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New internet scam?

Post by dibraidio » Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:31 pm

This is your badluck. I know ******* is your pass word. More importantly, I am aware about your secret and I've evidence of it. You do not know me and no one hired me to check out you.

It is just your misfortune that I discovered your misdemeanor. Well, I placed a malware on the adult video clips (pornography) and you visited this web site to have fun (you know what I mean). While you were busy watching video clips, your web browser started out functioning as a Rdp (Remote desktop) with a key logger which provided me access to your screen and also cam. Immediately after that, my software gathered your complete contacts from messenger, facebook, as well as e-mail.

Next, I gave in more time than I should've investigating into your life and made a double display video. First part shows the recording you were viewing and second part shows the view from your webcam (its you doing inappropriate things).

Honestly, I am willing to forget everything about you and let you continue with your daily life. And I am going to give you 2 options that will accomplish this. These two options are with the idea to ignore this letter, or simply just pay me $ 2950. Let’s investigate those two options in more details.
I'd never seen or heard of this scam before but I've received two of these mails in the last week and a mate of mine says he's had three. Question is though, where did they pick up the password because it was a password that I have used in the past for stuff where I didn't see the point in having a secure password.

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by Lord Beamish » Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:35 pm

Call their bluff.

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by dushanbe » Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:36 pm

Probably picked it up from one of the sites you registered on that didn't need a secure password. They'll have been hacked, the passwords and email addresses will have been stored in plain text.

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by dpinsussex » Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:37 pm

Dirty sod ;)

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by box_of_frogs » Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:39 pm

Hurry up and pay me my money!
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Re: New internet scam?

Post by IndigoLake » Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:39 pm

Yes, this is a new scam - I've heard about this a few times now. Most of the information in the emails is so generic that it's very clear they're fishing. Ie playing the odds that a man has viewed porn online at some point in his life. I wonder if the hacker got your password through a phishing page?

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by DustyBawls » Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:42 pm

Of course, the scammers do not really have the compromising video or access to your contact list as they claim. Instead, they randomly distribute the same email to many thousands of email addresses in the hope of tricking a least a few people into sending the requested payment.

However, some recent versions of the scam emails may appear considerably more credible because they include one of the recipient’s real passwords as “proof” that their claims are true.

The scammers know that if you receive an email that actually includes one of your passwords – even an old one that you no longer use – you may be much more inclined to believe the claims and pay up. At first take, the inclusion of the password suggests that the scammer really does have access to your computer and may have really created the video as claimed.

https://www.hoax-slayer.net/fake-blackm ... passwords/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by Lord Beamish » Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:43 pm

Publish and be damned!

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by CombatClaret » Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:43 pm

Is it likely you use the same password for a few sites a go-to 'easy' password when online shopping and such?
They probably got a whole list of passwords and emails for something like the Dixons hack and are now trying their luck.

I had a friend who traveled in China and would do stuff with his girlfriend on Skype, someone tried to blackmail him, likely through an evil wifi hotspot, in this case though they sent him a screenshot to prove they had him.
He didn't pay though, went on Facebook and publicly announced what was happening, fear of the public shame is what they are trying to leverage with. Lucky for him he has a big todger :lol:

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by LoveCurryPies » Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:45 pm

Never reply. They just email millions and fool a few by using blackmail. Just change your password if you still use it.

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by dibraidio » Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:48 pm

I'm not so worried. I don't have a webcam. :D But I thought it was worth putting it out there because I'd never heard of it and like Indigo said, it's shocking because they actually have a password you use and you think, hey, if that's true what else is true.

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by DustyBawls » Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:50 pm

If anybody receives something fishy like that, the immediate reaction SHOULD be, to copy parts of it and paste it into Google.

15 seconds later you'll know it's a con.
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Re: New internet scam?

Post by tim_noone » Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:54 pm

CombatClaret wrote:Is it likely you use the same password for a few sites a go-to 'easy' password when online shopping and such?
They probably got a whole list of passwords and emails for something like the Dixons hack and are now trying their luck.

I had a friend who traveled in China and would do stuff with his girlfriend on Skype, someone tried to blackmail him, likely through an evil wifi hotspot, in this case though they sent him a screenshot to prove they had him.
He didn't pay though, went on Facebook and publicly announced what was happening, fear of the public shame is what they are trying to leverage with. Lucky for him he has a big todger :lol:
Should that read ....lucky for her? :D
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Re: New internet scam?

