however hovering over the link shows it is actually an "http://[Suspicious link removed]/..." link. This just sent up red flags to me.

Hide your email so that you will not receive any phishing email.

[BTCbyCC$]

I also apologize if I have made a mistake and this is not a phishing email, however, I only received this at one email address when I have 2 different accounts with 2 different email addresses (one personal and one business account which I am posting from now). And no offense meant if I am wrong, but the improper grammar seemed suspicious as well. The link provided appears to be bitcointalk.org/Java however hovering over the link shows it is actually an "http://[Suspicious link removed]/..." link. This just sent up red flags to me.

Hide your email so that you will not receive any phishing email.

Actually, I advertise my email in my post because it is a point of contact for my business. I am simply trying to make the administrators aware of the emails "being sent on their behalf." Thank you for the advice though

[Dare]

It's definitely phishing, as the page it's pointing you to doesn't exist on the forum; it was probably hyperlinked to a phishing website with a similar name in the actual email you recieved. The "[Suspicious link removed]" is presumably replacing another phishing link as well.

On top of all that, their spelling and grammar sucks, and Bitcointalk doesn't use Java anywhere (because it's unnecessary and insecure), so it wasn't a very good attempt at phishing in the first place.

[acs267]

It's definitely phishing, as the page it's pointing you to doesn't exist on the forum; it was probably hyperlinked to a phishing website with a similar name in the actual email you recieved. The "[Suspicious link removed]" is presumably replacing another phishing link as well.

On top of all that, their spelling and grammar sucks, and Bitcointalk doesn't use Java anywhere (because it's unnecessary and insecure), so it wasn't a very good attempt at phishing in the first place.

Plus, most News is usually at the "News" section for Bitcointalk. Just like when there's a vulnerability.

Also, people would've been blowing a storm up about it on the forum. Not to mention, I've never had someone on Staff contact me via E-Mail, unless I contacted them. And it says this:

This is an automated email - Please do not replay.
 

[MultipliedCombo]

More phishing emails seem to be appearing asking for your BCT account details. I remember receiving a 'Bilcointalk' email some time ago.