Pishing attempt vs GeniusFunds Members

-WARNING-

-This is a copy of a fake message from fake GeniusFunds Support-
-DO NOT TRUST THIS PISHING ATTEMPT-
-Do not click any links from this kind of messages-

Dear Genius Funds Client,


With great success comes great responsibility. Due to some hacking attempts at our database occurring lately, the administration of Genius Funds has taken a decision to implement some new security techniques in order to keep our community safe and sound for ages to come. A one-time account confirmation of every active account within our system will be processed, as the data submitted by every user will be verified manually by our Support staff. After successful verification, you will be notified by email on the outcome.

Please note that this verification is a one-time event, and having verified your account once, you will not be asked to do it again.

In order to proceed to the actual confirmation webpage, hit the verification link situated below. Fill out all the details and submit the form by hitting the "Login" button. Our support team will match the data provided, and an email will be on its way to notify you of the result.

Bear in mind that this account verification is not optional, and if you fail to verify your account until 28th July, it will be temporarily frozen, as well as the course of all the investments belonging to it. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause, but as always, security is the top priority for us, along with customer satisfaction.



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GENIUS FUNDS ACCOUNT CONFIRMATION AREA

GoldNuggetInvest ,no PANIC please

Latest Messages from the Admin of GoldNuggetInvest

I’d like to express my apologies first for all the inconvenience you have faced with GNI during the last couple of days!

Since the intruder was still able to post his ‘advertisement’ html on our site - even after we have changed all the passwords, we decided to reinstall our server from scratch. Everything has been done to ensure that you will have a pleasant experience with GNI in the future as you had in the past.

This was not the first attack of YOUR project GNI, which is fully dedicated to YOU, our trusted members - and it might not be the last attack we might face. But it was the worst one so far!

I have received many emails from concerned members and although I am repeating myself, I would like to address your concerns once again:

1. Our script is a front-end only! That means we use our script to communicate with our members. You deposit thru our script, you withdraw thru the script and you can follow your investments with GNI growing, but - and that is the important issue I do like to point out: That’s it! Just numbers on a screen. No real money, just ‘pixels’ on your screen. Your money is with our trusted payment processors, your money is with STP, with SP, with LR and PM or in our bank account - after you made a deposit into our project. A day or two later your funds are in transit between the various payment options and finally it is were it should be: in the accounts of the 70+ bookmakers we are currently working with, enabling us to place surebets with your funds. So there is no money in the script, if the intrude us or not, they wont gain a cent.

2. We have received the following email from the extortioners yesterday (just the usual nonsense, but I would like you to know):

hi Robert, please send to our LR U8896390 only the $35000 and we forward hack attack to the xxxxxxxxxx.com (they mentioned another investment program, I just removed the name). And you continue your work without any problems and your competitors will be is down. We serious people. If you have interest - you have 2 hours for transfer.

and a second one:

Robert you not stupid men lol only 35k and your website will be works great.

Of course I am not stupid, thats why I don’t give them a dime! A the end of the day we will know who are the SERIOUS people, despite the fact that these serious people should take English lessons first, before contacting us or any of our members at all :)

There are however some lessons we have learned over the last couple of days - as always in life you need to take some good news out of the bad, and so should it be. These intruders have shown us some vulnerabilities of the script and that is the positive aspect of this turmoil.

We are stronger then ever!

There was also a phishing emails sent out in the early morning hours of today. Some LibertyReserve Recovery Fund or whatsoever. Please note, that we never send out any emails with exe files to download and if you do so you might loose your LibertyReserve account balance. Unfortunately LibertyReserve, is not complying with internationally recognized ‘KYC -Know Your Customer’ regulations and transactions are irreversible. So if you click on any of such links you might loose your money! We have informed you in the past about such, so called phishing attempts, and any internet user should by now be aware of it. If you want to withdraw money from GNI you need to log in to you back office and request a withdrawal - and we will process it. Never click on any link telling you will get you money back, in fact they will steal money from you. Money you will never recover, due to Liberty’s Reserve policy, which I do not want to comment further.

To conclude this newsletter please allow me to state: GNI is for REAL! GNI will be there once all our competitors are GONE (and of course with the money members invested with them…). We are not going anywhere and our only aim is to offer you and your family a decent second income opportunity. That was our intention from day ONE and that will be our intention in the years to come!

Once again, please accept our apologies for all the inconvenience - but see the positive effects of the current events as well: It will make us stronger than ever!

I will keep you updated! All the best. Robert, Admin GNI.

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You may have received a malicious spam email in the last couple of hours, claiming to be from a team acting against spreading of various Ponzi schemes. They state that they used the vulnerability of mysql and broke into our database.

They are also reporting that they haven't found any trading activity with our script - what is by the way true, since the script is nothing more than a front end for our members and us as well, to manage and calculate your funds . Furthermore they are warning that our website will be closed in the near future, if not by us, by the senders group. And of course the obvious bla bla that you should withdraw you funds with us - and surprise surprise, they added three email addresses you may contact to receive information where to invest you money safely :)

This is the really important fact of this SPAM email - thats what it is!

It tells us that the only intention of the sender is to disturb our operation and to grab you intention to another investment program, which is for sure a PONZI scheme, since no serious entity is using the means of SPAM to get your intention.

GNI is operating for almost three years, is as you know a legally registered corporation and has proven over the time again and again that we are a serious and reliable second income opportunity.

There is absolutely no need to panic and nothing and NOBODY will shut us down, not as long as I am in charge of this operation. Since we went public last year we have been attacked, threatened and blackmailed on a weekly base. The last email we've received last Friday and the blackmailer tried to extort $20,000 from us. Most probably the email you have received is a result of this extortioner.

This is the downside of such an operation! Our only aim is and was to generate a second income for you, our trusted members and thus offering us an business opportunity to support our families as well. As you all know, we are working hard to achieve this goal and have always sorted out any obstacles along the way. And so we will do again - today as well as tomorrow!

We are currently investigating how this SPAMMER got access to our database and assure you that we will take all necessary steps to protect our members privacy and integrity, what unfortunately is not a simple task, in times where even government databases get compromised. We can however confirm that the database has not been altered.

I don't want to hide the fact that quite some of our esteemed members panicked and requested a withdrawal of their principal, as a result of this SPAM email, what is understandable, since you don't know what is going on. We have decided to sent all withdrawal requests back to our members account balances, giving you the opportunity to reconsider if you like to stay with us - or not, now where I got the chance to address this issue. If you still decide to withdraw your principle, please request it again and note that it might take up to 7 days to process principal withdrawal requests, depending on the availability of funds in our payment processor accounts. This is according to our TOS. We will process withdrawals again in the evening hours today (GMT timezone).

Finally let me express my warmest gratefulness to those member who expressed their support of GNI and are believing in our project. I have received many encouraging emails from trusted members. THANK YOU ALL!

With best regards,
Robert and TEAM