A new variant of the ongoing sextortion email scams is now targeting spouses, saying that their husband or wife is cheating on them, with links to the alleged proof.
In sextortion emails, scammers pretend to have hacked your computer to steal images or videos of you performing sexual acts and demand that you send a payment of $500 to $5,000 not to have them sent to family and friends.
While you may think that no one would fall for these scams, they were very profitable when they first appeared in 2018, generating over $50,000 in a week.
I believe online scams are India's largest industry
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I thought online scams were the perview of Nigerian Princes.
DeleteThey retired and sold the business to the Hindus.
DeleteAnyone stupid enough to fall for something like this deserves whatever happens to them.
ReplyDeleteIf my friends and family received such an email it would only improve my reputation.
ReplyDeleteApparently there are a lot of people out there who have something to hide and a guilty conscience and feel they can't take a chance that the email isn't real.
ReplyDeleteIt's rather alarming to receive an email that reveals that they have your name, address, and phone number.
ReplyDeleteSorry to tell you this but if you've ever bought anything online to be delivered to your home everybody has your name, home address, email address and phone number. Your data is sold to marketing firms as is your internet browsing history from your computer, smart TV and cellphone.
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Having the hotel management business all sewn up isn't enough for the thin browns, huh?
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Why would anyone pay out a ransom like that? If someone has compromising photos of you, then you are just phucked. What, do they promise to send you the 'negatives', too, if you pay? Digital photos are forever and infinitely reproducible. If you're dumb enough to pay once, you're dumb enough to pay again, and again, and again.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely. Honor among thieves is a very rare thing.
DeleteReminds me of the recent one about free breast exams on one of the vid sites, hundreds of gals emailed them back videos and images during the rona ..
ReplyDeleteMmmmmm boobies
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