Our readers have brought to our attention that currently, scammers are posing as fake support staff from the crypto exchange Blockchain.com (www.blockchain.com) offering to unlock allegedly frozen Bitcoin assets. Of course, this is all complete bullshit. The scammers are appearing as clones of the FCA-regulated Blockchain Access UK Ltd. The FCA has already published a warning against these Blockchain.com clones on its website. Please do not fall for it. You can find the text of the email currently sent out below.
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Dear Mr. X,
This is Jason Berman the head of the Blockchain Support – Team.
During this Informative Campaign, we are contacting every client that has an account in our system from November 2015 till March 2021. The accounts that we are contacting on this campaign have been classified by our System as “dormant”, for different reasons.
The most common reasons that might have created your Blockchain Account are :
- The account may have been created from your Previous Online Trading experiences or any other Online Investment.
- In 2011-2016 Bitcoin and Blockchain were everywhere (Commercials, Platforms and all over the Internet) and almost 30% of our clients registered without even knowing the results. Different platforms and several Online Games used to offer free Bitcoins as a Promotion / Gift which made a great publicity to this Cryptocurrency.
Your total available balance in our system is 3.80 BTC and converted with the updated Bitcoin price goes up to 82,643.53 EUR.
The amount in Standard EUR is variable based on the Bitcoin price movement.
Since your account is Frozen and its actual status is “Dormant” , our Department came out with some suggestions :
- Reactivate your account and at the end of the process Withdraw the total amount of Bitcoins directly in your Fiat Bank Account through the “Refund Department”.
- Reactivate your account and keep using your Bitcoins to trade different assets on the Online Market.
To reactivate your account and use your Bitcoins again you must show an action into your Blockchain Wallet by placing a symbolic amount of 1% of the total BTC Balance.
Note: The 1% order placed as a Positive Transaction in your wallet, should never be considered as a “Payment” but just a deposit under your details.
The amount that you are transferring in your BTC Wallet, will be placed into your final balance and you can withdraw it as soon as your case will be handed to the Refund Department.
After the reactivation is done you will be guided through the Withdrawal Procedures by the “Refund Department” and you can have the full services of the Blockchain Crypto – Experts.
If you have any questions don’t hesitate to reply back to this email and also give us your final decision.
Looking forward to hearing from you !
Kind Regards,
Jason Berman
Blockchain Support-Team Department / BLOCKCHAIN ACCESS UK LTD
Blockchain Access UK LTD is authorized by the Financial Conduct Authority for the issuing of electronic money under the Electronic Money Regulations 2011 [FRN 900204].
We are supervised by the Financial Conduct Authority for compliance with the Money Laundering Regulations (MLR) 2007. Blockchain Access UK LTD is registered in England, New York and Luxembourg (registered no. 902765). Registered Office:
Minshull House 67 Wellington Road North Stockport, Cheshire United Kingdom SK4 2LP
NOTE: This email contains confidential information and it is preferred not to be shared externally!
