"Your Blockchain.info Account has been Disabled" Phishing Scams
Online users, beware of "Your Blockchain.info Account has been Disabled" 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 "Your Blockchain.info Account has been Disabled" Phishing Scam
From: Blockchain - no-reply@blockchaiin.info
Sent: 26 March 2018 09:34:12
Subject: Your Blockchain.info Account has been disabled for security reasons
Dear customer,
Your Blockchain.info Account has been disabled for security reasons.
Someone just tried to log into your Blockchain.info account from a different IP address.
Verify your Account today or your account will be disabled because of the concerns we have for the safety.
To verify your identity, we recommend that you go to Verify Now
Regards,
Blockchain.info
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.
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