Over the years, thousands of people have reported being targeted by hackers via email claiming to have recorded them watching porn online while masturbating. They claim to have done this with aid of camera access malware installed in your device which secretly opens your device camera while you are in you most private moments.
Not to drag this far, IT IS SIMPLY A SCAM AND FAKE THREATS FOR THAT MATTER. Do not panic. This e-mail is a rip-off that tries to trick you right into thinking that your electronic device or e-mail has been hacked, after that requires payment through BITCOIN otherwise they will certainly send out jeopardizing information -such as images of you caught through your internet camera or your pornographic surfing files – to all your loved ones. And in traditional ransomware fashion, there’s commonly a ticking clock. Providing individuals a short time frame to provide the payment and this is a very fine social engineering tactic.
To make these threats look and sound more convincing, these scammers may include your password/passwords from other online accounts from other websites. These scammers probably had your password from a past data leak or from other websites that might have been specifically targeted by them. If the password sent to you is currently been used by you, simply change it and no harm whatsoever will ever come to you. In fact the threat is very daring and the faint-hearted will fall prey to this. Thousands have already paid these hoax ransoms hence making the scamming business lucrative and motivating. Scammers have devised more sophisticated methods to to execute this and we wont be surprised if the next batch of these blackmailing emails come with a photo of you. But one thing is for sure, they never recorded you masturbating even though they claim to have and if they did wouldn’t you think you would include a screenshot to back up their claims? yes they would, they are scammers and that would help up their game. They don’t include that because they don’t have it. They wish they had it.
You might have visited a porn site or you might not have. What matters most is these scammers somehow spammed your email using ip address scanning tools which provides a map of ip’s visiting porn sites and these ip’s and then again scanned to reveal all emails created and managed through that specific ip address and this makes it very accurate in identifying users who visit porn sites. Clicking porn pop up ads is another way scammers can identify your ip address and its associated email addresses.
Below is an exact email sent to a victim (nothing altered, all grammatical errors presented below are from the original source).
Confidential message for: example@example.com
Recently you visited one of the porn websites I attacked with my Xploıt. When you started watching videos it executed payload on your device and installed a ʋirus I developed. As soon as I ίɳfected your ɗevίce, it started to act like a remote desktop with full read/write access. I gained access to your files, your email, contact lists and most importantly – your camera! My ʋirus started recording your web browser and your camera every time you ɱαstuŗbαted during last 2 weeks. While my ʋirus is not perfect it managed to record 6 videos clearly showing you ɱαstuŗbαting.. Call me whatever you want, a criminal or a dick, but this is just my job. I do this on regular basis and I recorded hundreds of people, but you are SPECIAL. Why? Because of the aberrant and perverse videos you were watching while ɱαstuŗbαting – you know what I mean! Now I am your master, and you are my slave.. Let me ask you a question. How would you feel if I upload to pornhub all the videos with you ɱαstuŗbαting and send the links to everyone on your contact lists – including your family and business partners? You don’t want me to do this, right ? There is only one way you can stop me from exposing your fantasies. You have to pαy. Let me be straightforward with you.
You know what Bitcoin is, right? Buy 2,000 USD worth of Bitcoin and send it to me immediately. You can buy Bitcoin in many places like Coinbase, CoinMama, Binance.. Google for ‘how to buy cryptocurrencies’. You can use your credit card or bank transfer. I am giving you 3 days to complete this payment, after which I will start uploading and sending your ɱαstuŗbαtion videos. Just imagine your family and collegues reaction to those videos ?
Save your life now! Transaction details are below:
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Send exαctly 0.200853 BTC to this Bitcoin address:
3PxmiHu6v2JamdYVZ6aYMMZfhPhQXo2dXt
Copy the address, it’s case sensitive.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
2,000 USD = 0.200853 BTC
Make sure to send exactly 0.200853 BTC to the address above so I know the payment is coming from you. As soon as you pαy I will deactivate the ʋirus and delete the compromising
videos, I will not bother you again. I promise. But what if you do not pay?
Well, running antiʋirus software will NOT help you. I already downloaded your contact lists, browsing history and your ɱαstuŗbαtion videos. You can be sure that I will use this material if I do not receive a payment from you. It will be fun to watch! Now move your ass and send the Bitcoin payment to me. If you need more time – just continue buying Bitcoin and sending transactions. Remember I have full access to your device and I am watching you!
The Virus Developer
Oh.. One more thing. Do NOT contact police – as soon as you do, I will immediately release the videos. You will be fucked and they will not find me – I know what I am doing.
With all these said, it is very appropriate to disregard ever paying the ransom but do not disregard tightening your information security so as to avoid aiding these scammers even further. Install anti virus software which has a malware scanning and removal feature on your system. If you cant do this then take your computer or phone to a pc shop to have it done for you.
The screenshot below is a Facebook post from a guy who believes he was truly recorded masturbating, He took it to himself to broadcast this information online to alert his family and friends about what was coming.
DON’T BE THAT GUY
It is true hackers can hack your computer and have recording access to your webcam but isnt done the way these scammers claim it is done. The real method of doing this is very specific and sophisticated. In fact one needs to be targeted and socially engineered into installing RATs for the hackers and these RATs in turn execute the recording. This is even more difficult to do with an anti virus installed. For a last resort action, cover your webcam with a tape as Mark Zuckerberg does it.
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