I'm being Black Mailed

[gmillerdrake]

Well, I received the below email yesterday from a very clever individual. As you read it....you'll notice from the sentence structure and words that are used that I should be in fear. According to the demands, I am going to need to learn how to convert $$$ to Bit Coin. Otherwise...well....you'll see.




(there was a generic password here I had used somewhere)   𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐬.

𝐓𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐭, 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐬, 𝐲𝐞𝐭 , 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐠𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐰𝐞𝐛 𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞 (𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐳𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐢𝐜𝐡 𝟏 𝐥𝐨𝐥)

𝐈𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐛𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐢'𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐟𝐚𝐛𝐮𝐥𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐯𝐢𝐬𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝟏𝟑 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐦𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐮𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞𝐬 (𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭, 𝐈 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐬)

𝐈 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐬𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐈 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐯𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟. 𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥 𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

𝐄𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬?

𝟏. 𝐀𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐛𝐥𝐮𝐟𝐟 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐦𝐨𝐯𝐞
𝟐. 𝐀𝐧𝐬𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐨𝐟

𝐓𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬.

𝐏𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐞𝐱𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐫𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐲 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰?

𝐇𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫, 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬𝐧'𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐬. 𝐈 𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐬𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐝 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐨𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧.

𝟑. 𝐂𝐨𝐦𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐞 $𝟐𝟎𝟎𝟎 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐲𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐨𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐢𝐩𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐈 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐛𝐞𝐝 𝐫𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐮𝐩 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮.

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐮𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐧𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐥 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞!

𝐇𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐞𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐢𝐜𝐞? (𝐂𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲, 𝐈 𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐩𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐝𝐨𝐞𝐬 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐲 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐡𝐚𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐲 𝐛𝐢𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐨𝐛𝐯𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫)

𝐇𝐨𝐰 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐩𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐲𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭? 𝐌𝐚𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐁𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬 (𝐈𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐟𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐁𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧, 𝐠𝐨𝐨𝐠𝐥𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐛𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧 𝐛𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐨𝐢𝐧. 𝐃𝐨 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐦𝐲 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞!)

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𝐂𝐀𝐒𝐄 𝐒𝐄𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄, 𝐜𝐨𝐩𝐲 & 𝐩𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐭, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐰𝐚𝐲 *** 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬

𝐍𝐨𝐰 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝟐𝟒 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐚𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐛𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 (𝐈 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐦 𝐜𝐨𝐝𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞-𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐮𝐬 𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐠𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐞-𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥, 𝐈 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐭)

𝐀𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐥𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐟 𝐈 𝐝𝐨 𝐧𝐨𝐭 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐲, 𝐜𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐥𝐲, 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐪𝐮𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬.








So, around 4'clock today.....me, and (13) of my contacts will know if this is BS or not     

[TAC]

I’ll be checking my phone this afternoon for those porn vids!

[Evermind]

You probably already know it, but yeah, it's BS. There even was a post on reddit a few days ago about this.

[Elite]

I got the same e-mail like a year or so ago. Of course I paid.

[gmillerdrake]

I just love the sentences. They make just enough sense but are nonsensical. It’s awesome.

[Lonk]

It was so nice of that person giving you a third option! 

[Nekov]

Reading that gave me a headache 

[v_clortho]

Wow! You are screwed.

[Stadler]

I've just gone and deleted all my playtime video footage, just in case. 

[The Walrus]

 

[CrimsonSunrise]

I've received like 3 of these over the last 2 years.  Total scam.  Although, after the first one I taped over the cam on my Mac....

[ReaperKK]

This sounds like the drunken writings of the dude on the voicemail that's played on "Message to Harry Manback"

[jammindude]

How weird.  My wife got one of these this morning, and even though no such footage of her exists, it still creeped her out.   

I get how it's funny...but it's kinda not funny too.   

[ProfessorPeart]

I've gotten several of those. Most recent one just a few days ago and was actually the longest and most competently written one. I was actually impressed at how coherent it was.  It's funny how they capture me on my webcam when I do not have a webcam.

[MinistroRaven]

I got one like 3 or 4 months ago, is that my devices don't have cameras.

[kaos2900]

I've had one like this before. I wouldn't worry about it.

