Online users, beware of "Blockchain Verify Transaction" phishing emails like the one below. With Blockchain getting popular, online scammers have started taking advantage of it. The scammers are doing this by sending fake emails like the one below to potential victims, which ask them to click on a link in them that goes to a fake or phishing Blockchain website that will steal their Blockchain account credentials.
A "Blockchain Verify Transaction" Phishing Scam
From: "Blockchain" <support@blockchain.me>
Date: 11 February 2018 at 11:21:38 pm GMT
Subject: Verify Transaction
Reply-To: "support@bat.com" <support@bat.com>
Blockchain Logo
Verify Transaction
We just received a request for approving transaction.
Time : 3:21:33 PM 2/11/2018
Currencies : BTC
Amount : 0.18216143 BTC
Destination : 1NPFnoLhxucd1bR9szaupYBaDaV95EUszV
IP : 196.120.286.14 ( New Zealand )
APPROVE TRANSACTION
Click the link below to cancel transaction :
https://blockchain.info/wallet/cancel/tx/da0184db674Vs29dwd3783uc0492
The link in the fake email goes to a fake Blockchain website located at hxxps://blockchafn.info. The legitimate website is located at https://www.blockchain.com/. This is why Blockchain account holders should never click on a link in an email message to sign into their accounts. They should go directly to https://www.blockchain.com/ and sign-in from there instead.
Blockchain account holders who have been tricked by the scam are asked to attempt to change their passwords and contact Blockchain for help.
To help protect their accounts against phishing scams Blockchain account holders can enable 2-Step-Verification on their accounts. This is an extra layer of security that will prevent cybercriminals from gaining access to their accounts even if they have stolen their account credentials. Click here for help enabling 2-Step-Verification.