TIL;DR: There's a phishing attempt/airdrop scam (to claim your hard-earned PRE reward tokens) doing the rounds by email.

This morning was possibly the first time I logged into Presearch since the twelve days I was without Internet connection (due to a wireless router malfunction). On doing so, I was shown a notification warning that there's an email phishing attempt/airdrop scam doing the rounds, in which the perpetrators are trying to steal login credentials and syphon off PRE token search rewards into their own accounts. Since I have less than a thousand (1 000) PRE, it's going to take a long time to acquire that amount (68.1% done, at 0.01 PRE per search) and I'm generally smart/savvy enough to not fall for such scam attempts, I didn't pay it much attention and closed the notification. Given the number of phishing/spam/scam emails I get, I don't even pay attention to airdrops any more. If I lose out on one or two genuine ones, I figure it's worth not risking giving my details to thieves.

A few to several hours later, once I'd had breakfast and a cup of coffee, my brain switched on and I realised it might be a good idea to write a blog post to warn other people whom may not have seen the notification. However, I couldn't find the exact content of the warning (at least not by searching for it with Presearch). The closest I could find was a Reddit post from a little over a fortnight ago. (See the link in the "Resources" section.)

Warning: Don't give your crypto account/wallet details to anyone whom isn't a legitimate employee of the company/organisation in question, especially not by email (PGP-encrypted or otherwise)!

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