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I got the Kroll Inc. Blockfi email below from agourahillscity@public.govdelivery.com. I want to know if the email is a scam or not?
Dear BlockFi Customer:Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC ("Kroll") is the distribution agent for BlockFi and its affiliates, as managed by the chapter 11 plan administrator. Kroll is working with Digital Disbursements, a third-party payment provider, to provide you with a distribution on account of your BlockFi claim.Your claim in BlockFi's bankruptcy proceedings has been allowed and you are entitled to a payment in the amount set forth below. Please be on the lookout for an email from Digital Disbursements atnoreply@digitaldisbursements.com with information on selecting your preferred payment method. Once you access Digital Disbursements' payment platform, you will prompted to enter the Payee ID below and the email address that you have on file with BlockFi to verify your identity.Please note that if you do not select a preferred payment method on or before May 1, 2025, your payment will be sent to you by Zelle if you are in the US and PayPal for all other countries.Thank you,The Kroll Team
Dear BlockFi Customer:
Kroll Restructuring Administration LLC ("Kroll") is the distribution agent for BlockFi and its affiliates, as managed by the chapter 11 plan administrator. Kroll is working with Digital Disbursements, a third-party payment provider, to provide you with a distribution on account of your BlockFi claim.
Your claim in BlockFi's bankruptcy proceedings has been allowed and you are entitled to a payment in the amount set forth below. Please be on the lookout for an email from Digital Disbursements at
noreply@digitaldisbursements.com with information on selecting your preferred payment method. Once you access Digital Disbursements' payment platform, you will prompted to enter the Payee ID below and the email address that you have on file with BlockFi to verify your identity.
Please note that if you do not select a preferred payment method on or before May 1, 2025, your payment will be sent to you by Zelle if you are in the US and PayPal for all other countries.
Thank you,
The Kroll Team
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The below statement was from my real distribution email from Kroll:"Please keep in mind that client communications will exclusively occur via official email channels, on social media @BlockFi, via our claims agent, Kroll (blockfiinfo@ra.kroll.com or BlockFiBankruptcyNoticing@noticing.ra.kroll.com), Kroll’s claims distribution partner Digital Disbursements (noreply@digitaldisbursements.com) or from Coinbase (CBBlockFiExchDistro@coinbase.com or info@mail.coinbase.com). Do not communicate via any other channels."So if it's not from one of the above email addresses, I am assuming it is a scam.
