Go to police.
They start to put a real (in my case very old) password ....
Topic: Do not send bitcoins to extortionists (Read 430 times)
lmao just received the email too few hours ago, with a wrong password ofc and this 12ziVv4aQkZTA1gj86Y9uYQByG4CcdVcTA address to pay 960$ to keep my “secrets”
the sad part is that the scammer already earned more than 4k with this address
the sad part is that the scammer already earned more than 4k with this address
I received an email of the kind on an old account I never really use, which pretty much only receives trash now days. I checked the BTC address on bitcoinabuse.com, and it has receives 16 reports in less than 24 hours. In this case, the scammer provides a password that at some point I did use, which is not the account’s current password (nor do I believe it ever was).
Likely, the password and email are extracted from some site I registered to ages ago, the database was stolen/sold, and the scammer is using that info for his personalized emails. Many people use the same password everywhere and seldom change them, giving the impression that the email account has been compromised if the access codes are the same on multiple sites including the email account itself (which they shouldn’t).
Likely, the password and email are extracted from some site I registered to ages ago, the database was stolen/sold, and the scammer is using that info for his personalized emails. Many people use the same password everywhere and seldom change them, giving the impression that the email account has been compromised if the access codes are the same on multiple sites including the email account itself (which they shouldn’t).
The addy they used for me was an old sock puppet account I set up here a long time ago and hardly every used. They took a guess at the password but got it wrong I believe (but am to lazy to confirm.)
Know that bitcointalk.org has been hacked multiple times and the password/user database has been stolen (Thermos can correct me if I'm wrong about this.) Once and attacker has such a thing they can start trying to crack the passwords at a high rate of speed...and with alarming results...so use damn good passwords for important things people!
I think that after one of the earlier hacks the password database itself was locked down a little bit better than nothing, but in actual fact I've never had to work on such a project and am way out-of-date on current the current state-of-the-art and best practices these days.
I received an email of the kind on an old account I never really use, which pretty much only receives trash now days. I checked the BTC address on bitcoinabuse.com, and it has receives 16 reports in less than 24 hours. In this case, the scammer provides a password that at some point I did use, which is not the account’s current password (nor do I believe it ever was).
Likely, the password and email are extracted from some site I registered to ages ago, the database was stolen/sold, and the scammer is using that info for his personalized emails. Many people use the same password everywhere and seldom change them, giving the impression that the email account has been compromised if the access codes are the same on multiple sites including the email account itself (which they shouldn’t).
Likely, the password and email are extracted from some site I registered to ages ago, the database was stolen/sold, and the scammer is using that info for his personalized emails. Many people use the same password everywhere and seldom change them, giving the impression that the email account has been compromised if the access codes are the same on multiple sites including the email account itself (which they shouldn’t).
It can be a trick too so that people get an intention, "omg! the guy has blackmailed other peoples too."
I doubted that, if you get caught at the end, witch you never know if it will happen, then all those "fake" transaction have to be proven.
Oh no, this should be put to stop even if we say that only dumb people will going to fall into this. The scammer has even raised 1.7 BTC now and still counting. The person behind this should be jailed.
Probably the best thing to do is to ignore this kind of email. Avoid answering this kind of email.
Probably the best thing to do is to ignore this kind of email. Avoid answering this kind of email.
You only need to worry about this, if you doing something illegal. Watching porn is not illegal in most countries, if you are going to legal sites, so you do not have to pay these people anything, even if it was a legit hack.
The thing is, a lot of people do not cover their webcam, when they masturbate to porn and these people know that, so they send mass emails in the hope that they catch one of those people. Then they tell them that they would post the videos on their social media accounts, if they do not pay them.
Tip : Cover your webcam and Stay away from illegal content.
The thing is, a lot of people do not cover their webcam, when they masturbate to porn and these people know that, so they send mass emails in the hope that they catch one of those people. Then they tell them that they would post the videos on their social media accounts, if they do not pay them.
Tip : Cover your webcam and Stay away from illegal content.
Omg ... Last time I checked there were 0.6BTC
Now they are over 1.7BTC
I start wondering what kind of porn all those people are watching??
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/1DVU5Q2HQ4srFNSSaWBrVNMtL4pvBkfP5w
It can be a trick too so that people get an intention, "omg! the guy has blackmailed other peoples too." Now they are over 1.7BTC
I start wondering what kind of porn all those people are watching??
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/1DVU5Q2HQ4srFNSSaWBrVNMtL4pvBkfP5w
Omg ... Last time I checked there were 0.6BTC
Now they are over 1.7BTC
I start wondering what kind of porn all those people are watching??
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/1DVU5Q2HQ4srFNSSaWBrVNMtL4pvBkfP5w
Now they are over 1.7BTC
I start wondering what kind of porn all those people are watching??
https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/1DVU5Q2HQ4srFNSSaWBrVNMtL4pvBkfP5w
I did a whois to see who owned the address block, then forwarded the message with full headers to their abuse@ with a suggestion to check their logs and deal appropriately with user.
