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A new scamming email
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worried_jim
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I've been sent a new scamming email. Normally no issue just delete but this has a password that I have used to grab my attention (i've replaced it with XXXXXXX) although I haven't used this password for a number of years. Clearly (I hope) its a phishing exercise but I have ran Malwarbytes just in case and done a full system scan with Avast which has shown no issues.
Now I don't have a webcam so I am discounting the threat but is there anything else I should do?
Message in full-
XXXXXXX is your pass. Lets get right to purpose. Absolutely no one has compensated me to investigate about you. You don't know me and you're most likely thinking why you're getting this e-mail?
Let me tell you, I setup a malware on the 18+ video clips (!!!!!!) web site and there's more, you visited this website to experience fun (you know what I mean). While you were watching video clips, your web browser began working as a RDP that has a keylogger which gave me accessibility to your display screen and web cam. Immediately after that, my software program obtained your entire contacts from your Messenger, Facebook, as well as emailaccount. And then I made a double video. First part shows the video you were viewing (you have a fine taste omg), and 2nd part displays the view of your webcam, & it is you.
There are just two solutions. We will study these types of solutions in details:
Very first solution is to disregard this e mail. In this situation, I am going to send out your very own recorded material to all your your personal contacts and thus just think regarding the shame you will definitely get. And definitely if you are in a relationship, exactly how it can affect?
2nd choice is to compensate me $7000. We are going to call it a donation. Then, I will without delay delete your video. You could keep your way of life like this never took place and you will not hear back again from me.
You will make the payment through Bitcoin (if you don't know this, search for "how to buy bitcoin" in Google search engine).
BTC Address: 13NQCvahxwyPKSQtcfoEuWSMJEoRwGn83V
[case-SENSITIVE copy and paste it]
If you have been curious about going to the cops, well, this e-mail can not be traced back to me. I have covered my steps. I am not trying to charge you a huge amount, I simply prefer to be paid for. I've a specific pixel in this email message, and now I know that you have read this email message. You now have one day in order to pay. If I don't get the BitCoins, I will definitely send out your video recording to all of your contacts including members of your family, coworkers, and so on. Nonetheless, if I do get paid, I'll erase the recording immediately. If you need evidence, reply with Yes! and I definitely will send your video recording to your 13 contacts. This is the non:negotiable offer and thus please do not waste mine time and yours by responding to this email.
Now I don't have a webcam so I am discounting the threat but is there anything else I should do?
Message in full-
XXXXXXX is your pass. Lets get right to purpose. Absolutely no one has compensated me to investigate about you. You don't know me and you're most likely thinking why you're getting this e-mail?
Let me tell you, I setup a malware on the 18+ video clips (!!!!!!) web site and there's more, you visited this website to experience fun (you know what I mean). While you were watching video clips, your web browser began working as a RDP that has a keylogger which gave me accessibility to your display screen and web cam. Immediately after that, my software program obtained your entire contacts from your Messenger, Facebook, as well as emailaccount. And then I made a double video. First part shows the video you were viewing (you have a fine taste omg), and 2nd part displays the view of your webcam, & it is you.
There are just two solutions. We will study these types of solutions in details:
Very first solution is to disregard this e mail. In this situation, I am going to send out your very own recorded material to all your your personal contacts and thus just think regarding the shame you will definitely get. And definitely if you are in a relationship, exactly how it can affect?
2nd choice is to compensate me $7000. We are going to call it a donation. Then, I will without delay delete your video. You could keep your way of life like this never took place and you will not hear back again from me.
You will make the payment through Bitcoin (if you don't know this, search for "how to buy bitcoin" in Google search engine).
BTC Address: 13NQCvahxwyPKSQtcfoEuWSMJEoRwGn83V
[case-SENSITIVE copy and paste it]
If you have been curious about going to the cops, well, this e-mail can not be traced back to me. I have covered my steps. I am not trying to charge you a huge amount, I simply prefer to be paid for. I've a specific pixel in this email message, and now I know that you have read this email message. You now have one day in order to pay. If I don't get the BitCoins, I will definitely send out your video recording to all of your contacts including members of your family, coworkers, and so on. Nonetheless, if I do get paid, I'll erase the recording immediately. If you need evidence, reply with Yes! and I definitely will send your video recording to your 13 contacts. This is the non:negotiable offer and thus please do not waste mine time and yours by responding to this email.
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Cool! Thanks. Yahoo breach years ago. I was worried that either the donkey !!!!!! or tranny !!!!!! would leak. Phew! Back to safely watching donkeys in dresses tonight!0 -
And the rest, there have been loads of breaches, bet some are not even reported, and others played down too.worried_jim wrote: »Yahoo breach years ago.
from https://www.csoonline.com/article/2130877/data-breach/the-biggest-data-breaches-of-the-21st-century.html
Apparently around 30000 breaches. For a fuller list
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_data_breaches0 -
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I've seen a few of these new threads in the last week or so, maybe some kind of sticky could be set up by a mod. I got one months ago, and while I knew it was just phishing, it was unnerving. Needless to say a person's achilles heel would be using the same password for multiple sites...
Why am I in this handcart and where are we going ?0
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