Received email asking us to pay USD 1495.

    • Dear community

    I have now received an email to my account twice,

    which is actually only for friends and family.

    MS Outlook automatically moved the message to the spam folder.

    He passed through Swisscom’s spam filter both times…

    We’re a little scared now.

    I’ve re-read a lot of things here:

    Federal Cybersecurity Office

    I have already searched for a vulnerability on the following sites:

    Identity Leak Checker

    ';–have I been pwned?

    Apparently the address wasn’t leaked!

    Would someone please be kind enough to calm us down a little? 😉

    Thank you very much in advance and kind regards

    Prior

    Below is the text:

    You got a new message

    xyz@abc.ch

    To [xyz@abc.ch](mailto:xyz@abc.ch) (Our email address)

    Remember to settle your accounts before the deadline.

    I regret to inform you about some sad news for you.

    Approximately a month or two ago I have succeeded in gaining a total access to all your devices used for browsing internet.

    Moving forward, I have started observing your internet activities on a continuous basis.

    Go ahead and take a look at the sequence of events presented below for your reference:

    Initially I want an exclusive access from hackers to a long list of email accounts (in today’s world, that is really a common thin g, which can be arranged via internet).

    Evidently, it wasn’t hard for me to proceed with logging in y our email account ([xyz@abc.ch](mailto:xyz@abc.ch)).

    Within the same week, I moved on with installing a Trojan virus in Operating Systems for all devices that you use to login to e-mail.

    Frankly spea king, it wasn’t a challenging task for me at all (since you were kind e nough to click s ome of the links in your inbox emails before).

    Yeah, geniuses are among us.

    Because of this T rojan I am able to ga in a access to entire set of controls in devices (e.g., your video camera, key board, microphone and others).

    As a result, I effortlessly d ownloade d all data, as well as photos, web bro wsing history and other types of data to my servers.

    Furthermore, I have access to all soci al ne tworks acc ounts that you or regular use, including luding emails, including chat history, me ssengers, contacts list etc.

    My unique virus is incessantly refr eshing its signature (due to con trol by a driver), and henc e remains undetected by any type of antivirus es.

    Henc e, I guess by now you can already see the re ason why I al ways remained undetected and until this very letter…

    During the process of compilation of the material associ ated with you, I also noticed that you are a huge source and regular user of websit es hosting nasty a lot of content.

    Turns out to be, you really love visiting porn websites, as well as watching ex quoting videos and enduring unforgettable pleasures.

    As a matter of fact, I was not able to withstand the t emptation, but to record certain nasty solo action with you in main role, and later produced a few videos ex posing your masturbation and cumming scenes.

    If until now you don’t believe me, all I n eed is one-two mouse clicks to make all those vide os with every one you know, including your friends, colleagues, relatives and others.

    Furthermore, I am able to upload all th at video content online for e veryone to see.

    I sincerely think, you certainly woul d not wi sh such incidents to take place, in view of the e lu stful things d emonstr ated in you r commonly w atched vid eos, (you absolutely know what I mean by that ) it will cause a huge adv ersity for you.

    There is still a solution to this matter, and here is what you need to do:

    You make a transaction of USD 1495 to my account (an equivalent in Bitcoins, which I recorded depending on the exchange rate at the date of funds transfer), hence upon receipt of the transfer, I will immediately get rid of all those lustful videos without delay.

    After that we can make it look like there was nothing happening beforehand.

    Additionally, I c an conf irm that all the Trojan software is going to be d isabled and erased from all devices that you use. You have nothing to worry about, because I keep my word at all times.

    That is actually a beneficial bargain that comes with a relatively reduced price, taking into account that your profile and traffic were under close monitoring during a long time frame.

    If you are still unclear regarding how to buy and per form transactions with bitcoin ns - every thing is a available online.

    Below is my bitcoin wallet for your ford her reference: 1EqSsMni GH wKU zpkC FWAfD gA 7BLZWPEAeU (without whitespaces)

    All you have is 2 days and the countdown begins once this email is o pened.

    The following l includes things you should remember and avoid doing:

    - There’s no point to try replying my email.

    - There’s no point in calling police or any ot her types of curi ty s services either. Further, don’t you dare s sharing this in fo with any of y our friends.

