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Re: Bitcoin Payment Recieved scam
by
Eisenhower34
on 21/11/2014, 01:03:38 UTC
c) I don't have a blockchain account.


TREAT AS SUSPECT!

I think merely treating it as a scam/suspect is an understatement. I think you're safe in guaranteeing it's a scam based on C alone  Grin (though all three reasons combined should seal the deal). If anyone gets these types of emails they should just load up a bookmark and check their balance on the blockchain instead rather than clicking on links. The beauty of the blockchain is you don't even need to log in to see your balance as it's all there for anyone to see.
The attacker is likely betting that the OP does not know what his addresses are outside of his wallet so he would be forced to log into blockchain.info to check his balance/see the received funds.

I would guess that the cost of sending such spam would be somewhat cheap and would be more then paid for if only one or two people were to leak their identifier/password to the phishing site and do not have a 2nd password enabled.