With some luck, the idiot will have their cell phone go dead and have trouble getting another sim, but most likely abuse@ goes unread and if it does get read the person reading it will have no idea what a 'log' is.
That is stupid hacker only. Why they send that on email ? its just very useless trick. I think they only fake hacker 
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I thought same thing, until i checked hacker address for extortion. People actually send him money.. This is just crazy, how lack of knowledge can lead to empty pocket.
Unfortunately the trick works and the scammer gets bitcoins https://www.blockchain.com/btc/address/1DVU5Q2HQ4srFNSSaWBrVNMtL4pvBkfP5w
The scammer has almost a whole bitcoin now. I can't believe how stupid some people can be.
There is another shady site that comes up when you do a google search for the bitcoin address:
Code:
https://howtoremove.guide/remove-1dvu5q2hq4srfnssawbrvnmtl4pvbkfp5w/
It claims to remove the malware, but there probably wasn't any malware to begin with... Until you follow the instructions on that page.
It's also important to note; SSL certificates for a website are easy to get, even for anonymous scammers. Just because a site has "https" doesn't make it safe.
I got one version of this mail and it didn't go to junk, "luckily" there's many people who's had the same mail so just a quick googling showed that it was fake.
although it should be informed more publically, likely many people has no idea what bitcoin is (i.e doesn't come on this site)
although it should be informed more publically, likely many people has no idea what bitcoin is (i.e doesn't come on this site)
One of my colleagues got one and he was really scared. He said that there in the email was his real password.
He never visit any pornsites, but the fact that his password was there got him.
I guess many fall for this because till now the sum in the bitcoin wallet is 0.65696989 BTC
This is insane.
He never visit any pornsites, but the fact that his password was there got him.
I guess many fall for this because till now the sum in the bitcoin wallet is 0.65696989 BTC
This is insane.
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They sometimes use a different address on a 1 to 1 scam attempt basis. On this occasion though, it was probably an email attempt to many users (with a rather weak argument). The scammer is not a pro, so he used the same address (likely he doesn’t know how to generate multiple addresses and then use a different one on each occasion). A pro would have no issue with this reporting site, but it doesn’t seem like a bad initiative at all. There are now 115 reports on the site, 28 more than a few hours ago. Likely the site is popular on some geographical zone.Similar sites with scam phone origins exist, and have become rather widespread. I often check them when I get a weird phone call origin/id, and more often than not, the phone is on the scam list (except for some Microsoft support impersonator “pros” that try it spoofing the telephone origin with a different number each time).
I haven't receive this type of email because I rarely sign up with anything related to crypto's now.
The sad part is there are people who are so gullible on what that email sender is saying because it looks real after those news about ransomware few years ago. I feel sorry for them and a newbie would likely fall to this. Let's raise the awareness and keep this thread or this should be on pin?
The sad part is there are people who are so gullible on what that email sender is saying because it looks real after those news about ransomware few years ago. I feel sorry for them and a newbie would likely fall to this. Let's raise the awareness and keep this thread or this should be on pin?
I found this interesting site that I was not aware of called Bitcoin Abuse Database (https://www.bitcoinabuse.com) where people report scam attempts (similar to those sites that do it for phone numbers). Specifically, searching for the scammers BTC address listed in the OP, there are 87 reports created between today and yesterday alone. Seems like a good initiative that, if used extensively, should help quite a few from taking the plunge (not that it isn’t clear from the beginning though in this case).
That seems pretty humble, but rather useless? I'm pretty sure if that site becomes anywhere near mainstream scammers will simply use a fresh adress for each scam attempt, won't they?
Only dumb people will fall for this trick. Hackers really don't use blackmail anymore as if what they are saying what they are doing they already have contained much sensitive information by now like credit card information and even your private keys and not only your email address and its passwords. They don't even have any proof that they have hacked your pc's camera and didn't show any screenshots of the websites you are allegedly visiting, they are also vague on their email as they are keeping it safe making sure it is general as possible.
I found this interesting site that I was not aware of called Bitcoin Abuse Database (https://www.bitcoinabuse.com) where people report scam attempts (similar to those sites that do it for phone numbers). Specifically, searching for the scammers BTC address listed in the OP, there are 87 reports created between today and yesterday alone. Seems like a good initiative that, if used extensively, should help quite a few from taking the plunge (not that it isn’t clear from the beginning though in this case).
I received a similar message on one of my temporary emails some time ago, what's funny is, the "hacker" says that he grabbed a screenshot of me touching myself through my device's camera. Good luck to him sending a pitch black screenshot of me to my contacts LOL (laptop's camera is taped).
But yea, unfortunately it looks like this method is actually working, due to the sent BTC to the address. ...unless the address was the "hacker's" primary address.
But yea, unfortunately it looks like this method is actually working, due to the sent BTC to the address. ...unless the address was the "hacker's" primary address.
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