email blackmail attempt

[rolexpatek363]

Hi guys,

A couple of days ago I received a scam email as below:


Hello!

My nickname in darknet is kenyon44.
I hacked this mailbox more than six months ago,
through it I infected your operating system with a virus (trojan) created by me and have been monitoring you for a long time.

So, your password from *my email address* is *an old password I used to use*

Even if you changed the password after that - it does not matter, my virus intercepted all the caching data on your computer
and automatically saved access for me.

I have access to all your accounts, social networks, email, browsing history.
Accordingly, I have the data of all your contacts, files from your computer, photos and videos.

I was most struck by the intimate content sites that you occasionally visit.
You have a very wild imagination, I tell you!

During your pastime and entertainment there, I took screenshot through the camera of your device, synchronizing with what you are watching.
Oh my god! You are so funny and excited!

I think that you do not want all your contacts to get these files, right?
If you are of the same opinion, then I think that $899 is quite a fair price to destroy the dirt I created.

Send the above amount on my BTC wallet (bitcoin): 1NXNt72qfMhPZDffUEqryCYpEUzyR6LmgH
As soon as the above amount is received, I guarantee that the data will be deleted, I do not need it.

Otherwise, these files and history of visiting sites will get all your contacts from your device.
Also, I'll send to everyone your contact access to your email and access logs, I have carefully saved it!

Since reading this letter you have 48 hours!
After your reading this message, I'll receive an automatic notification that you have seen the letter.

I hope I taught you a good lesson.
Do not be so nonchalant, please visit only to proven resources, and don't enter your passwords anywhere!
Good luck!

Message ends.

Obviously, I sent no money as I know this is a scam. And equally obviously I would never behave as he is suggesting

I contacted abuse@microsoft.com who want me to send the original email as an attachment so they can examine the message header. Try as I might, I cannot devise a way of attaching the original unopened email to a new email.

I've opened the header and copy-pasted it to a new email, but this is rejected as undeliverable by microsoft's mailbox because it's identified as containing spam.

Can someone please instruct me as to how to attach an unopened Outlook email to a new Outlook email message?

[dan993]

Got a similar email detailing an old password. Only problem was my computer is so old it doesn't have a webcam! Just to be clear I have never visited those sites officer

[Knappo 1307]

Can you image if Paul was sent this?

[SDRider]

Try to compose a new e-mail and drag the other e-mail into the new one to attach it. If you make the windows smaller you should be able to have both open side by side so you can drag the other file into the new e-mail you are composing.

[superdog]

Received something super similar.

It was disconcerting at first.

[sco]

This is one of those where someone actually send the cash, and then in six months they are threatened again and again. It's a shame people are so bad sometimes...

[michaelodonnell123]

Pay him 899 Rupees.

[TheVTCGuy]

Originally Posted by Knappo 1307

Can you image if Paul was sent this?

Wait! You mean I paid $899 for nothing!!!!!!??????

[brandrea]

I got the same email ... guilty as charged

[rolexpatek363]

Originally Posted by SDRider

Try to compose a new e-mail and drag the other e-mail into the new one to attach it. If you make the windows smaller you should be able to have both open side by side so you can drag the other file into the new e-mail you are composing.

Bingo! Thanks.

However, even doing that results in the message being rejected as undeliverable...



It would be great to nail this lowlife, but it looks like it aint happening.

[TheVTCGuy]

Here is a question though, they really had your old password? I wonder how they got that?

[CoveWatch]

Nice heads up. Have not received it but will be on the lookout now. Thank you!

[rolexpatek363]

Originally Posted by TheVTCGuy

Here is a question though, they really had your old password? I wonder how they got that?

Yep, it was definitely a password I used to use. That was the most unsettling part.

A data breach from a few years ago, I guess. Put your email in the link below, and you'll see.

Data breach, er data, is sold to criminals on the dark web, I gather.

It pays to change your password and keep antivirus up to date.