Post by Steddyman » Tue Jul 31, 2018 2:58 pm

dibraidio wrote:I'm not so worried. I don't have a webcam. :D But I thought it was worth putting it out there because I'd never heard of it and like Indigo said, it's shocking because they actually have a password you use and you think, hey, if that's true what else is true.
Easy enough. There are hacker forums where you can buy millions of passwords for compromised accounts.

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by aggi » Tue Jul 31, 2018 3:03 pm

This is a good site for finding out if any of your accounts have been compromised https://haveibeenpwned.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The best easy option is to use something like lastpass (with a very secure password and 2 factor authentication) to generate secure, unique passwords for each account you have.

(Actually the better option is to have a different email address and password for each account but some find that a faff.)

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by Dyched » Tue Jul 31, 2018 3:14 pm

CombatClaret wrote:Is it likely you use the same password for a few sites a go-to 'easy' password when online shopping and such?
They probably got a whole list of passwords and emails for something like the Dixons hack and are now trying their luck.

I had a friend who traveled in China and would do stuff with his girlfriend on Skype, someone tried to blackmail him, likely through an evil wifi hotspot, in this case though they sent him a screenshot to prove they had him.
He didn't pay though, went on Facebook and publicly announced what was happening, fear of the public shame is what they are trying to leverage with. Lucky for him he has a big todger :lol:
There was a programme on last week (channel 4/5) about some celeb who did they same thing on skype. The problem was they had his video and put it on the web. The programme was about him tracking down who got it.

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by TheOriginalLongsider » Tue Jul 31, 2018 4:30 pm

Hopefully you don’t use that password for anything now. If you do change them !

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by Blackrod » Tue Jul 31, 2018 4:37 pm

Maybe a good ice to stick some tape over the webcam next time you watch porn.

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by Blackrod » Tue Jul 31, 2018 4:37 pm

Idea

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by IanMcL » Tue Jul 31, 2018 4:42 pm

I had one of those emails last week. Sent it to police! Email was an old one I don't use other than for old time sake password equally out of date. Was very concerning that the two could be put together though!

They only wanted $1200+ from me!

Did not reply and nothing since. Might be interesting to see what they have! Probably out of date contacts too!

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by PhiladelphiaChris » Tue Jul 31, 2018 4:47 pm

There was a report on this last night on Fox29 news from Philadelphia.

http://www.fox29.com/news/could-your-em ... be-at-risk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by Billy Balfour » Tue Jul 31, 2018 5:00 pm

They have nothing. End of.

Mind you. I have Nigerian goldmine that can be yours for £5000. :D

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by dsr » Tue Jul 31, 2018 5:05 pm

aggi wrote:This is a good site for finding out if any of your accounts have been compromised https://haveibeenpwned.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

The best easy option is to use something like lastpass (with a very secure password and 2 factor authentication) to generate secure, unique passwords for each account you have.

(Actually the better option is to have a different email address and password for each account but some find that a faff.)
The officially recommended option is to have a different password for every account you use, to use completely random collections of letters, numbers and special characters for each one, and never to write them down.

So here's today's test. Memorise the following passwords:

xzdkjq34876
l\Iruqwp4on
ZS4UTNY35[96I5
sz vy5q
zs.i4t057
a\xr'p9
a;wr45hh
P9U RU9'fnv
'2C]TVB6W4YI
'0ic-E 4m5459u5y

(Oh blast. Now I've just published all my passwords, I'll have to learn a new lot. Shouldn't take more than a couple of years.)
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Re: New internet scam?

Post by DustyBawls » Tue Jul 31, 2018 5:08 pm

dsr wrote:The officially recommended option is to have a different password for every account you use, to use completely random collections of letters, numbers and special characters for each one, and never to write them down.

So here's today's test. Memorise the following passwords:

xzdkjq34876
l\Iruqwp4on
ZS4UTNY35[96I5
sz vy5q
zs.i4t057
a\xr'p9
a;wr45hh
P9U RU9'fnv
'2C]TVB6W4YI
'0ic-E 4m5459u5y

(Oh blast. Now I've just published all my passwords, I'll have to learn a new lot. Shouldn't take more than a couple of years.)
Writing them down is actually safer than storing them on your PC.

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by aggi » Tue Jul 31, 2018 5:35 pm

That's pretty much the form my passwords all take. Which is why I use Lastpass https://www.lastpass.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by SingaporeClarets » Fri Aug 03, 2018 4:54 am

Any steps in place to make this website and associated passwords more secure:

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-44937782" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by IndigoLake » Sun Feb 17, 2019 10:34 am

Just received this very email myself. They correctly identified a very old password of mine that I no longer use. Aside from that, there was absolutely no specific information in the email - it's just a load of crap that they send out to thousands of people in the hope that something sticks. It's a good idea to use a secure password manager such as Bitwarden and use random password for each website. If you're using the same password for all websites, it's not safe.

