I was a target to blockchain scammers
Today I was a target of the new type of scammers - the blockchain ones.
They were calling me to tell that I somehow gained a half of a bitcoin and ask me to retrieve it from my online bitcoin wallet into my bank account.
I asked them how that's possible and that I need some official document on this. They already had prepared a text, which they sent me via email after the second phone call. See it in the screenshots bellow
I have a Dutch phone number. They were calling me from the list of Dutch numbers bellow:
+31652055658
+31634752465
+31621300787
+31614388742
+31643579269
The second red flag after I received the email was that the person calling me was introducing himself as Josh while the email sender was Jessica.
The third red flag was Josh had a heavy slavic accent.
After he called me the third time I asked him were from is he and why is he presenting himself as Josh while his accent is clearly not native English.
He said the Josh name is for business purpose and their office is located in Romania.
Everytime he called he insisted to help me by connecting to my computer via remote desktop.
I told him everytime he called that I can follow the list of instructions they ask me to follow to get my money without him connecting to my computer.
In the last email he sent me the instructions on how to download the remote desktop application.
Again, the email coming from Jessica.
I could probably get him into my game by playing his card, install a virtual machine, let him connect there and see what he is going to try to do. But I know their scenario already. They install a backdoor on your machine via the remote desktop you give them and then feed you a form which looks like a bank where you put your banking data. And you already understand what happens next.
Conclusion
This type of scam is not new. The scammers are always inventing new ways to get to your money. These type are low level knowledge ones which are easy to detect. Stay sharp and always ask for help if you find yourselves into such situation and you don't know how to proceed.