    If I discover that ( taking into consideration my skills, it will be really simple, because I control all your systems and continuously monitor them ) your nasty clip will be sha red with public straight awa y.

    - There’s no point in looking for me too - it won’t result in any success. Transactions with cryptocurrencies are completely anonymous and untraceable.

    - There’s no point in reinstalling your OS on devices or trying to throw them away. Th at won’t so lve th e issue, since all clips with you as ma in character a re already uploaded on remote server vers.

    Things that may be concerni ng you:

    - That funds transfer won’t be delivered to me.

    Breathe out, I can track down ev erything right away, so once funds transfer is finished, I wi ll know for sure, since I intermi nably track down all act ivitie s done by you (m y Trojan vi rus con trols all p rocesse s remotely, just as TeamVi ewer).

    - That your videos will be distributed, even though you have completed money transfer to my wallet.

    Trust me, it is worth it for me to still bother you after mon ey transfer is successful. Furthermore, if that was even part of my plan, I would do make it appen wa y sooner!

    We are going to approach and deal with it in a clear manner!

    In conclusion, I ’d like to rec ommend one more thi ng… after this y ou need to make certain you don’t get involved in simi lar kind of unpleasant events anymore!

    My r ecommen dation - ens ure all your r password ds are rep laced with new ones on a regular basis.

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    • @Prio wrote:

      In your opinion, can I assume that there were two spam emails?

      No - spam refers to unsolicited advertising emails, your example is so-called (fake) sextortion . These are empty threats, but unfortunately people always fall for them and pay the requested sum. Unfortunately, the Bitcoin wallet from your email has already received three payments.

      Therefore: simply ignore such emails. If you want to be on the safe side, you can change the email password. In this case there is no reasonable suspicion of a leaked password.

    @Prio

    You shouldn’t open such emails and browse around for a long time, but put them in the spam filter and then delete them.

    The virus scanner probably won’t find anything, but your email address may end up with dubious people.

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    @WalterB wrote:

    @Prio

    You shouldn’t open such emails and browse around for a long time, but put them in the spam filter and then delete them.

    The virus scanner probably won’t find anything, but your email address may end up with dubious people.

    Thanks @WalterB

    Both times MS Outlook automatically moved the message to the spam folder, removed the hyperlinks and converted the message to [Plain Text]. I then simply had this text translated using Google.

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    @Prio

    You can also put the email in the improved spam filter directly in WEB mail, but this only works if it has not been deleted in Outlook.

    WEB-Mail also now has a spam filter for abnormal domain names.

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    @WalterB wrote:

    You can also put the email directly in the WEB mail in the improved spam filter….

    Which “improved” spam filter?

    Do you know something that I don’t know? 🤔

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    ….keep on rockin'

    • WalterB has responded to this post.

      POGO 1104 wrote:

      @WalterB wrote:

      You can also put the email directly in the WEB mail in the improved spam filter….

      Which “improved” spam filter?

      Do you know something that I don’t know? 🤔

      As mentioned, you can now also put domain names in the spam filter.

      _**Domain Spamfilter.jpg

      **_

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        @WalterB wrote:

        @POGO 1104 wrote:

        @WalterB wrote:

        You can also put the email directly in the WEB mail in the improved spam filter….

        Which “improved” spam filter?

        Do you know something I don’t know? 🤔

        As mentioned, you can now also put domain names in the spam filter.

        But this is not an “improved” SPam filter. You can maintain black and white lists yourself.

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        ….keep on rockin'

        @Prio

        This is the translation, mostly threats.

        Of course, it wouldn’t hurt to change the passwords every now and then.

        Remember to pay your bills before Frist expires.

        Unfortunately, I have to tell you some sad news.

        About a month or two ago, I managed to get complete access to all your devices that you use to surf the Internet.

        As a result, I began to continuously monitor your internet activity.

        Check out the sequence of events listed below for your reference:

        First, I bought exclusive access to a long list of email accounts from hackers (in today’s world, this is really a common thing that can be arranged over the Internet).

        Apparently it was no problem for me to log into your email account (xyz@abc.ch).

        That same week, I began installing a Trojan into the operating systems of all the devices you use to log into email.

