The recent phishing trend and wallet authorization basics

Recently, a phishing trend that’s attempting to mimic our wallet authorization emails has been making the rounds. To help users distinguish between what’s legitimate and what’s not, this post will serve as a primer on wallet login attempts, how the process works, and how to outsmart phishers.

The recent phishing trend

Phishing emails may look deceivingly authentic at first glance, but regardless of appearance their intention remains the same: to trick you into revealing your login credentials and providing a direct line to your personal information.

This recent phishing trend affecting Blockchain users appears to resemble our wallet authorization emails, which users receive as part of the wallet login process.

Legitimate authorization emails

All correspondence to our users is delivered from @blockchain.info or @blockchain.com domains. Currently, [email protected] is the origin of authorization emails, which are only sent if a login attempt was made with your wallet ID.

When you’re in the process of logging in and see “Please check your email to approve this login attempt”, that’s your cue to expect an authorization email (like the one below) from us.
Recently, a phishing trend that’s attempting to mimic our wallet authorization emails has been making the rounds. To help users distinguish between what’s legitimate and what’s not, this post will serve as a primer on wallet login attempts, how the process works, and how to outsmart phishers.

The recent phishing trend

Phishing emails may look deceivingly authentic at first glance, but regardless of appearance their intention remains the same: to trick you into revealing your login credentials and providing a direct line to your personal information.

This recent phishing trend affecting Blockchain users appears to resemble our wallet authorization emails, which users receive as part of the wallet login process.

Legitimate authorization emails

All correspondence to our users is delivered from @blockchain.info or @blockchain.com domains. Currently, [email protected] is the origin of authorization emails, which are only sent if a login attempt was made with your wallet ID.

When you’re in the process of logging in and see “Please check your email to approve this login attempt”, that’s your cue to expect an authorization email (like the one below) from us.