<p>Emails that exhibit some combination of the following signs
indicate that someone is trying to phish or scam you.</p>
<p><strong>Red flags</strong>:</p>
<ul>
<li>sent from suspicious domain names</li>
<li>communicate a sense of urgency</li>
<li>use a generic greeting</li>
<li>tell you about some unexpected windfalls</li>
<li>make unrealistic offers (e.g. &quot;receive ₿10, if you send a $20 processing fee&quot;)</li>
<li>…</li>
</ul>
<p>If you don’t remember buying Bitcoin or entering a cloud mining contract, it should make you suspicious when &quot;Karen from Alpha Mega Trading&quot; contacts you to remind you that you have a life-changing balance with them that you should collect.</p>

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Murch
<p>I was receiving emails asking me to cash out or lose my bitcoin. I would receive them from different emails and for different amounts so I assumed they were spam. Not being updated on it at time I'm thinking they were trying to buy my bitcoin. Emails have been erased years ago. I don't even remember how I bought them. Are they just gone how could I find them? Help please I'm not computer smart or any technical expert at all.Thank you
Dawn Holder</p>

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Tempting offers in unexpected unsolicited email messages are a favourite tool of criminal confidence tricksters intending to deceive you into giving money to criminals.
RedGrittyBrick
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Were emails real about my bitcoin?
Dawn Holder
# Were emails real about my bitcoin?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2024-11-21)

I was receiving emails asking me to cash out or lose my bitcoin. I would receive them from different emails and for different amounts so I assumed they were spam. Not being updated on it at time I'm thinking they were trying to buy my bitcoin. Emails have been erased years ago. I don't even remember how I bought them. Are they just gone how could I find them? Help please I'm not computer smart or any technical expert at all.Thank you
username_0

**Tags:** fraud, email

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Tempting offers in unexpected unsolicited email messages are a favourite tool of criminal confidence tricksters intending to deceive you into giving money to criminals.  

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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_2 on 2024-11-25. Score: 1

Emails that exhibit some combination of the following signs
indicate that someone is trying to phish or scam you.

**Red flags**:

* sent from suspicious domain names
* communicate a sense of urgency
* use a generic greeting
* tell you about some unexpected windfalls
* make unrealistic offers (e.g. "receive ₿10, if you send a $20 processing fee")
* …

If you don’t remember buying Bitcoin or entering a cloud mining contract, it should make you suspicious when "Karen from Alpha Mega Trading" contacts you to remind you that you have a life-changing balance with them that you should collect.


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