I received a spam email this morning. While this one came from important@williehowell.com, which is an address completely unfamiliar to me, the message itself was not unfamiliar at all. I’ve received a half-dozen of these in the past two weeks.<\/p>\n
It’s a sextortion scam.<\/p>\n
Read on.<\/p>\n
It appears that, [REDACTED], is your password. May very well not know me and you are most likely wondering why you’re getting this e mail, right?<\/p>\n
in fact, I put in place a malware over the adult vids (adult porn) website and guess what, you visited this website to have fun (you really know what I mean). Whilst you were watching videos, your internet browser started out functioning as a RDP (Team Viewer) which provided accessibility to your screen and webcam. and then, my software programs obtained all of your contacts from the Messenger, Outlook, Facebook, as well as emails.<\/p>\n
What did I actually do?<\/p>\n
I created a double-screen video recording. 1st part shows the recording you’re watching (you’ve got a good taste haha . . .), and Second part shows the recording of your webcam.<\/p>\n
what exactly should you do?<\/p>\n
Well, in my opinion, $1000 is a reasonable price for our little secret. You’ll make the payment by Bitcoin (if you do not know this, search “how to buy bitcoin” in Google).<\/p>\n
Bitcoin Address: 1EMyC92th1NRyPVHawhhqkTUcJsEVwD637
\n(It is case sensitive, so copy and paste it)<\/p>\nVery important:
\nYou have 1 day in order to make the payment. (I’ve a unique pixel in this e mail, and at this moment I know that you have read this email message). If I do not get the BitCoins, I will certainly send your video recording to all of your contacts including family, co-workers, and so forth. Having said that, if I get the payment, I’ll destroy the video immidiately. If you need evidence, reply with “Yes!” and I will undoubtedly send your videos to your 6 contacts. It is a non-negotiable offer, that being said don’t waste my personal time and yours by responding to this message.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nKrebs on Security<\/a> explains the scam, and I won’t go into details. The email is self-explanatory.<\/p>\n
The password in the email was a real password that I used… about ten years ago.<\/p>\n
But, there’s a lot of silliness involved here.<\/p>\n
First, I don’t even have a camera attached to my computer. I never have.<\/p>\n
Second, the email account with the compromised passwords was one of my throwaway accounts.<\/p>\n
Third, the “unique pixel” threat made me laugh my ass off; this scam email, like the others I’ve received, were in plain text. There’s no tracking pixel, and no way to embed one.<\/p>\n
In short, this scam depends on the recipient’s gullibility.<\/p>\n
Delete. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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