As much as it is important to trade and invest in ICOs and Airdrops, at the same time it is utterly important to keep you accounts safe.
In case i find any scam, i also instantly update it with the details that i find during my investigation related to that scam airdrops/ICOs.
Today, i received an e-mail from flashblocks.io that i need to do my KYC verification in order to get my free airdrop tokens, which i might have applied in the past but could not recall. Here is what the e-mail looked like:
I think very professional, neat and you can hardly doubt it, right?
So, as usual I clicked on the “Get started” button provided and it took me to a website which was also very well-aligned and in the first looks you cannot doubt that it does not belong to an ICO. They asked me for my: E-mail, Wallet address and telegram ID I guess, nothing to be suspicious of as it is a routine for ICOs to collect this data for Airdrops.
I followed up with the process and It redirected me to a signature page on MEW (myetherwallet).
Being a noob, I thought it would be the same as making a contract so I was going to log in, just when I thought that it wasn’t better to risk the security of my wallet without double checking what it was about and that’s when I did some investigation.
Found, that there is no flash back ICO and there is not even website for this ICO. Only an airdrop page which is shining on the top. I immediately closed my ether wallet account and reported this website. So, to my screen now, when I click to this link it takes me to this page automatically:
But, if you are being redirected to any other page:
Please, do not, I repeat do not register for it. It is a sure scam.
And for those who have already, please change your MEW passwords/Keys as soon as possible or transfer your tokens to some new wallet.
Please share with everyone, you can save someone