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by IanMcL » Sun Feb 17, 2019 11:45 am

I had one the other day. Mentions the webcam I don't have.

Phishing.

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by Bosscat » Sun Feb 17, 2019 11:51 am

IanMcL wrote:I had one the other day. Mentions the webcam I don't have.

Phishing.
Snap

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by Imploding Turtle » Sun Feb 17, 2019 11:53 am

dibraidio wrote:I'd never seen or heard of this scam before but I've received two of these mails in the last week and a mate of mine says he's had three. Question is though, where did they pick up the password because it was a password that I have used in the past for stuff where I didn't see the point in having a secure password.

If you sign up to a website with an email address and password, and that website gets hacked, and that website is really ******* **** and doesn't encrypt password files, then whoever hacked their serves has your email address and password for that site.

A lot of people use the same password repeatedly.

The email you got is a form of phishing, but instead of tricking you into clicking their links they're trying to trick you into thinking they have access to the information they're pretending to have.

If you don't use the same password for multiple websites/emails then you can just ignore it.
If you do use the same password repeatedly then,
1. don't.
2. go around and change your passwords. Try using a password manager like Last Pass and create a unique, never-before-used master password.

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by ClaretAndJew » Sun Feb 17, 2019 11:56 am

This site isn't encrypted and will easily be hacked if someone wanted to.

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by Imploding Turtle » Sun Feb 17, 2019 11:56 am

dsr wrote:The officially recommended option is to have a different password for every account you use, to use completely random collections of letters, numbers and special characters for each one, and never to write them down.

So here's today's test. Memorise the following passwords:

xzdkjq34876
l\Iruqwp4on
ZS4UTNY35[96I5
sz vy5q
zs.i4t057
a\xr'p9
a;wr45hh
P9U RU9'fnv
'2C]TVB6W4YI
'0ic-E 4m5459u5y

(Oh blast. Now I've just published all my passwords, I'll have to learn a new lot. Shouldn't take more than a couple of years.)

Use a password manager.
Write your passwords down and keep them in a drawer by your computer.
Use phrases for your passwords instead of random letters and numbers.

There are a number of better ways to create and use passwords than the one way you choose to mock.

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by Imploding Turtle » Sun Feb 17, 2019 11:59 am

ClaretAndJew wrote:This site isn't encrypted and will easily be hacked if someone wanted to.
It depends if the site is storing the passwords securely or not. Just because it's not https doesn't mean the passwords aren't secure.

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by dushanbe » Sun Feb 17, 2019 12:00 pm

Imploding Turtle wrote:Use a password manager.
Write your passwords down and keep them in a drawer by your computer.
Use phrases for your passwords instead of random letters and numbers.

There are a number of better ways to create and use passwords than the one way you choose to mock.
You could offer me a million pounds and I couldn't tell you a single one of my passwords. No need to remember them, come up with new ones or have anything less than say a 50 character string if the website allows it. As IT says, just use a password manager.

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by Tall Paul » Sun Feb 17, 2019 12:10 pm

dushanbe wrote:You could offer me a million pounds and I couldn't tell you a single one of my passwords.
What about the one to login to your password manager?
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Re: New internet scam?

Post by Imploding Turtle » Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:00 pm

Tall Paul wrote:What about the one to login to your password manager?
Gottem!

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by gawthorpe_view » Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:03 pm

I got the Windows technical service scammers on the phone yesterday.
It was like hearing from an old friend again.
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Re: New internet scam?

Post by CnBtruntru » Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:11 pm

I suggest putting a piece of tape on your camera on your laptop then they can't video you next time, now stop being a jerk off and pay up :D

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by dushanbe » Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:14 pm

Tall Paul wrote:What about the one to login to your password manager?
I could rhyme that off for a million, but its lengthy, random and crucially not used elsewhere.

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by GodIsADeeJay81 » Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:15 pm

dushanbe wrote:You could offer me a million pounds and I couldn't tell you a single one of my passwords. No need to remember them, come up with new ones or have anything less than say a 50 character string if the website allows it. As IT says, just use a password manager.
If you pay us a million ££ we will tell you your passwords.

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by FactualFrank » Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:26 pm

20 years ago writing down your passwords in a notepad would be ridiculed. Now - it's the smart thing to do because if you store them in a password manager or in a notepad file, they're still on your computer. Hack the computer, you can find all the passwords.

