Today I received the following email:
JUST IN: EOS Development Team Announces Major Block.one Airdrop
From CoinDesk newsletters@coindesk.com Date Today 01:28
CoinDesk Breaking News
February 28, 2018"The solution often turns out more beautiful than the puzzle."
- Richard Dawkins
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THE FEATURE
EOS cuts in half token amount reserved for block.one, leaves 50 000 000 tokens to be claimed.After the success of the EOS TestNet, the core developer team has reduced the reserved tokens for block.one to >just half, allocating just shy of 50 000 000 EOS tokens to the ongoing 341 day distribution schedule we are all >aware of.
In order to reward the community for the massive support, these tokens can be claimed only by the current EOS >and/or ETH holders.
Given the large amount of holders in both cryptocurrencies, it remains to be seen if the allocated amount will be >enough to satisfy the needs of all the owners and long time holders, considering one can claim up to 10000 EOS >tokens.
For more information on how to claim your share of the EOS tokens, follow the article."
The link in the email takes me to the following web page:
https://www.coindėsk.com/EOS-halves-token-amount-for-blockone-leaves-tokens-to-be-claimed/
NOTICE the extra crap on the "e" in "coindesk"
"EOS Halves Token Amount Reserved for Block.one, Leaves 50 000 000 Tokens to be Claimed
FEATURE
Rob Wile
Feb 28, 2018 at 21:10 UTC | Updated Feb 28, 2018 at 21:26 UTCFollowing the huge success of the EOS TestNet, the developer team surrounding EOS has decided to cut in half the >token reserve requirements for block.one and reward the community by redistributing 50 000 000 EOS tokens. >"How?" you are probably asking.
In similar fashion to the initial EOS launch, the tokens can be claimed by contract from the original EOS >contribution address.
After the claim has been submitted, the owner of the contract will be airdropped 0.5 EOS for each EOS owned and >10 EOS for each ETH owned, with a maximum cap of 10 000 EOS. We have our suspicions that the amount >allocated for the rewards might not be enough for everybody considering the whales out there...
This move brings in a whole lot of questions! Where will EOS price go from here? Is it a smart move to reward >holders and not use the amount to make the cryptocurrency more popular among potential new users? Will >everybody get their fair share? I guess we will find out soon.
As the token with the largest market capitalization, EOS has enjoyed widespread success. We are doubtful that the >extra tokens will have a meaningful negative impact on the price - especially since long term holders are the ones >that will probably get the most benefit out of this action.
Since our readers are our first priority, our recommendation is simple. Go ahead, follow the instructions on >MyEtherWallet, submit your claim and enjoy your newly minted EOS tokens.
Update: At the moment of writing about 73% of the allocated tokens had already been claimed."
Furthermore the links on the fake coindesk site point to the following fake MyEtherWallet site:
https://mỵetherẇallet.com/#contracts
NOTICE the extra crap on the "y" and the "w"
The MEW site looks identical to the real one except for the address, and it asks you to unlock your myetherwallet to claim the extra tokens, at which point I'm quite sure you will have all your funds stolen if you do...
Please BEWARE of similar scams, this isn't the first and most likely won't be the last either.
Thanks