Scam emails demand Bitcoin, threaten blackmail

I received this threat as well

Got one of these today. Different wording same content. Change passwords and then move on!

Is there any way of figuring out what password has been hacked. I used the password that had been hacked on many things (not a smart idea but I was stupid)

I just received one of these emails yesterday. Thanks for the information

Received the very same text as many posted on 22-2-2021 or at least that's when i found it in my Spam folder. The password was one I used in 2006 or so. The guy asked around 1040 USD, I didn't do anything, just erased the email.

I got one 4 days ago. I ignored it as it was obviously a scam. However my mom and my sister's account received a suspicious video link from a mutual friend who used to be my ex boyfriend. States: is this you in the video? with what looks like a recent picture from my new house. Note ex is a friend from my old deactivated facebook account 3 years ago.

I got the exact same message. The clever thing they do is to worry you by stating a correct password . It makes the scam feel more 'personal' not just generic . One flaw in their 'cunning plan'...they claim to have hacked my webcam...thing is, my pc doesn't have a webcam!

Just got this email this morning.

What is the government doing to protect our personal info from repeated hacks? This situation is minor compared to the loss of our SSN and date of birth. It would be another "Year 2000" problem, but is there a way to add digits or characters to our SSN making the old SSN obsolete?

February 23, 2021, received a scam email, the anonymous email was asking $650 to be transferred to a bitcoin wallet.

Got one of these today. Deleted it. The subject line had a name that I recognized as one that I had used on an account a while back in connection with a local news paper online version. I slight panic gave way to some sober analysis, which included my computer not having a camera!

I received this email 1/30/2021. It mentioned a password hint rather than an actual password.

I got the email with the threat of the porn stuff and to pay Bitcoin, but instead of posting some old password, they only typed out my email address and claimed they had logged in it. Guess that’s the other go-to when they don’t have an old password to threaten with...

Yea got that email too on the 24th. Had me pretty freaked out seeing my PW mentioned in the email. In the process of changing the pw on any site that used it.

I got this email yesterday demanding $1500 in Bitcoin within 48 hours. It’s freaky for them to include personal details so I freaked but right away searched to see if it was a scam since it was in my spam email cuz if someone where to hack into my stuff then I would have gotten it in my main email right? Anyways, reported it right away.

I just saw a very similar email in my spam today. Like most of you it seems to be an old password that I don’t remember where it was used. The email was from 8 days ago. Are there any cases where they didn’t email again?

I just received one this morning saying they’ll be releasing a video of me doing things if I don’t send them $500 via bitcoin. It said I had 3 days to do so.

I got a similar one, apparently yesterday though I just saw it. It contained no passwords at all, and the wording was different but very similar. I was freaked out at first but my instinct was that it was a scam. Especially since, when I thought about it they offered zero proof. Like if they knew my browser history surely they’d prove it with some detail? So that was a sign of a scam for sure. Did a search and found this page.

okay so i had a very similar issue to this but the thing that confused me the most is that over the past 2 years ive been getting random login attempts from different sites. then when the message about the sextortion was sent it mentioned that it was able to inject a trojan into my computer through me looking at an email of one of the login attempts, not clicking any links. then from there he claimed he could access the camera on my laptop desktop and phone. but if i didnt pay him the $1500 in BTC he would send the video out and activate the trojan, destroying my computer's. following this i instantly deleted my email and factory reset my laptop. i was in a panicked state but now im pretty sure its just a scam

A few times recently they quoted a very old password I haven't used in years, my camera on my device is turned of and I never use web cams. They say they will send video to people on my contacts list, I don't have anyone on my contacts list on my device, I keep that list in paper booklet. Scammer busted!

I got a similar email this morning. The scammer did not provide any specifics about me, though. He asked to pay equivalent of 650 EUR to his bitcoin account.

I got one threatening to publish videos of me watching videos on "Adult sites". Unfortunately for them, I have never visited any adult sites so it wasn't a very good attempt at blackmail!

This happened to me just last night. They sent me this exact email... I didn't really believe it but it made my heart drop for sure.

What about emails that are disappearing? I consider them all spam, but lately I have two in mind that keeping disappearing from emails and everything about thatemails. I dont understand or when you report them as spam and get a messages saying it isn't?

I got this same email today and it scared me for a little bit but seeing that I wasn't the o ly one makes me feel a little bit better but I am definitely changing my password.

