Internet email scam is making the rounds.

me | 4/20/20 | self

[know.your.why]

Just sharing a disturbing anonymous email that was in my inbox this morning. The email tells me to send $2000 in bitcoin to a bitcoin address or they will send camera porn of me (I dont have a camera) to my friends, coworkers, and relatives.

If you get this same scam you can report it at. https://www.bitcoinabuse.com/

[know.your.why]

Has anyone else been harassed by this same thing? According to www.bitcoinabuse.com it just started happening within the last week. Here is the email i received:

𝖨𝗍 𝗌𝖾𝖾𝗆𝗌 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍, XXXXXXXX, 𝗂𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗌𝗐𝗈𝗋𝖽.

𝖨 𝗋𝖾𝗊𝗎𝗂𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗍𝗈𝗍𝖺𝗅 𝖺𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗇𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗇𝖾𝗑𝗍 𝟤𝟦 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌, 𝗈𝗋 𝖨 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖼𝖾𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗂𝗇𝗅𝗒 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝖾 𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗀𝗎𝗂𝗅𝗍 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗍 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾 𝗌𝗉𝖺𝗇.

𝖧𝗂, 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗆𝖾. 𝖧𝗈𝗐𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋 𝖨 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐 𝗇𝖾𝖺𝗋𝗅𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝖻𝗈𝗎𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎. 𝖠𝗅𝗅 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖿𝖺𝖼𝖾𝖻𝗈𝗈𝗄 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝖺𝖼𝗍 𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗍, 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗉𝗁𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗌 𝗉𝗅𝗎𝗌 𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗍𝗒 𝗈𝗇 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗎𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗍 𝟣𝟤𝟫 𝖽𝖺𝗒𝗌.

𝖠𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗂𝗇𝖼𝗅𝗎𝖽𝖾𝗌, 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝗉𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝗏𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗈 𝖿𝗈𝗈𝗍𝖺𝗀𝖾, 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗁 𝖻𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀𝗌 𝗆𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝗂𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗒 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗈𝗇 𝗐𝗁𝗒 𝖨 '𝗆 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗈𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗎𝗅𝖺𝗋 𝖾-𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗅 𝗍𝗈 𝗒𝗈𝗎.

𝖶𝖾𝗅𝗅 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝗏𝗂𝗈𝗎𝗌 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗐𝖾𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗌𝖾𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗇 𝗈𝗇𝗅𝗂𝗇𝖾 𝗌𝗂𝗍𝖾𝗌, 𝗆𝗒 𝗆𝖺𝗅𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝖾𝗇𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗀𝖾𝗋𝖾𝖽 𝗂𝗇𝗌𝗂𝖽𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗉𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗅 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗎𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗐𝗁𝗂𝖼𝗁 𝖾𝗇𝖽𝖾𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝗌𝖺𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺 𝖾𝗒𝖾-𝖼𝖺𝗍𝖼𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗏𝗂𝖽𝖾𝗈 𝖿𝗈𝗈𝗍𝖺𝗀𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗌𝖾𝗅𝖿 𝗉𝗅𝖾𝖺𝗌𝗎𝗋𝖾 𝖺𝖼𝗍 𝗌𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗅𝗒 𝖻𝗒 𝗍𝗋𝗂𝗀𝗀𝖾𝗋𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖼𝖺𝗆. (𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝖺 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝗅𝗅𝗒 𝗎𝗇𝗎𝗌𝗎𝖺𝗅 𝗉𝗋𝖾𝖿𝖾𝗋𝖾𝗇𝖼𝖾 𝖻𝗍𝗐 𝗅𝗆𝖿𝖺𝗈)

𝖨 𝗈𝗐𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗆𝗉𝗅𝖾𝗍𝖾 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗋𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀. 𝖨𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗄 𝖨 '𝗆 𝗆𝖾𝗌𝗌𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖺𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗇𝖽, 𝗌𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗅𝗒 𝗋𝖾𝗉𝗅𝗒 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗈𝖿 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖨 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾 𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗉𝖺𝗋𝗍𝗂𝖼𝗎𝗅𝖺𝗋 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗋𝖽𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗋𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗈𝗆𝗅𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝟪 𝗉𝖾𝗈𝗉𝗅𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗋𝖾𝖼𝗈𝗀𝗇𝗂𝗓𝖾.

𝖨𝗍 𝗆𝖺𝗒 𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝗎𝗉 𝖻𝖾𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝖿𝗋𝗂𝖾𝗇𝖽𝗌, 𝖼𝗈 𝗐𝗈𝗋𝗄𝖾𝗋𝗌, 𝖻𝗈𝗌𝗌, 𝗆𝗈𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝖿𝖺𝗍𝗁𝖾𝗋 (𝖨 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗄𝗇𝗈𝗐! 𝖬𝗒 𝗌𝗈𝖿𝗍𝗐𝖺𝗋𝖾 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗆 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗋𝖺𝗇𝖽𝗈𝗆𝗅𝗒 𝗉𝗂𝖼𝗄 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝖺𝖼𝗍𝗌).

