Usual spoofed email pretending to be from yourself, mentions a Trojan installed on the firmware which is nonsense and fake. Asks for a sum in bitcoin equivalent to $950 to prevent the release of videos - which don't exist. Asks you to send the sum in 48 hours - don't do this as it's a scam. Asks you not to contact law enforcement which as a responsible security consultant I did anyway and provided details of the host ip used to send the email (in Nigeria) - hopefully the local police will be knocking on the kala's door

Claimed to have evidence of me visiting porn sites and threatened to release it.

They claim I *need* to pay 950 USD for them to delete sexual videos of me. I know it's fake because the camera on my pc is physically covered all the time, and googling this BTC address and the email subject brings up multiple scam warnings from trusted and known sites. I'm just filing a report because it is the right thing to do.

blackmail scam

Blackmail E-Mail

Typical crap --- Hi there!\r\n\r\nI am a professional hacker and have successfully managed to hack your operating system.\r\nCurrently I have gained full access to your account. \r\n\r\nIn addition, I was secretly monitoring all your activities and watching you for several months. \r\nThe thing is your computer was infected with harmful spyware due to the fact that you had visited a website with porn content previously. ╭ ᑎ ╮\r\n\r\nLet me explain to you what that entails. Thanks to Trojan viruses, I can gain complete access to your computer or any other device that you own.\r\nIt means that I can see absolutely everything in your screen and switch on the camera as well as microphone at any point of time without your permission. \r\nIn addition, I can also access and see your confidential information as well as your emails and chat messages.

I am a professional hacker and have successfully managed to hack your operating system. Currently I have gained full access to your account. In addition, I was secretly monitoring all your activities and watching you for several months. The thing is your computer was infected with harmful spyware due to the fact that you had visited a website with porn content previously. Blah, blah, blah. Same poorly-spelled copy-paste bullshit that's been going around for years, written by some poor little cuckold with a penis so tiny and so limp that he envies the noodles in his chicken soup. I'm sure he's trying desperately to impress someone by scamming people, but really all he's going to do is break down crying while he's masturbating into the toilet over how pathetic his life truly is.

Received:from fm-dyn-111-94-163-251.fast.net.id (fm-dyn-111-94-163-251.fast.net.id [111.94.163.251] (may be forged))\r\nSubject:Your personal data has leaked due to suspected harmful activities

Received the following email. The aforementioned bitcoin account is used for payment of a ramson, I would appreciate appropriate action being taken.\r\n\r\nSubject: Your personal data has leaked due to suspected harmful activities.\r\n\r\nI am a professional hacker and have successfully managed to hack your operating system.\r\n\r\nCurrently I have gained full access to your account. \r\n\r\nIn addition, I was secretly monitoring all your activities and watching you for several months. \r\nThe thing is your computer was infected with harmful spyware due to the fact that you had visited a website with porn content previously.\r\n\r\n[...]\r\n\r\nI have made a video compilation, which shows on the left side the scenes of you happily masturbating, while on the right side it demonstrates the video you were watching at that moment..ᵔ.ᵔ\r\n\r\nAll I need is just to share this video to all email addresses and messenger contacts of people you are in communication with on your device or PC. \r\nFurthermore, I can also make public all your emails and chat history.\r\n\r\nI believe you would definitely want to avoid this from happening. \r\n\r\nHere is what you need to do - transfer the Bitcoin equivalent of 950 USD to my Bitcoin account (that is rather a simple process, which you can check out online in case if you don't know how to do that).\r\n\r\nBelow is my bitcoin account information (Bitcoin wallet): 1AsRkzQSorZAc66fdXof9NHTNJdU4T8nC8\r\n\r\nOnce the required amount is transferred to my account, I will proceed with deleting all those videos and disappear from your life once and for all. \r\nKindly ensure you complete the abovementioned transfer within 50 hours (2 days +). \r\nI will receive a notification right after you open this email, hence the countdown will start.\r\n\r\nTrust me, I am very careful, calculative and never make mistakes.\r\nIf I discover that you shared this message with others, I will straight away proceed with making your private videos public.\r\n\r\nGood luck!

I am a professional hacker and have successfully managed to hack your operating system.\r\nCurrently I have gained full access to your account. \r\nIn addition, I was secretly monitoring all your activities and watching you for several months.

Hi there! I am a professional hacker and have successfully managed to hack your operating system. Currently I have gained full access to your account. In addition, I was secretly monitoring all your activities and watching you for several months. The thing is your computer was infected with harmful spyware due to the fact that you had visited a website with porn content previously. ╭ ᑎ ╮ Let me explain to you what that entails. Thanks to Trojan viruses, I can gain complete access to your computer or any other device that you own.

Hi there! I am a professional hacker and have successfully managed to hack your operating system. Currently I have gained full access to your account.

Obviously fake claim that computer was hacked and personal data stolen. Demand for $950 USD in bitcoin transferred to wallet above or information would be released

Standard email spoofing

Common mail you've been hacked Return-Path: <me> Received: from host-92-30-176-198.as13285.net [92.30.176.198] tby b-4.in.mailobj.net [192.168.90.14] with ESMTP tvia ip-206.mailobj.net [213.182.55.206] tfor <me>; Fri, 23 Dec 2022 19:28:00 +0100 (CET) X-EA-Recv: time=1671820080;block(87,0,0,3)=0;adbook=1 Message-ID: <232CBE5364B1C1898614F9CE1B6B232C@PXWJFXQJ4U8> From: <me> To: <me> Subject: Your personal data has leaked due to suspected harmful activities. Date: 23 Dec 2022 17:02:42 -0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; tboundary= ----=_NextPart_000_0037_01D916FC.02D43DFB X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 15.4.3508.1109 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V15.4.3508.1109