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January 21, 2015, 06:20:34 PM
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Last Hour , I received 3 email from "mail.blockchain.info" , Subject :  "Welcome To My Wallet" , off course It's 1 ticket message (no-reply)

The Content of the emails are :

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Welcome To My Wallet

This email contains important information about your new bitcoin wallet. Be sure to keep this safe and stored separately from your password.
Login Link: https://blockchain.info/wallet/a19e2521-b4b4-49a6-96c5-4aae2cd4dea4

Alias: jack29501
Notifications: Notifications Are Disabled
Confirmation Code: 3F25E
Verification Link:

https://blockchain.info/wallet/verify-email?token=OAHXDOI47S0aF2OSYubI4unuxgbAvZXIfPAkO4sy61%2FFzDf5Dnxuf9zmUWuCf2p36MzPU2VVBqvw8oZF28fub%2BqT32Yhzvx7ZEC7guUtMjUJMOejDvnka1gsdQv5y7zYyhwq6v%2FBco4IER%2BozbRabA%3D%3D


And the next 2 the same way ,

I want to know why these emails are sent to me ?! And What Happened if I activate it (I didn't do that , but just a question) ?

I'm gonna to change all my wallet passwords just for security , but is that important for cases like this ?

And Can Anyone access my wallet , if he know the password + wallet ID suppose I he must verify the wallet from email ?

Another question please ,

I heard that offline wallet is better than online wallet , and I heard also that I can save my wallet on USB , How that process done ?

And what must I save / backup to recover the wallet later ? and if I lose the USB , I loose everthing , OR if something happened to my USB like damaged ?

And another important question , from where the wallet were generated , blockchain or coinbase or ...

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January 21, 2015, 06:48:54 PM
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Going directly to the supposed Blockchain.info wallet says it's invalid, so most probably is somebody else impersonating Blockchain.info.

Don't click the links.

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January 21, 2015, 06:54:12 PM
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Going directly to the supposed Blockchain.info wallet says it's invalid, so most probably is somebody else impersonating Blockchain.info.

Don't click the links.

Yes , I'm also think that , but what I didn't understand is the link starts with secure shell (SSL) "https://blockchain.info" ?

and can anyone make a wallet on my email if he know it ?
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January 21, 2015, 06:55:17 PM
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Confirmation code looks like 2FA code... will click all the links when I get home and will let you know what happened Smiley

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January 21, 2015, 07:04:58 PM
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Yes , I'm also think that , but what I didn't understand is the link starts with secure shell (SSL) "https://blockchain.info" ?

and can anyone make a wallet on my email if he know it ?

The link text could say anything, but the actual link is in the HTML code. It could be something like this:

    <a href="http://myscamsite.com/">https://blockchain.info/</a>

but visually you would only see

    https://blockchain.info/


On the other hand, if the email is legit, then that means that someone else created a Blockchain.info wallet using your email. Nothing bad happens in that case, and would most probably be a mistake (for example, if you are John Smith and they are Jerry Smith, and they use jsmith@example.com for registration)

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January 21, 2015, 07:30:30 PM
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Yes , I'm also think that , but what I didn't understand is the link starts with secure shell (SSL) "https://blockchain.info" ?

and can anyone make a wallet on my email if he know it ?

The link text could say anything, but the actual link is in the HTML code. It could be something like this:

    <a href="http://myscamsite.com/">https://blockchain.info/</a>

but visually you would only see

    https://blockchain.info/


On the other hand, if the email is legit, then that means that someone else created a Blockchain.info wallet using your email. Nothing bad happens in that case, and would most probably be a mistake (for example, if you are John Smith and they are Jerry Smith, and they use jsmith@example.com for registration)

Thanks for your explain , now I understand that ,, but I think I have email verification security before accessing my wallets , but actually I can't verify that , because I don't want to access my wallet from any untrusted vpn or other connection , I want to keep my ID secret also , is there anyway to know if that security method is included in the wallet (I mean Email Verification)?

and Important question please I asked in the second part of 1'st post , I want to store 2 BTC in wallet , I heard that offline wallets are more secure , and I can store/backup wallet to USB Flash Memory , please can help with simple instructions  Roll Eyes
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January 21, 2015, 07:43:12 PM
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I've never set an offline wallet, sorry Sad

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January 21, 2015, 07:57:28 PM
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login in link a19e2521-b4b4-49a6-96c5-4aae2cd4dea4 is an unknown identifier

second link nothing happens .... i guess they used the method described by R2D221

just hover your mouse over the link and check what it says ... or right-click the link and copy link location then past it in notepad and let me know the address

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January 23, 2015, 03:01:20 PM
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its not safe link i guess
better you dont click
and login with the site only dont via link on the email Smiley

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January 23, 2015, 03:40:57 PM
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not safe at all. dont bother clicking it.

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January 23, 2015, 03:47:44 PM
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do what i did:
add a filter of blockchain.info 's real email address which sends you Emails to your Email, so that every email from them would go inside a specific folder.
this way the real ones will be in that folder and every other scam and stuff will be inside your Inbox.
to double check always check the address in the address bar and the "Blockchain luxemburg" thingy beside the address

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