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All, someone tried to scam me and they were pretty good. Got a call saying they were from Coinbase and ‘authenticated’ me right away with my Coinbase, name, email and phone#.

He said this was in regards to a Coinbase data breech and not to give him any personal info, he would send me an email from Coinbase.com (he did), and for me to verify the authentication code. He sent several email verification requests form help@coinbase.com. I stopped there.

He had the email sent to me because he was the data breach trying to get me to send him the code or re-setup my account for the ‘temporary hold’ they were placing it on..

I asked to call him back on the Coinbase number and he hung up..

I wasn’t too worried because I knew my Coinbase acct was empty and I never use it, but it still scared me..

Apparently Coinbase really did have a data breach 3/14, this is how he had my info and tricked an email ‘from’ Coinbase

** DO NOT GIVE ANY INFO TO ANYONE SAYING THEY ARE COINBASE AND PUT YOUR SATS IN COLD STORAGE!!!

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Derek Ross 2y ago

I had the same phone call a couple months back. I have zero funds in Coinbase and haven't used them in a while. I played a long like you did. It was kind of while how good they were.

Derek Ross 2y ago

I'm not having an aneurysm, I'm just walking and talking 😂

nostr.build 2y ago

I was suspicious the second a human was talking g to me and said they were from Coinbase 🤣🤣

tanel 2y ago

Was about to ask if it was that or is it just countdown to another #beerstr post 😂💜

nostr.build 2y ago

European accent but really good English, good call quality, e-mails from ‘Coinbase.com’ arrived when he said they would…

tanel 2y ago

That’s a really scare wake-up call 🥺 Glad you’re alright buddy 💜 Hope no funds or anything is lost on your end

The Daniel 🖖 2y ago

Delete Coinbase. You’re welcome.

CitizenPleb 2y ago

💯

🥩ℝ𝕖𝕟𝕖𝕘𝕒𝕕𝕖 ₿𝕦𝕥𝕔𝕙𝕖𝕣⚡ 2y ago

That's freaky!

Coinbase is a shitcoin. Anyone with funds there should get them out yesterday.

Steven Day 2y ago

Yeah some of these scams are crazy.

Company support guys as a rule will not call you usually.

Always check domains and yeah the smart play was to insist to call back on the legit support number.

Luxas 2y ago

The email probably was actually from CB. They must have your password, but can't get by the 2FA. Highly recommend changing the password for any other accounts, if you reuse it.

cloud fodder 2y ago

I never answer any calls or respond to any texts that aren't in my address book. The bots seem to have gotten smarter now too with the texts they'll act like theyre a human but they're really just checking to see if you'll respond, so they can feed you to the next scam list I assume.

The Daniel 🖖 2y ago

The AI scams are coming!

nostr.build 2y ago

No more.. it’s all a scam…

Steven Day 2y ago

Also obligatory

Aurelius 2y ago

Satoshi told us that Bitcoin is “peer-to-peer.” Centralized exchanges are vestiges of the traditional financial system applied to a method of exchange that doesn’t need them. They are walking dinosaurs.

ICU812 2y ago

Thanks for sharing!

Ricky 2y ago

I had an email from "coinbase" about 3 weeks ago talking about an airdrop of an obscure shitcoin. Never clicked any link and deleted the email

CitizenPleb 2y ago

Nuke that account.

n 2y ago

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Duck Nebuchadnezzar 2y ago

Even if you don't intend to delete your Coinbase account, this means that they have your valid password and just need you to get them past the 2fa. Change that password and anywhere else that you've used that password.

𝖋𝖎𝖆𝖙𝖉𝖊𝖓𝖎𝖊𝖗 (¯`◕‿◕´¯) 2y ago

First hint: Their customer service is beyond shitty, no one is gonna call you EVER 😆

nostr.build 2y ago

Yes, way too responsive, thorough, professional, existent to be Coinbase!!..

Neo ⚡️ 2y ago

And all these criminals do now know your residential address. Isn't it awesome, how KYC protects us all 🤮