Is this a scam or what's happening, "blockchain"? Any thoughts/experiences?

GalaxyRyder

Some woman called me from an international line (but claiming to be from England), saying I had 4.2 bitcoin on blockchain, and someone other users were trying to access my account.

She wanted me to verify my details firstly, and called out an e-mail address that wasn't mine (asking me to verify it or we could change it if I wanted), and we would setup a google chat.

I use an alias online, that was the name she had. But she had my phone number, so curious how she got my phone number and knew my alias?

I had minor transactions in crypto years ago, but definitely not serious, I have no holdings etc.

And nothing like what she claimed was on their account in my "name".

Presumably this is a scam?

She claimed to be from blockchain dot com (which looks like a very legit site), and my account was on blockchainaccounting.

Gave her full name, a reference number and contact info.

Said I could go on the website blockchain, ring via their contact number, quote the reference, ask for her, then continue the conversation later. That's quite convincing (I haven't done it yet obviously).

Is this unusual, or a new type of scam or any idea what's happening?

Unless somehow I have 4.2 bitcoin I didn't know about.

She was also giving me these compliments like, "you sound like you know what you're doing", " a real business man" etc.

?

Jim Herring

Sounds like you are in there.

hawley

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058388604/is-this-a-scam-or-whats-happening-blockchain-any-thoughts-experiences

Sounds like a scam. How could anyone have bitcoin that they don't know about?

Nody

I use an alias online, that was the name she had.

Right there is the flag it's a scam; it's the same way I get e-mails to my firstname.lastname@gmail.com adress addressed to firstname.lastname etc.

The fact she's calling from another country, claiming you have 4.2 bitcoins (value around $400k) etc. that you did not know about etc. are all there to make you interested in starting to give her information / pay a small transactions fee etc. Simply ignore it and move on.

GalaxyRyder

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123054677#Comment_123054677

The bizarre thing was, during that call, I also got another call from another Belgium based number.

So it seems they may have a call centre of operators running the same scheme.

Is there no way to report such scammers?

Out of curiosity I might actually just contact the legit blockchain dot com website, to see would they actually patch me through to the supposed operator that contacted me.

And yeah that operator was sneakily saying, "we have this e-mail address for you, but you can give me another one if it suits?", like it sounded like data collection, get a name, number, e-mail, reconfirm my passwords, then she starts talking about brokerages I may have used (as in maybe they may need to contact them also).

Shame if something like that can't be investigated and addressed.

Eclectic Econometrics

Check your account on blockchainaccounting and check your email

on

https://haveibeenpwned.com/

These people buy lists and then set up the scam to cater for the list they've bought.

Nody

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123054713#Comment_123054713

They are not based in Belgium; they will be based in Myanmar, Thailand or similar using an VoIP port out in Belgium instead to appear to be from there. They have the centers there where people literally get kidnapped to sit and do scam calls like this all day along. You can report it to gardai but realistically they will not be able to do anything about it. Oh and the website will bring you back to the person; why? Because it's a scam website…

PopTarts

Bumping this as I received same call from a Belgium number (00324…) and to keep it alive if people do searches etc.

The person on the phone folllowed up with an email from support@blockchainuk.online.

Same amount of bitcoin (4.2) in a dormant account.

They did have my phone number and correct email so likely a data breach somewhere at some time.

GalaxyRyder

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123212346#Comment_123212346

I've been getting bombed by them with calls over the last couple weeks.

Sometimes two or three in a row.

harmless

I got frequent scam calls, my number was leaked in the facebook leak in 2021.

533 millions numbers leaked :(

Error403

I got a man on the phone. Also speaking English and with a national Dutch number. [red flag 1]

I said I didn't speak English well and asked him to email me because he already claimed to have my email address.

His email was indeed about a frozen Balance: 4.20055124 BTC [many red flags]

My first reply:

So this is about my Frozen Balance: 4.20055124 BTC

Lets say, approx € 350.000,00 Nothing wrong with SOL or ETH? Where my real cash is? 

His reply:

Hi xxxx,

Thank you for reaching back.

As far as we can see, you only have 1 (one) wallet address under your details on Blockchain. 

We would like to bring to your attention a potential security concern that may go beyond your BTC wallet. It is quite possible that the same malicious actors are targeting other platforms where you may be storing assets such as ETH or SOL.

While we cannot speak on behalf of those platforms, we strongly advise you to review all of your wallets and associated accounts. In situations like this, it is always better to take preventive measures than to deal with the consequences later.

Please let us know what actions you are prepared to take in response to this situation. This is not just about protecting your funds—your legal responsibility is also at stake. Since this account is registered under your name, any fraudulent activity carried out through it could make you legally accountable, especially considering that you have now been formally notified.

We await your response and hope you will treat this matter with the seriousness it deserves.

Kind regards,

Mr. Thomas Meurin

Reference number : LPN33188
Blockchain Accounting Limited
Support Team
Company Number: 05029548
Company Type: Private Limited Company
Contact Number: +44 741 835 6772

My last answer:

Hey Thomas* (Let's both pretend that's your real name)
The fact that you use @blockchainUK.online gave it away.

In most fonts you might be better off creating @blockchain.online. Where the second letter is not a lowercase L but a capital i. You also need to adjust the 4.2 BTC a bit. That is far too high for many people. And 4.2 is also used too often with your scam. It is too easy to google.

Greetings,
XXXX.

Ps1. I don't own any BTC. So that's where it went wrong in the first place. 
Ps2. Is *Thomas Meurin just a fake LinkedIn profiel of a stolen identity? (There is a big difference in court)

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So far, no answer back yet.