Roughly several months ago I have managed to get a complete access to all devices that you use to browse internet.Īfterwards, I have proceeded with monitoring all internet activities of yours. Unfortunately, I have some unpleasant news for you. Text presented in the “You have an outstanding payment. Scammers can use reputable services, change and personalize the content of each message, and avoid including links or attachments – all in an attempt to bypass security. Such attacks can be personalized and sent out in smaller numbers to avoid detection.
As with many other types of scams, scammers are evolving their methods to deliver their messages to potential victims. Typically, sextortion scams are sent via email, thousands at a time, and are part of larger spam campaigns. Therefore, recipients are not in danger, the message and similar messages can be safely ignored. All claims and threats made in this message are false. As stated above, the email message is just a sextortion scam. The attacker threatens to send this video to the victim’s friends, relatives and even colleagues unless the victim pays the ransom to the bitcoin address provided in the message.
The sender claims that he was able to install a Trojan virus on the victim’s computer, which allowed him to take complete control of the computer and record a video in which the victim masturbates while browsing porn websites and watching dirty videos. Debt settlement required” email says that someone has been watching the recipient for the past couple of months.