Bitforte: A masterclass in scamming
Earlier today I got an obvious scam email:
Return-Path: <no-reply@[redacted]> Subject: Bitcoin Payment To: Recipients <no-reply@[redacted]> From: "Mr. Neves N" <no-reply@[redacted]> Date: Mon, 11 Oct 2021 19:10:52 +0900 Hi Rob Hoffman, As requested, we have now deposited 30 BTC which amount to ($1,692,796.80 USD) into your bitcoin portfolio at bitforte.net/signin Customer Id: [redacted] Customer Password: [redacted]
I was curious to see how this scam worked, so I fired up my favorite anonymizing VPN and private browser session and went to town.
UPDATE, March 31, 2022: It looks like these folks have changed their name to tatcoin.net
. Same folks, same website, different name. Sorry, but that 30BTC payout sent to you by mistake is not real.