On 27th March 2024, I received this spoofing email. It lists the sender as my own email address, and listed the recipient as an old password (which presumably was discovered in a data leak). The email is a classic sextortion scam, which is implausible in my case. It includes many red flag details, including not including my name, not giving any evidence of the claims, and a number of details intending to intimidate which fall flat on any scrutiny. None of my accounts were compromised, and no photos were ever shared. I did not respond to the email or pay anything to the Bitcoin address.

No scam happened, just reporting for awareness for if someone else gets that type of email.

Received email with a very old password of mine as the TO address with sextortion type details demanding money.

Is in my school email I only use for school stuff,Idk why they use this email

This person is claiming to be from Anonymous or their associate.

Email with blackmail asking for money

29 Mar 2024 06:46:18 (UTC): “Hello, You are in big trouble” sextortion email sent from own spoofed custom domain and originating from IP 102.45.222.38

General sextortion. They did spoof my email address.

29 Mar 2024 09:23:49UTC: scammer contacted us by e-mail impersonating us (sending from our own domain) with threatening content (e.g. blackmail, sextortion, ...) demanding payment to bitcoin address below Mail originating from IP: 123.112.96.210 (abuse report also sent to: zhaoyz3@chinaunicom.cn) Mail Subject: For your own safety, I highly recommend reading this email. First up to 512 characters of mail body: Hello, You are in big trouble. However, don't panic right away. Listen to me first, because there is always a way out. You are now on the radar of an international group of hackers, and such things never end well for anyone. I'm sure you've heard of Anonymous. Well, compared to us, they are a bunch of schoolboys. We are a worldwide network of several thousand professionals, each with their own role. Someone hacks corporate and government networks, someone cooperates with intelligence agencies on the

Usual sextortion email template, sender spoofing recipient, claiming to have installed spyware. The extortionist does not use my name/hasn’t matched my email address therewith. Here an excerpt of the beginning of the email: Subject: For your own safety, I highly recommend reading this email. Hello, You are in big trouble. However, don't panic right away. Listen to me first, because there is always a way out. You are now on the radar of an international group of hackers, and such things never end well for anyone. I'm sure you've heard of Anonymous. Well, compared to us, they are a bunch of schoolboys. We are a worldwide network of several thousand professionals, each with their own role. Someone hacks corporate and government networks, someone cooperates with intelligence agencies on the most delicate tasks, and someone (including me) deals with people like you to maintain the infrastructure of our group. "What kind of people like me?" - that is the question you are probably asking yourself now. The answer is simple: people who like to watch highly controversial and, shall we say, unconventional pornography on the internet that most normal people would consider perverted. But not you! In order to leave you without any doubts, I'll explain how I found it out. Two months ago, my colleagues and I installed spyware software on your computer and then gained access to all of your devices, including your phone. It was easy - one of those many pop-ups on porn sites was our work. I think you already understand that we would not write to an ordinary man who watches "vanilla" and even hardcore porn - there is nothing special about that. But the things you're watching are beyond good and evil. So after accessing your phone and computer cameras, we recorded you masturbating to extremely controversial videos. There is a close-up footage of you and a little square on the right with the videos you're pleasing yourself. However, as I said earlier, there is always a way out, because even the most degraded sinner deserves leniency. You are lucky today because I am not a sadist who enjoys other people's suffering. Only money matters to me. Here is your salvation: you must transfer $1450 in Bitcoin to this BTC cryptocurrency wallet: 16MCEmoXrJdevMHRAnj2RTUMoT45i3BoTw You have exactly 48 hours to make the payment, so think less, and do more.

29 Mar 2024 08:41:21UTC: scammer contacted us by e-mail impersonating us (sending from our own domain) with threatening content (e.g. blackmail, sextortion, ...) demanding payment to bitcoin address below Mail originating from IP: 176.101.146.125 (abuse report also sent to: tech@praha1.net) Mail Subject: For your own safety, I highly recommend reading this email. First up to 512 characters of mail body: Hello, You are in big trouble. However, don't panic right away. Listen to me first, because there is always a way out. You are now on the radar of an international group of hackers, and such things never end well for anyone. I'm sure you've heard of Anonymous. Well, compared to us, they are a bunch of schoolboys. We are a worldwide network of several thousand professionals, each with their own role. Someone hacks corporate and government networks, someone cooperates with intelligence agencies on the

Sextortion, very long story, I didnt pay ofcourse. TItle "For your own safety, I highly recommend reading this email."

29 Mar 2024 06:40:18UTC: scammer contacted us by e-mail impersonating us (sending from our own domain) with threatening content (e.g. blackmail, sextortion, ...) demanding payment to bitcoin address below Mail originating from IP: 14.50.123.17 (abuse report also sent to: irt@nic.or.kr) Mail Subject: For your own safety, I highly recommend reading this email. First up to 512 characters of mail body: Hello, You are in big trouble. However, don't panic right away. Listen to me first, because there is always a way out. You are now on the radar of an international group of hackers, and such things never end well for anyone. I'm sure you've heard of Anonymous. Well, compared to us, they are a bunch of schoolboys. We are a worldwide network of several thousand professionals, each with their own role. Someone hacks corporate and government networks, someone cooperates with intelligence agencies on the

29 Mar 2024 04:11:59UTC: scammer contacted us by e-mail impersonating us (sending from our own domain) with threatening content (e.g. blackmail, sextortion, ...) demanding payment to bitcoin address below Mail originating from IP: 45.4.141.24 (abuse report also sent to: contato@globaltelecom-mt.com.br) Mail Subject: For your own safety, I highly recommend reading this email. First up to 512 characters of mail body: Hello, You are in big trouble. However, don't panic right away. Listen to me first, because there is always a way out. You are now on the radar of an international group of hackers, and such things never end well for anyone. I'm sure you've heard of Anonymous. Well, compared to us, they are a bunch of schoolboys. We are a worldwide network of several thousand professionals, each with their own role. Someone hacks corporate and government networks, someone cooperates with intelligence agencies on the

29 Mar 2024 04:09:30UTC: scammer contacted us by e-mail impersonating us (sending from our own domain) with threatening content (e.g. blackmail, sextortion, ...) demanding payment to bitcoin address below Mail originating from IP: 167.86.140.41 (abuse report also sent to: registry@stc.com.sa) Mail Subject: For your own safety, I highly recommend reading this email. First up to 512 characters of mail body: Hello, You are in big trouble. However, don't panic right away. Listen to me first, because there is always a way out. You are now on the radar of an international group of hackers, and such things never end well for anyone. I'm sure you've heard of Anonymous. Well, compared to us, they are a bunch of schoolboys. We are a worldwide network of several thousand professionals, each with their own role. Someone hacks corporate and government networks, someone cooperates with intelligence agencies on the