Beware of "Blockchain Verify Transaction" Phishing Scams

Updated: February 17, 2018 2018-02-17T06:04:04 -
Posted: February 17, 2018 2018-02-17T06:01:10
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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.

Note: Some of the names, addresses, email addresses and telephone numbers in email samples on this website may have been impersonated.

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