        Honestly, this wasn’t much of a challenge for me at all (since you were kind enough to click on some of the links in your email inboxes before).

        Yes, there are geniuses among us.

        Thanks to this Trojan I can access all controllers in devices (e.g. your video camera, keyboard, microphone and others).

        As a result, I downloaded all the data as well as photos, browsing history and other types of data to my servers with ease.

        In addition, I have access to all social network accounts that you regularly use, including emails, chat histories, messengers, contact lists, etc.

        My unique virus constantly updates its signatures (due to control by a driver) and therefore remains undetected by all types of antivirus programs.

        So I guess by now you can see the reason why I’ve always remained undiscovered until this letter…

        During the process of compiling all the materials related to you, I also noticed that you are a big supporter and regular user of websites that host explicit adult content.

        It turns out that you really love visiting porn websites, watching exciting videos and experiencing unforgettable pleasures.

        In fact, I couldn’t resist the temptation and recorded some dirty solo actions starring you and later produced a few videos showing your masturbation and orgasm scenes.

        If you haven’t believed me by now, it only takes me a click or two to make all these videos with everyone you know, including your friends, colleagues, relatives and others.

        Additionally, I can upload all of this video content online for everyone to see.

        I sincerely believe that you would certainly not wish such incidents to occur, given the lustful things shown in the videos you frequently watch (you know exactly what I mean by that), it will cause you great suffering.

        There is still a solution to this problem, and here is what you need to do:

        You are making a transfer of 1495 USD to my account (an equivalent in Bitcoins, which will be recorded on the day of the transfer depending on the exchange rate), so after receiving the transfer I will immediately and without delay delete all these lustful videos.

        Afterwards we can make it look like nothing happened before.

        Additionally, I can confirm that all Trojan software will be disabled and deleted from all devices you use. You don’t have to worry because I keep my word at all times.

        This is indeed an advantageous deal that comes with a relatively reduced price considering that your profile and traffic have been closely monitored over a long period of time.

        If you still don’t know how to buy Bitcoins and make transactions with them - everything is available online.

        Below you will find my Bitcoin wallet for your further reference: 1EqSsMni GH wKU zpkC FWAfD gA 7BLZWPEAeU (without spaces)

        You only have 2 days and the countdown begins as soon as this email is opened.

        The following list includes things to remember and avoid:

        - There’s no point in trying to answer my email.

        - There is no point in calling the police or other security services either. Also, don’t you dare share this information with any of your friends.

        If I find out (considering my skills, it will be really easy since I control all your systems and monitor them continuously), your nasty clip will immediately be shared with the public.

        - There’s no point in looking for me too - that won’t lead to success. Cryptocurrency transactions are completely anonymous and untraceable.

        - There is no point in reinstalling your operating system on devices or trying to throw them away. This won’t solve the problem because all clips with you as the main character are already uploaded to remote servers.

        Things that may worry you:

        - This transfer will not be delivered to me.

        Breathe out, I can

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        @Prio wrote:

        In your opinion, can I assume that there were two spam emails?

        No - spam refers to unsolicited advertising emails, your example is so-called (fake) sextortion . These are empty threats, but unfortunately people always fall for them and pay the requested sum. Unfortunately, the Bitcoin wallet from your email has already received three payments.

        Therefore: simply ignore such emails. If you want to be on the safe side, you can change the email password. In this case there is no reasonable suspicion of a leaked password.

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        Have you tried turning it off and on again?

        @PowerMac wrote:

        @Prio wrote:

        In your opinion, can I assume that there were two spam emails?

        No - spam refers to unsolicited advertising emails, your example is so-called (fake) sextortion. These are empty threats, but unfortunately people always fall for them and pay the requested sum. Unfortunately, the Bitcoin wallet from your email has already received three payments.

        Therefore: simply ignore such emails. If you want to be on the safe side, you can change the email password. In this case there is no reasonable suspicion of a leaked password.

        Thank you very much @PowerMac

        I probably asked too long and used the wrong term. 😞

        Me and my wife just wanted to know if I can/can ignore such messages.

        Now we are calm!

        Have a nice evening to you.

        Greeting

        Prior

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