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		welder on Nov 21, 2013 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bitcoin phishing attempt I also got this email and noticed it's from a bogus mail server: Received-SPF: softfail (google.com: domain of transitioning noreply@bitcoin.org does not designate 62.149.157.234 as permitted sender) Wonder why Google's spam filtering didn't catch it...

vertex-four on Nov 21, 2013 | [–]

Because bitcoin.org's SPF record's failure mode is set to "softfail" rather than "fail" [1]. According to Wikipedia, "Typically, messages that return a SOFTFAIL are accepted but tagged".

[1] http://mxtoolbox.com/SuperTool.aspx?action=mx%3abitcoin.org&...

benedikt on Nov 21, 2013 | [–]

Did the email you got contain the same "investment address"?

welder on Nov 21, 2013 | [–]

Yes

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