{"id":480,"date":"2023-05-30T11:49:46","date_gmt":"2023-05-30T11:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/squallmotion.com\/?p=480"},"modified":"2023-11-22T16:41:52","modified_gmt":"2023-11-22T16:41:52","slug":"email-phishing-how-to-spot-a-scammer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/squallmotion.com\/index.php\/2023\/05\/30\/email-phishing-how-to-spot-a-scammer\/","title":{"rendered":"Email Phishing: How to Spot a Scammer"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/1024\/1*ZbmG16vl4HvmyvsBUPE5Qg.png\"><\/figure>\n<p>We\u2019ve all received strange emails, an unexpected message from an unknown sender requesting funds or an unsolicited password reset. These emails look genuine, but should we trust\u00a0them?<\/p>\n<p>Phishing (pronounced \u201cfishing\u201d) is an online attack that attempts to steal your money or identity, by getting you to reveal personal information.<\/p>\n<p>At Blockchain.com we\u2019re committed to help keep you safe online, so in this article we dissect an <strong>actual phishing attempt email<\/strong>, highlighting the tactics\u00a0used.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Tactic 1: \u201cFrom\u201d address impersonation<\/strong><\/h4>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/1024\/1*iiq7MPUcAStVJ1Cc8zojrA.png\"><\/figure>\n<p>In this example, the scammer has sent this email from an email address which is similar to our<strong> official email address: <\/strong><a href=\"mailto:notify@wallet-tx.blockchain.com\"><strong>notify@wallet-tx.blockchain.com<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Be vigilant about possible omissions or incorrect characters in email addresses.<\/p>\n<p>You can also check our official <a href=\"https:\/\/support.blockchain.com\/hc\/en-us\/requests\/new\">email communications address\u00a0here<\/a><\/p>\n<h4><strong>Tactic 2: Log-in information requests<\/strong><\/h4>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/1024\/1*xkKiMKxC4q_s8iBMbPO70Q.png\"><\/figure>\n<p>If you get an email or text message (SMS) asking for your Blockchain.com account email, phone, password, or Private Key it most likely is a\u00a0scam.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ll never ask you for login information or recovery phrases in a text or email. This includes:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Credit or debit card\u00a0numbers<\/li>\n<li>Bank account\u00a0details<\/li>\n<li>Account passwords<\/li>\n<li>Blockchain.com Private\u00a0Keys<\/li>\n<li>Blockchain.com Secret Recovery\u00a0Phrase<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4><strong>Tactic 3: \u201cAppearing\u201d helpful<\/strong><\/h4>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/1024\/1*cel3hF6IjDplNVZh8rpu9Q.png\"><\/figure>\n<p>See here, the scammer is advising to use 2FA in order to increase security.<\/p>\n<p>We often see scammers sprinkling through what appears to be \u201chelpful\u201d hints and tips as a decoy\u00a0tactic.<\/p>\n<h4><strong>Tactic 4: Using official logos and\u00a0links<\/strong><\/h4>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdn-images-1.medium.com\/max\/1024\/1*2SPp26lxsT6CBYWpguuQiw.png\"><\/figure>\n<p>Many phishing emails will consist of standard company logos and official sounding language to make it appear to be\u00a0real.<\/p>\n<p>While there is no clear way to check if the logo is being used genuinely, it\u2019s important to remain vigilant that scammers will try their best to make the email look as professional as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Phishing attacks are getting more and more sophisticated, with new tactics emerging all the time. The most important thing to remember is that at Blockchain.com, <strong>we will never ask for your login information<\/strong>, through any form of communication.<\/p>\n<p>If you have any doubt, open a <a href=\"https:\/\/support.blockchain.com\/hc\/en-us\/requests\/new\">Support Center Ticket<\/a> here to confirm the validity of a\u00a0request.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" alt=\"\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/_\/stat?event=post.clientViewed&amp;referrerSource=full_rss&amp;postId=33f2443b63d6\"><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/blockchain\/email-phishing-how-to-spot-a-scammer-33f2443b63d6\">Email Phishing: How to Spot a Scammer<\/a> was originally published in <a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/blockchain\">@blockchain<\/a> on Medium, where people are continuing the conversation by highlighting and responding to this story.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We\u2019ve all received strange emails, an unexpected message from an unknown sender requesting funds or [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/squallmotion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/squallmotion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/squallmotion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/squallmotion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/squallmotion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=480"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/squallmotion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":481,"href":"http:\/\/squallmotion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/480\/revisions\/481"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/squallmotion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=480"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/squallmotion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=480"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/squallmotion.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=480"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}