Following the damage caused by Hurricane Irma, I got an email from Athena Bitcoin, yay, another blockchain phishing attempt. The email is pretty ridiculous, can’t even believe someone has the gal to try and pull a scam like this.
So, the email from blockchain.info mentioned something about the company’s servers in Tampa Bay, Florida, being damaged by the hurricane. And in order to prevent total data loss, a backup server will be set up, however, there is a risk that it may go offline and all the wallet and crypto data may be lost in limbo. However, the blockchain has servers all over the country, but, only those who had their wallets and keys stored on the Tampa server will be affected.
The email requested an immediate transfer of bitcoin address and holdings to another one provided in the email. The email also tried to scare users like me into transferring funds to the address provided by stating that if the backup server goes down, the organization will carry no responsibility as per the funds and information already stored. Thankfully, I didn’t send any information to the wallet info contained in the email. However, my roommate did, but he ended up losing about a hundred bucks. No biggie I guess, but everyone should remain vigilant in the chaos following Hurricane Irma, especially cryptocurrency aficionados!