# [security] WalletConnect did not send the "airdrop" email

Source: https://twitter.com/WalletConnect/status/1749734325287858597
Kiwi News: https://news.kiwistand.com/stories/security-WalletConnect-did-not-send-the-airdrop-email?index=0x65af94e35cf2e77b52e090e3839944f06299ee4affab73dd01e0207c7dc53ae6a9a29b65
Submitted by freeatnet.eth on 2024-01-23 UTC, 5 upvotes, 0 comments

## Summary

WalletConnect says an email prompting recipients to open a link to claim an airdrop was not issued by WalletConnect or any of its affiliates. The company states that the link appears to lead to a malicious site. WalletConnect is working with Blockaid to investigate further and urges anyone who received the email not to interact with it in any way.

## Article

We’re aware of an email that appears to have been sent from an email address linked to WalletConnect prompting recipients to open a link to be able to claim an airdrop.

We can confirm that this email was not issued directly from WalletConnect or any WalletConnect affiliates, and that the link appears to lead to a malicious site.

We are working with @blockaid_ to investigate further.

While we continue to better understand the situation further we urge anyone who has received this email not to interact with it whatsoever.