𝖶𝗈𝗎𝗅𝖽 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖻𝖾 𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗍𝗈 𝗀𝖺𝗓𝖾 𝗂𝗇𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝗇𝗒𝗈𝗇𝖾'𝗌 𝖾𝗒𝖾𝗌 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗂𝗍? 𝖨 𝗊𝗎𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇 𝗂𝗍...

𝖡𝗎𝗍, 𝗂𝗍 𝖽𝗈𝖾𝗌 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗇𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗍𝗈 𝖻𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗒.

𝖨'𝗆 𝗀𝗈𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗍𝗈 𝗆𝖺𝗄𝖾 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾, 𝗇𝗈𝗇 𝗇𝖾𝗀𝗈𝗍𝗂𝖺𝖻𝗅𝖾 𝗈𝖿𝖿𝖾𝗋.

𝖡𝗎𝗒 𝖴𝖲𝖣 𝟤𝟢𝟢𝟢 𝗂𝗇 𝖻𝗂𝗍𝖼𝗈𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗌𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝗂𝗍 𝗈𝗇 𝗍𝗁𝖾 𝗅𝗂𝗌𝗍𝖾𝖽 𝖻𝖾𝗅𝗈𝗐 𝖺𝖽𝖽𝗋𝖾𝗌𝗌:

18*qmvNarwNX8SknaBqBeo4okUHba3mKtwx [𝖼𝖺𝗌𝖾 𝖲𝖤𝖭𝖲𝖨𝖳𝖨𝖵𝖤 𝖼𝗈𝗉𝗒 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾 𝗂𝗍, 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗋𝖾𝗆𝗈𝗏𝖾 * 𝖿𝗋𝗈𝗆 𝗂𝗍]

(𝖨𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗈𝗐, 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝗀𝗅𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝖼𝗊𝗎𝗂𝗋𝖾 𝖻𝗂𝗍𝖼𝗈𝗂𝗇. 𝖣𝗈 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾 𝗆𝗒 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾)

𝖨𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗌𝖾𝗇𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 '𝖽𝗈𝗇𝖺𝗍𝗂𝗈𝗇' (𝗅𝖾𝗍 𝗎𝗌 𝖼𝖺𝗅𝗅 𝗂𝗍 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍?). 𝖱𝗂𝗀𝗁𝗍 𝖺𝖿𝗍𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍, 𝖨 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖽𝗂𝗌𝖺𝗉𝗉𝖾𝖺𝗋 𝖿𝗈𝗋 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝖽 . 𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝗇𝗈 𝖼𝗂𝗋𝖼𝗎𝗆𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗌 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝗍𝖺𝖼𝗍 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖺𝗀𝖺𝗂𝗇. 𝖨 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖾𝗅𝗂𝗆𝗂𝗇𝖺𝗍𝖾 𝖾𝗏𝖾𝗋𝗒𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝖨'𝗏𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗋𝗇𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎. 𝖸𝗈𝗎 𝗆𝖺𝗒 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝖼𝖾𝖾𝖽 𝗅𝗂𝗏𝗂𝗇𝗀 𝗒𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗇𝗈𝗋𝗆𝖺𝗅 𝖽𝖺𝗒 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝖺𝗒 𝗅𝗂𝖿𝖾𝗌𝗍𝗒𝗅𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗍𝗁 𝖺𝖻𝗌𝗈𝗅𝗎𝗍𝖾𝗅𝗒 𝗇𝗈 𝖼𝗈𝗇𝖼𝖾𝗋𝗇.

