A blatantly fake phishing email from OpenSea (NFT)

I occasionally receive some phishing emails, most of which Gmail automatically classifies as spam. However, I often check the spam folder to make sure I haven’t missed any legitimate emails. Nowadays, Google’s algorithms are highly advanced, and their AI model (based on the Naive Bayes classification algorithm) boasts an accuracy rate of over 99%.

A phishing email from OpenSea claiming someone wants to buy my NFT for 0.55 ETH

Emails like this are obviously fake, and one major reason is that when emails are placed in the spam folder, images aren’t displayed, making them look even more suspicious. Of course, it is possible that some people’s email filters aren’t as smart, making them more susceptible to scams. Besides, I don’t even remember selling anything on OpenSea. I do recall that you can upload images on OpenSea, but minting them as NFTs requires paying a gas fee. Since I definitely didn’t pay any fees, this email is undoubtedly a scam.

I hope everyone stays cautious because there are far too many scammers out there. Casting a wide net is the simplest strategy for scammers: with enough attempts, even if the success rate is low, scamming just one person is a win for them. Small probability events inevitably occur when the sample size is large enough. While some emails look blatantly fake, this is also part of the scammer’s filtering tactic—they’re weeding out cautious individuals and targeting those who are less likely to question the scam.

There are many emails of the same type – different amount.

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