Received a strange email? Always think before you click!

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I received a very interesting email yesterday. A great, extremely tempting offer.

I received a great, exciting new offer for my NFT!

What were my initial thoughts?

Oh, so great! I do have some NFTs in OpenSea, so let's see this opportunity!

I was so tired, because I was so long on my pc working, that I did not want to waste more time.. I almost ... clicked

But I am thankful that I did not.

This is probably a phishing scam email, aiming to steal my log in & wallet information. These are the reasons why I did not click.

.1. I did not recognize the sender

.2. I did not believe for one second that someone would offer 4.5 ETH for one of my creations!

Look how well this email is written! It could easily fool anyone!

.3. It invites you to click somewhere that you do not really see where the link goes to.

.4. Thankfully I had received another offer from OpenSea (for real!), so I knew what they are supposed to look like


Take a look at the sender, the links, and the disclaimer on the bottom of the email

So, what should you do in order to be safe?

Create some self-guidelines that you should always keep in mind.
These are not only for crypto, but for EVERYTHING!
In Greece there are some very popular phishing attempts, sending emails / or sms to users pretending to be from bank/card/government and they always offer money or create an URGENCY.
I.e. Click now or your package will be returned.
You have won in a lottery!
We will cancel your card if you do not click
etc etc...

  1. Never click links from emails. Always go to the official website (i.e. bank, exchange, post office, platform)
  2. Read twice or three times
  3. If you don't have the time to deal with it, make sure to check it again with a clear mind.
  4. Don't be afraid to ask if you are not sure
  5. Stay vigilant and remember that it's better to be safe than to be sorry...

If you have any other tips to share below, feel free to do so!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

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Wao! I thought I was the only one getting this spam email. These guys literally send this to me every week, and I was tempted to click on it some days ago. I'm happy I haven't done that. Thanks for sharing this with Safe Life.

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It is a fact that we should never open such mails, if we accidentally open the wrong link, all the assets we have can be lost, so we have taken special care of this.

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Even the most wary and experienced people can fall for scams like this one, especially because they are getting smarter and smarter! Good post Kat 🫡

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Got the same email. No problem, because I don't have any NFT's on offer.
A bit worrying, though, that Gmail did not send it to the spam folder directly.

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Thanks for sharing this with us
We’ve got so many scammers these days so we gotta be very careful

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So many ways scammers are just finding way to dupe people. We must be very careful

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Glad to see that you didn't click

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