OK, Mr Hacker, release the video of me satisfying myself!
About an hour ago, I received an Email on a work Email address, that I only use for domain name registrations, so the hacker must have trawled the WHOIS. The Email claims that I have been hacked and that the hacker has access to my computer, including my microphone and webcam, and had recorded a video of me satisfying myself while visiting an adult site. Threatening to release the video to social media, if I do not send $500 in bitcoins to the hacker’s Bitcoin wallet. The Email reads as follows;
Hello!
I am a hacker who has access to your operating system.
I also have full access to your account.I’ve been watching you for a few months now.
The fact is that you were infected with malware through an adult site that you visited.If you are not familiar with this, I will explain.
Trojan Virus gives me full access and control over a computer or other device.
This means that I can see everything on your screen, turn on the camera and microphone, but you do not know about it.I also have access to all your contacts and all your correspondence.
Why your antivirus did not detect malware?
Answer: My malware uses the driver, I update its signatures every 4 hours so that your antivirus is silent.I made a video showing how you satisfy yourself in the left half of the screen, and in the right half you see the video that you watched.
With one click of the mouse, I can send this video to all your emails and contacts on social networks.
I can also post access to all your e-mail correspondence and messengers that you use.If you want to prevent this,
transfer the amount of $500 to my bitcoin address (if you do not know how to do this, write to Google: “Buy Bitcoin”).My bitcoin address (BTC Wallet) is: 17nhAbZGm4UmSVj5Zx8amwAbjVXcxG
tEAz After receiving the payment, I will delete the video and you will never hear me again.
I give you 50 hours (more than 2 days) to pay.
I have a notice reading this letter, and the timer will work when you see this letter.Filing a complaint somewhere does not make sense because this email cannot be tracked like my bitcoin address.
I do not make any mistakes.If I find that you have shared this message with someone else, the video will be immediately distributed.
Best regards!
Clearly, I don’t believe this is a genuine threat, it’s trying to scare me into paying up. I have shared this message with the whole world, so dear Mr. Hacker, please feel free to distribute the video of me enjoying a five knuckle shuffle. If anyone else gets one of these Emails, please ignore it, they don’t have anything on you, it’s classic scare tactics, where they hope you feel they might have something on you and pay up.
The most annoying thing about this nonsense is that people actually fall for these scams. I hate to think how many people go through with the scammers demands after this has been sent to probably tens of thousands of people each day. If it’s just 1 person, they win.