Apparently there is this e-mail going around that is scaring people. Essentially it as the subject title with what may be a password you have used in the past for an old e-mail account. What scares a lot of people is that this password is indeed accurate at one point in time. With that they send you this template e-mail to scare you into giving them money as they allege that your computer has essentially been hacked.
How did they get this? At one point in time certain popular websites have had their database compromise. This resulted in thousands of names and passwords being leaked. So what this person has done is essentially take that list and blindly message everyone to hopefully scare them into giving them money. As always, just delete them if you ever get these messages. I must admit this one would probably fool a ton of people.
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From: I Know <IKnow37@5199.com>
Subject: You got recorded –
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Hey, I know your password is:Your computer was infected with my malware, RAT (Remote Administration Tool), your browser wasn’t updated / patched, in such case it’s enough to just visit some website where my iframe is placed to get automatically infected, if you want to find out more – Google: “Drive-by exploit”.
My malware gave me full access and control over your computer, meaning, I got access to all your accounts (see password above) and I can see everything on your screen, turn on your camera or microphone and you won’t even notice about it.
I collected all your private data and I RECORDED YOU (through your webcam) SATISFYING YOURSELF!
After that I removed my malware to not leave any traces.
I can send the video to all your contacts, post it on social network, publish it on the whole web, including the darknet, where the sick people are, I can publish all I found on your computer everywhere!
Only you can prevent me from doing this and only I can help you out in this situation.
Transfer exactly 1200$ with the cryptocurrency Monero (XMR) to my Monero (XMR) address.
You can easily buy Monero (XMR) here: www.anycoindirect.eu/en/buy-monero , www.bitnovo.com/buy-monero-online-en , www.localmonero.co , or Google for other exchanger.
You can send the Monero (XMR) directly to my address, or create your own wallet first here: www.mymonero.com , or here: www.cryptonator.com , www.freewallet.org , then receive and send to mine.It’s a very good offer, compared to all that horrible shit that will happen if I publish everything!
My Monero (XMR) address is:
Copy and paste my address, it’s (cAsE-sEnSEtiVE), yes that’s how the address looks like and you don’t need to include memo or something else.
I give you 4 days to transfer the Monero (XMR), because some exchanger want your verification first before you can buy Monero (XMR).
As I got access to this email account, I will know if this email has already been read.
If you get this email multiple times, it’s to make sure you read it, my mailer script has been configured like that and after payment you can ignore it.
After receiving the payment, I will remove everything and you can life your live in peace like before.Next time update your browser before browsing the web!
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