Blackmail attempts that can affect anyone!
Countless people have been receiving blackmail attempts for months. These blackmail attempts talk about dirty websites, videos from your own webcam and masturbation videos.
In terms of content, these emails are quite identical in the points described, but at the end they all demand hush money, which is to be paid in the form of Bitcoins. It should be said directly: It is not advisable to pay the blackmailer immediately.
Now a new variant has emerged again, which is as follows:
Hello, dear user of xxx.de.
We have installed RAT software on your device. At this time your email account is hacked (see “from address”, now I have access to your accounts). I have downloaded all confidential information from your system and I have received further evidence. The most interesting things I've discovered are videos of you masturbating.
I posted my virus on the porn site and then they installed it on your operating system. When you clicked the play button on porn video, at that moment my Trojan was downloaded to your device. Once installed, your front camera will record a video every time you masturbate; In addition, the software is synchronized with the video you have selected.
Currently, the software has collected all your contact information from social networks and email addresses.
If you need to delete all data collected from your system, send me $350 in BTC (cryptocurrency). This is my Bitcoin Wallet: 1Aq77aob4mxfgfuD7Cs12GN2gv82kBJmYW
You have 2 days after reading this letter.
After your transaction I will delete all your data. Otherwise I will send video with your pranks to all your colleagues and friends!!!
And from now on, be more careful!
Please only visit safe websites!
Bye!
Already known method
These blackmail attempts are not new. Similar emails appeared last year and the police also warned about this scam.
Bitcoins are still very popular – even among cybercriminals. Such emails are usually sent randomly to different people (with or without a personal salutation). No proof of the existence of the allegedly filmed material is provided. This means it cannot be clearly proven whether the blackmailers really have video material of the victims or not.
So far there has only been one similar case in which a user was actually blackmailed .
However, you can never rule out infection with malware. Because when you visit dubious sites, it can always happen that you get malware. Good virus protection protects users from this potential danger.
Should I pay the blackmailer?
It is not advisable to pay the blackmailer immediately. In addition to not relying on a criminal's word, any user who gives in to such a demand qualifies as a potential "permanent victim." to report such emails and other blackmail attempts immediately to the nearest police station .
The LKA Lower Saxony has also published some links where you can check for yourself whether your own email address appears in leaked databases:
But be careful: The pages do not claim to be complete, and leaked databases often only become known months or even years later, so unfortunately you cannot be completely safe if your own email address does not appear in the databases.
Result:
In most cases, such emails are pure attempts at fraud and the blackmailer does not have any juicy video footage of his victim.
Unfortunately, you can never completely rule out this possibility, so it makes sense to definitely report the blackmail to the police!
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