OP, this could be a keylogger that was on your computer. I had a very similar email - did a scan and it found malware. That malware could have logged the password and tracked the keys you pressed. Google 'keylogger malware'.

Also - don't use an email address as your main email if it belongs to a domain. Example: frank@domain.com - all you need to do is get the password to the domain and you then have access to pop/imap and collect the emails.

Use 2-Step/Factor Verification where available. If you don't know what that is, Google it. 2FA is essential for things that matter to you. It's what you know and what you have. A username and password isn't enough - you also need your phone to authenticate it's really you.

Don't just ignore the email in the OP - you can't simply call their bluff when they clearly know one of the passwords you've used. Use a different password for everything that matters to you. Here's a password randomiser - https://passwordsgenerator.net/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Take it from somebody who knows what it's like to be hacked and almost lose their entire income.
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Re: New internet scam?

Post by dushanbe » Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:33 pm

FactualFrank wrote:20 years ago writing down your passwords in a notepad would be ridiculed. Now - it's the smart thing to do because if you store them in a password manager or in a notepad file, they're still on your computer. Hack the computer, you can find all the passwords.
I don't know about other password managers, but none of mine are stored locally.

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by Imploding Turtle » Sun Feb 17, 2019 1:42 pm

FactualFrank wrote:20 years ago writing down your passwords in a notepad would be ridiculed. Now - it's the smart thing to do because if you store them in a password manager or in a notepad file, they're still on your computer. Hack the computer, you can find all the passwords.

OP, this could be a keylogger that was on your computer. I had a very similar email - did a scan and it found malware. That malware could have logged the password and tracked the keys you pressed. Google 'keylogger malware'.

Also - don't use an email address as your main email if it belongs to a domain. Example: frank@domain.com - all you need to do is get the password to the domain and you then have access to pop/imap and collect the emails.

Use 2-Step/Factor Verification where available. If you don't know what that is, Google it. 2FA is essential for things that matter to you. It's what you know and what you have. A username and password isn't enough - you also need your phone to authenticate it's really you.

Don't just ignore the email in the OP - you can't simply call their bluff when they clearly know one of the passwords you've used. Use a different password for everything that matters to you. Here's a password randomiser - https://passwordsgenerator.net/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Take it from somebody who knows what it's like to be hacked and almost lose their entire income.
It's not a keylogger. The phishers have almost certainly sent out phishing emails to the victims of a data breach at a company with **** data security.

If this was a keylogger attack then they'd have a much more up-to-date password.

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by FactualFrank » Sun Feb 17, 2019 2:03 pm

Imploding Turtle wrote:If this was a keylogger attack then they'd have a much more up-to-date password.
I've no idea how up-to-date the password for the OP is.

I recommend the OP does a good scan. Malwarebytes will probably pick something up. And follow that up with the advice I've given.

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by exilecanada » Sun Feb 17, 2019 2:47 pm

A couple weeks ago I received the same email with my UTC password as the title. Following the golden rule…….if you don’t know the sender, don’t open it………………, I deleted it. Few days later received the same email……..deleted it and changed my UTC password.

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by IndigoLake » Sun Feb 17, 2019 3:00 pm

I actually gave them some business advice. They were trying to scam Bitcoin out of me and I advised them that Monero is a far more privacy-centric cryptocurrency.
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Re: New internet scam?

Post by FactualFrank » Sun Feb 17, 2019 3:41 pm

IndigoLake wrote:I actually gave them some business advice. They were trying to scam Bitcoin out of me and I advised them that Monero is a far more privacy-centric cryptocurrency.
I lost a one-word Instagram account last year due to hacking - my own fault in a way as I didn't use 2FA but I've learned a lot since. It had over 500,000 followers. What annoyed me is Instagram have no hacking help like Twitter do, so there was no chance of me getting it back. Their advice if hacked is bloody awful.

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by Hipper » Sun Feb 17, 2019 3:44 pm

Apart from obtaining e-mail and password from a site like this what else could they obtain if you are using other passwords for other sites?

I tend to use the same password for forums but more complicated and different ones for important sites - banks etc..

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Re: New internet scam?

Post by BFCmaj » Sun Feb 17, 2019 3:55 pm

Just send Zimbabwe dollars. The exchange rate is pretty good.
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Re: New internet scam?

Post by AndrewJB » Sun Feb 17, 2019 4:07 pm

I’ve had this email, but the password was so old I had to make a serious effort to think back to what level of degeneracy I was at. I think it was my Songs of Praise, but in the nude - obsession. In the future our ancestors may be able to look back on every single frenzied mouse click, so no point in us being prissy.

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