Scare tactics are often used to threaten the user in the hope that they will hand over funds. The criminals behind this demand a ransom or else threaten to circulate the recording to their contacts (family, friends, colleagues etc). In this instance the victim receives an email suggesting they have been recorded through their webcam whilst watching adult websites. “I got an email for watching porn and masturbation asked me to transfer money otherwise posting my video”Įmail scams are becoming big business for cybercriminals and with the rise of anonymous currency such as bitcoin the bad guys often can’t be traced.Įxtortion phishing is the practice of obtaining something, money in particular, through force or threats via email.
“I got an email saying they had a video of me masturbating” “Got an email saying caught masturbating pay bitcoin” “Email saying they have accessed my webcam” “You may not know me and you are probably wondering why you are getting this e mail, right? I’m a hacker who cracked your email and devices a few months ago” We have listed below some common Google searches of these email scams, which we are seeing traffic for: Unfortunately there are lots of people who feel so threatened that they pay the money. The more vulnerable they make you (the recipient) feel, the more likely they are to receive their ransom request of payment. Surely if someone did have a video recording of you, they would send it to you as this would be proof. If they have listed one of your passwords within their email, it is likely that they’re using this as an attempt to make you feel like they have evidence against you. In this case, they have used watching porn as a way of humiliating their victims. The cybercriminals generate a threatening email, the more threatening the email the more likely people are to fall victim to it! They may not target their victims immediately after the data breach, they may decide to do it months or even years later. If a data breach has happened at some point (whether that be recent or in the past) your email address may have been exposed online.Ĭybercriminals gather ‘leaked data’ such as email addresses and passwords, and they then target these victims and use this information against them.
How and why have you received this threatening email?
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