[ariich]

Reading that gave me a headache 

Same, I could barely keep reading.

[pg1067]

 

A guy at my office got an email like this a couple weeks ago.  It threatened to display a picture of his dick on his car (something like, "that's a nice car you've got.  I wonder how it will look with a picture of your dick plastered on it!").  We were both quite disappointed when promised picture never materialized.

[Lonk]

This reminded me a few years back while still at my previous job. I received a email advertising blow up dolls. It said something along the lines of:

"Are you tired of feeling lonely, seeing all your friends with companionship and you going home alone (which I was not), well I have the solution for you" and then it went on to describe the blow up doll.

 

[Ben_Jamin]

This sounds like the drunken writings of the dude on the voicemail that's played on "Message to Harry Manback"

It's more "Message to Harry Manback II" 

[Lethean]

I've gotten several of those. Most recent one just a few days ago and was actually the longest and most competently written one. I was actually impressed at how coherent it was.  It's funny how they capture me on my webcam when I do not have a webcam.

I think I got the same one but it was a while ago.  I also don't have a webcam.  It was written pretty well, especially compared to this one.  I wonder how much money they actually get off something like this.

[Northern Lion]

definately a scam, but you should reply back and mess with him.  Kind of like that british comedian does (I forgot his name, but he's really funny).

[El Barto]

Just as an FYI, when somebody's threatening to release naughty info about you you're being blackmailed. When you say you're being Black Mailed it sounds like somebody named La'Darius is fixing to have his way with you.

[The Walrus]

Just as an FYI, when somebody's threatening to release naughty info about you you're being blackmailed. When you say you're being Black Mailed it sounds like somebody named La'Darius is fixing to have his way with you.

 

[pg1067]

definately a scam, but you should reply back and mess with him.  Kind of like that british comedian does (I forgot his name, but he's really funny).

I don't think this is what you're talking about, but this is absolutely hilarious:  https://www.cracked.com/article_16234_having-fun-with-419-scammers.html

[Dublagent66]

That person couldn't even complete a sentence, much less hack anyone. 

[gmillerdrake]

Just as an FYI, when somebody's threatening to release naughty info about you you're being blackmailed. When you say you're being Black Mailed it sounds like somebody named La'Darius is fixing to have his way with you.

Maybe that’s the name of my favorite site? 

[hunnus2000]

If someone threatened to expose me for porn I'd demand royalties. 

[King Postwhore]

If they sent this to me, I'd send a video back and show them what "Ugly Matters" really looks like.

[PetFish]

I got this one a few days ago as well.  I was starting to feel unworthy that this particular phish hadn't hit me yet.  Now I'm in da club.

[TAC]

I know it'd be a fake the moment they asked ME to send them bitcoin.

[wolfking]

I got one like this at 3:08am this morning.

It gave me a password I used once in the subject like so I was a bit cautious and alarmed reading it.  Said it has a masterbation video of me while I was watching porn.  Right there I thought, 'oh shit, it's true, I'm fucked.' 

But then it said it filmed me through my webcam and it also has all my facebook contacts.  Lol, that's 0/2 mate, I don't have a webcam or facebook.

[bl5150]

These emails are coming from mailing lists/company databases that have been hacked in the past.  It's a good example of why you should not use the same password for everything.   When I got one of these I immediately went through all my passwords and made sure that there was no longer a bunch of duplicates.

[wolfking]

These emails are coming from mailing lists/company databases that have been hacked in the past.  It's a good example of why you should not use the same password for everything.   When I got one of these I immediately went through all my passwords and made sure that there was no longer a bunch of duplicates.

Yeah, I'm guilty of that, which is why I freaked out a little when I saw it this morning.  I'm going to go through and start changing most of them anyway.

[jingle.boy]

So you’re saying I SHOULDNT open the strange WhatsApp message I got titled “Gary with Slim Jim and the twins”?

Also, ve resorted to using a password manager to randomly create passwords for most of the small time websites that might not have the A-Team in IT security.