𝖸𝗈𝗎'𝗏𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝟤𝟦 𝗁𝗈𝗎𝗋𝗌 𝗂𝗇 𝗈𝗋𝖽𝖾𝗋 𝗍𝗈 𝖽𝗈 𝗌𝗈. 𝖸𝗈𝗎𝗋 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝖻𝖾𝗀𝗂𝗇 𝖺𝗌 𝗊𝗎𝗂𝖼𝗄𝗅𝗒 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗋𝖾𝖺𝖽 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝖾𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗅. 𝖨 𝗁𝖺𝗏𝖾 𝗀𝗈𝗍 𝖺𝗇 𝗈𝗇𝖾 𝗈𝖿 𝖺 𝗄𝗂𝗇𝖽 𝗉𝗋𝗈𝗀𝗋𝖺𝗆 𝖼𝗈𝖽𝖾 𝗍𝗁𝖺𝗍 𝗐𝗂𝗅𝗅 𝗂𝗇𝖿𝗈𝗋𝗆 𝗆𝖾 𝖺𝗌 𝗌𝗈𝗈𝗇 𝖺𝗌 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝗀𝗈 𝗍𝗁𝗋𝗈𝗎𝗀𝗁 𝗍𝗁𝗂𝗌 𝗆𝖺𝗂𝗅 𝗌𝗈 𝖽𝗈 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝖺𝗍𝗍𝖾𝗆𝗉𝗍 𝗍𝗈 𝗉𝗅𝖺𝗒 𝗌𝗆𝖺𝗋𝗍.

[mvonfr]

Quite old, since at least June of 2019.

Nothing to worry -- if you don't get an instant heart attack upon reading this and do nothing, nothing would happen to you :P (Yes, I got several of these too.)

[al baby]

I was young and needed the money

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

Been around for quite a while.

[max americana]

"(𝖨𝖿 𝗒𝗈𝗎 𝖽𝗈𝗇'𝗍 𝗎𝗇𝖽𝖾𝗋𝗌𝗍𝖺𝗇𝖽 𝗁𝗈𝗐, 𝗀𝗈𝗈𝗀𝗅𝖾 𝗁𝗈𝗐 𝗍𝗈 𝖺𝖼𝗊𝗎𝗂𝗋𝖾 𝖻𝗂𝗍𝖼𝗈𝗂𝗇. 𝖣𝗈 𝗇𝗈𝗍 𝗐𝖺𝗌𝗍𝖾 𝗆𝗒 𝗂𝗆𝗉𝗈𝗋𝗍𝖺𝗇𝗍 𝗍𝗂𝗆𝖾)" **** hahahahaha If Im gonna pay you doe to coercion, at least send me a Youtube video on how to deal with bitcoins

[Mr. K]

that comes up every so often

ignore it

change your passwords if it is a legit passwords

Something got onto your system, make sure you install AVAST.com antivirus (free home version) Malwarebytes.com (free home version) and also CCLEANER

Let them run a full scan (in that order)

[JohnBrowdie]

this one isn’t particularly new. the password is from one of the bazillion breaches that have occurred over the past 10 years or so; they leverage that piece of information to give credibility to their nearly impossible claim.

married dudes with incredibly bad habits (and, one can only assume, wives with tempers) are easy targets for this one.

it’s actually fairly ingenious.

[desertfreedom765]

As others have said that scam has been around for a while.

They usually display an old password of yours to try and scare you. This old password was like Yahoo as their email has been hacked many times.

They depend on people having a guilty conscience for this scam to work.

You don’t have a guilty conscience do you?

[Secret Agent Man]

well, little bit to be concerned about, possibly

it does show someone’s email password to get your attention

now it may be an old password, or the current one if you never/rarely change it

if its your current email pw you need to change it

[Veggie Todd]

I’m pretty sure my friends, relatives, and coworkers wouldn’t want to see me naked in the first place.

[Balding_Eagle]

Guess I’m lucky.

For some reason I get 20 or 30 junk emails a day, and all but maybe 1 a week get sorted into my ‘junk email’ folder.

I simply give them a glance to make sure some good mails didn’t accidentally get in there, and then do a mass delete.

For all I know I may have received dozens of the ones you’re talking about and just deleted them.

[catnipman]

this has been around for at least a couple of years ... it’s based on two things: on stolen databases of passwords and your cookies ... most of the stolen passwords are so old, that most people have replaced them since then, plus you should clear your cookies right now and set up your browsers to clear them automatically when you terminate execution of the browser ...

this scam doesn’t actually have any real information ...

[mad_as_he$$]

Tell them to send you the videos. That it is some of your best work and you lost them when a hard drive failed.

[Robert DeLong]

Yeah that email has been around for awhile, just ignore it.

[steve8714]

I got one on FB today about foundation grants from a high school classmate. Total scam.

[LouieFisk]

“Been around for quite a while.”
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Yeah, but people should have any PC/notebook etc cams taped over anyway, just out of basic privacy reasons.

[oldasrocks]

My friends would laugh at a pic of the Pillsbury Doughboy pics of me.

[Leaning Right]

In other news, Joe Biden just bought $2000 worth of bitcoin.

[mad_as_he$$]

lol...

[euram]

I got one like this about a week ago. I ignored it.