Even if what he claimed was true, I would never ever pay up. It just leads to further demands for cash if you do.

https://haveibeenpwned.com/

[TheVTCGuy]

My 85 year old parents are constant targets of scammers; to prey on the elderly is beyond despicible and I have trouble considering the perpitrators human beings. If I could ever get my hands (literally) on one of those that did, I could and would do a lot of bad things with a clear conscious. I don’t want to hear about they are all poor people from India or whatever, I believe in Karma, and when you do bad things then bad things should happen to you.

[rolexpatek363]

Originally Posted by CoveWatch

Nice heads up. Have not received it but will be on the lookout now. Thank you!

No problem. It's actually quite a widespread scam.

https://www.mirror.co.uk/tech/phishi...using-12928730

[SDRider]

Originally Posted by TheVTCGuy

My 85 year old parents are constant targets of scammers; to prey on the elderly is beyond despicible and I have trouble considering the perpitrators human beings. If I could ever get my hands (literally) on one of those that did, I could and would do a lot of bad things with a clear conscious. I don’t want to hear about they are all poor people from India or whatever, I believe in Karma, and when you do bad things then bad things should happen to you.

I completely agree.

[rolexpatek363]

Originally Posted by TheVTCGuy

My 85 year old parents are constant targets of scammers; to prey on the elderly is beyond despicible and I have trouble considering the perpitrators human beings. If I could ever get my hands (literally) on one of those that did, I could and would do a lot of bad things with a clear conscious. I don’t want to hear about they are all poor people from India or whatever, I believe in Karma, and when you do bad things then bad things should happen to you.

I couldn't agree more.

Meanwhile, the 48hr deadline for payment has passed, and my wife is complaining that she hasn't yet received any of my juicy secrets!

[Carrera911]

I have this installed on my webcam:
https://www.amazon.com/Nkomax-Ultra-.../dp/B07BSNH8GH

[Chiboy]

Since I seldom use FaceTime, I think I’ll put a bit of duct tape on my camera.

[AK797]

Pay them? If people want to see me in that condition I expect to get paid!

This scam is so common now it was in the papers.

[superdog]

Originally Posted by TheVTCGuy

Here is a question though, they really had your old password? I wonder how they got that?

They had my old password too.

One that I had not used in many years.

It’s what messed me up a bit. Before I did some homework and realized it’s a scam.

[V25V]

I got it as well, my webcam is always covered by tape, always has been. Figured it was a scam and quick google confirmed.

https://www.businessinsider.com/new-...bitcoin-2018-7

[Sprta]

This is a crime and should be reported to the FBI internet complaint dept. since they gave their wallet address they can be tracked and caught.
Received a similar email and reported it to both the FBI and my state police.

[rootbeer7]

I passed mine onto the lady who emailed me from Nigeria who was due to inherit £20billion. I thought together they’d make sweet music.

[rolexpatek363]

Originally Posted by Sprta

This is a crime and should be reported to the FBI internet complaint dept. since they gave their wallet address they can be tracked and caught.
Received a similar email and reported it to both the FBI and my state police.

Putting the bitcoin wallet address into google yielded this, inter alia.

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskNetsec/c...this_email_is/

https://www.bitcoinabuse.com/reports...R6LmgH?page=11

One thing I forgot to mention in my OP is that the scam email appeared to come from my own email address (spoofing). You live and learn.

It looks to me like the source of the data breach is good old useless LinkedIn.

[stockae92]

Somehow this is the response I have in mind ...

[bayerische]

I've already paid 50K, but this guy keeps sending me these. Should I keep paying him?

[uscmatt99]

Thanks for the heads-up and link to the pwned site.

[Baco Noir]

Originally Posted by bayerische

I've already paid 50K, but this guy keeps sending me these. Should I keep paying him?

Yes, I am still $100k short for the Richard Mille Erotic (Ref RM69) that I have on order! Keep the payments coming or else!

[rolexpatek363]

13 people in the past four days have paid so far:

https://bitref.com/1NXNt72qfMhPZDffUEqryCYpEUzyR6LmgH