Hi All,
I recently received the following email,
Camera ready,Notification: 27-11-2017
Status: Waiting for Reply 83xuXaQy5A7f74wHnDmAkL8CrA2Oy92Yu3_Priority: Normal
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Good day.
I do not want to judge you, but consequently of few occasions, we have touchpoint from now. I do not think that caress oneself is very ill, but when all your acquaintances see it- its definitely bad.
So, closer to the point. You visited the website with роrn, which I’ve placed with the deleterious soft. After you clicked on a video, virus started working and your device became working as dedicated desktop since that moment. Obviously, all cams and screen started recording immediately and then my virus collected all contacts from your device.
I text you on this e-mail address, because I got it it with my soft, and I guess you for sure check this work address.
The most interesting point that I created video, on one side it shows your screen record, on another side your cams record. Its very funny. But it wasn’t so easy ,so I proud of it.
All in all- if you want me to delete all this compromising evidence, here is my Bitcoin wallet address- 18PS7u7ykNBy8CKifHF7E2ZdxwQbTPqRke (it must be without «spaces» or «=»,check it). If you do not know how to use it, you can ask google or youtube for advice- its very easy. It seems to me, that 330 usd will finish our problem and will destroy our point of contact in perpetuity. You have thirty hours after opening this message(I put tracking pixel in it, ill know when you read it). If you wont pay me, ill share the compromising with all contacts I’ve collected from you.
I do not think that cops can find me for only one day(not even 10 days), so think twice, you can lose your honor. Sorry for misprints, I am foreign.
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geraldine@hostzone.biz:------------------------------------
From online research it seems to suggest this is a phishing email and I haven't actually been recorded.
However, after receiving the email I did a scan of my computer and found a Trojan horse in the system.
I didn't pay anything and I have blocked the email address.
I'm now at 50 hours since I read the email and nothing has happened and I have had no further contact. If the scammer realised their email was blocked would they not just create a new one to keep hounding me?
I have set up search notifications on Google and nothing has come up but if the scammer has my address book I would assume they would email a video directly to my contacts and not need to upload it to youtube!?
This whole thing has made me ill. I can't express how bad I feel. My family and work contacts are in my address book.
I stay awake at night constantly checking my emails and searching my name on Google.