I get regular emails saying I have 1 bitcoin worth $40;000 plus on aregularbasis I click on the link and it leads to an application to register for bitcoin how rididiculous

I received that email today. They didn’t say they had my password. I changed my password, sent the email to junk, and that’s it. If all holy hell breaks loose, I’ll be sure to post. Otherwise, I’m watching the game.

Just got one of these, but no passwords listed. The subject was my real name, so they have some legit info. But how am I supposed to know what exactly was compromised and if actual passwords need to be changed? There's no further detail or proof beyond my name. I'm not concerned about the threats as I have no webcam so there is no footage to be released like they claim, just want to avoid a potential hack. They say they have access to my system and email and contacts but I can't find any actual evidence of this from malware scans and so forth.

Hi Even I am receiving such emails. Could you please let me know if this emails can be categorised as Phishing? Thanks.

Just got an email myself. Except they didn't use an old password, unlike everyone here, but used my personal email. Just wanted to see if anyone else got something like it. I already deleted the email and changed my password for the email and also signed it out of every other device.

I just received a similar email. There is no mention of password. But the hacker is blackmailing me for supposedly having visited porn sites.

I got this one today Hello! Í am α hacker who hαs access to yoür operαtíng system. Í αlso have full access to yoür αccoüňt. Í've been wαtchíng yoü for α few months now. The fact ís that yoü were ínfected wíth mαlware throügh αn αdült síte thαt yoü vísíted. Íf yoü are not fαmílíαr wíth thís, Í wíll explαín. Trojαn Vírüs gíves me füll access αnd control over a compüter or other devíce. Thís meαns that Í cαn see everythíng on yoür screen, türn on the camerα and mícrophone, büt yoü do not know aboüt ít. Í αlso have αccess to αll yoür contacts and all yoür correspondence. Why yoür antívírüs díd not detect mαlwαre? αnswer: My malware üses the dríver, Í üpdate íts sígnαtüres every 4 hoürs so that yoür antívírüs ís sílent. Í made α vídeo showíng how yoü satísfy yoürself ín the left half of the screen, αnd ín the ríght half yoü see the vídeo thαt yoü wαtched. Wíth one clíck of the moüse, Í can send thís vídeo to αll yoür emαíls αnd contαcts on socíαl networks. Í cαn αlso post αccess to all yoür e-mαíl correspondence and messengers thαt yoü üse. Íf yoü wαnt to prevent thís, transfer the amoünt of $950(USD) to my β!tcoín address (íf yoü do not know how to do thís, wríte to Google: Büy β!tcoin). My β!tcoín address (βŤC Wαllet) ís: 1M2AWYAyWBqVHzrNaBva3LvMnHvNyRpD2R after receívíng the pαyment, Í wíll delete the vídeo αnd yoü wíll never heαr me αgaín. Í gíve yoü 48 hoürs to pay. Í have α notíce readíng thís letter, and the tímer wíll work when yoü see thís letter. Fílíng a complaínt somewhere does not make sense becaüse thís emaíl cannot be tracked líke my β!tcoín address. Í do not make any místakes. Íf Í fínd thαt yoü hαve shared thís message wíth someone else, the vídeo wíll be ímmedíαtely dístríbüted. Best regards!

I received the same email demanding same bitcoin payment and I ignored it for now and search web first to check

I got an email demanding 1299 usd and said I will provide you 48 hours to transfer to account ort everyone will know about your dark secrets. it was a letter as an attachment

I received a email that disappeared says they have control of my system. Wish I could post it on here.

I received a email that disappeared says they have control of my system. Wish I could post it on here.

Got the same email today. Word to word. Was asked to send $1769!

I got one today with similar contents.

Got the email on April 6 2021 it went to my spam account and just saw it. Received from a jerry bell. The email stated that I was watching porn and he was going to release a video of me watching it if I didn’t pay $2887 to his Bitcoin account. It also included an old password I use to use. I have completed a report. I hope people do not get scammed by this.

I received this same exact email April 2021. They asked me the same thing to pay $1700 in bitcoin or else.... It was a very old password from some shopping website

I received this exact email three days ago and was panicked. After calming down some, I started researching and came upon this site. Thanks everyone for your input. I did report it to the authorities so they can at least track what is going on. The upside was that it forced me to clean up my passwords.

Received an email from someone stating that they were watching me for quite some time. The subject of the email was my full name. The hacker said that they had personal video of me that was taken from the camera on my device. There was a text file attached that was titled my full name and stated to send money to a given crypto wallet. They said I had 96 hours or they would send the vid to friends and family. I'm too broke to pay.