{"id":1965,"date":"2020-10-20T23:03:46","date_gmt":"2020-10-21T03:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/?p=1965"},"modified":"2022-02-16T15:26:39","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T19:26:39","slug":"new-bitcoin-phishing-email-scams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/2020\/10\/20\/new-bitcoin-phishing-email-scams\/","title":{"rendered":"New Bitcoin Phishing Email Scams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Two new scam emails were reported this week, and they are taking a different approach than the common &#8220;sextortion&#8221; emails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The first is advertising a fake token airdrop, so it&#8217;s obviously aimed at existing bitcoin owners.  These are less common than the sextortion emails which target everyone, and then instruct the victim on buying bitcoin to pay the ransom.  It&#8217;s also notable for its relatively slick and believable presentation including a surprising lack of typos and awkward language.  However, the claim that they&#8217;re giving away $50 million for no reason is a bit of a dead giveaway that it&#8217;s a scam.  That rarely happens. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"757\" height=\"785\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/phish2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1967\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/phish2.jpg 757w, https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/phish2-289x300.jpg 289w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 757px) 100vw, 757px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other phishing email is far less professional looking, considering the Google Forms header and the telltale mix of Russian and English.  They claim that an investment will gain 10% every two days &#8211; another absurd claim that should be an instant red flag.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"629\" src=\"https:\/\/bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/phish1-1-1024x629.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1968\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/phish1-1-1024x629.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/phish1-1-300x184.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/phish1-1-768x471.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/phish1-1.jpg 1093w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have received any similar phishing emails or other scam offers, please report them <a href=\"http:\/\/bitcoinwhoswho.com\/scams\">here <\/a>so others can avoid becoming victims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two new scam emails were reported this week, and they are taking a different approach than the common &#8220;sextortion&#8221; emails.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1973,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[62],"tags":[119,118],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1965"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1965"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1971,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1965\/revisions\/1971"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bitcoinwhoswho.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}