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Warning for all METAMASK users!
All pictures are real pictures of the e-mail I got and the support team.
More than once, I have received an e-mail from “MetamasK” saying that all accounts that are not KYC verified before February 9th will be suspended.
Know your customer- this is where they ask for a lot of private information and possibly pictures.
I am a very lazy person, so this usually gets put on my things to check in to or “do” lists. This time it was Valentine’s Day, so the deadline passed. I was worried that something might actually happen and my wonderfully convenient Metamask wallet be suspended. I was about to click the convent link when I checked the e-mail address and name. The e-mail was not a Metamask e-mail, and the name had improper punctuation. Time to double-check. Below is the actual e-mail with the punctuation mistakes.
*If you learn nothing from this story, remember to double-check before clicking any links connected to anything important.
I went to the Metamask community and searched KYC. Immediately, there was the question I wanted with an answer.
Remember, checking the support communities is usually faster than e-mail. Or in some cases, it has replaced e-mail.
For me, it was nothing new. I’ve received these from ApplE and AmaZon. These kinds of e-mails always have some bogus spelling, usually punctuation. The e-mail is also not from the company. For example, [email protected]
I also learned that Metamask will never ask for KYC or contact you through unsolicited e-mails. Unsolicited e-mails are those that are sent on mass.
So I hope this was useful. There are so many scams out there today, it can be difficult to trust others. When in doubt, check support! This will protect you and your information and investments.
One company I love, and I think it really has a good setup for customer verifying e-mails, is Crypto.com. They have a debit card and offer buying and selling crypto services. They actually have a word that you choose to be put on the top of every e-mail from them. If the e-mail doesn’t have your secret word, you know it’s fraudulent. I really think this is a simple and effective way to verify e-mails. They are worth checking out if you haven’t already. Here’s a link to their . If you use my reference code- sgzmvt6gyh, we both get $25.
If you want to learn more about security, specifically which is more secure passwords vs. passphrases, check out this article.
