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[Phil Hackett]

I get these occasionally, often with legitimate email addresses (but not the real sender) and I laugh at these. I have a couple of legitimate questions: 1) how are these email addresses intercepted and then sent out as real? 2) does anyone else get this type of email often and how do you deal with them? I know I can use the email app and toss it into the junk/trash holder but sometime there is a genuine user address being used....

 

Anyways, this came through and they used a wrong email address they were monitoring.

 

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Hi there!

 

I regret to inform you about some sad news for you.

Approximately a month or two ago I have succeeded to gain a total access to all your devices utilized for browsing internet.

Moving forward, I have started observing your internet activities on continuous basis.

 

Go ahead and take a look at the sequence of events provided below for your reference: 

Initially I bought an exclusive access from hackers to a long list of email accounts (in today's world, that is really a common thing, which can arranged via internet).

Evidently, it wasn't hard for me to proceed with logging in your email account (notanemailaddressiuse@yeahyougotthatright.com)

 

Within the same week, I moved on with installing a Trojan virus in Operating Systems for all devices that you use to login to email.

Frankly speaking, it wasn't a challenging task for me at all (since you were kind enough to click some of the links in your inbox emails before).

Yeah, geniuses are among us.

 

Because of this Trojan I am able to gain access to entire set of controllers in devices (e.g., your video camera, keyboard, microphone and others).

As result, I effortlessly downloaded all data, as well as photos, web browsing history and other types of data to my servers.

Moreover, I have access to all social networks accounts that you regularly use, including emails, including chat history, messengers, contacts list etc.

My unique virus is incessantly refreshing its signatures (due to control by a driver), and hence remains undetected by any type of antiviruses.

 

Hence, I guess by now you can already see the reason why I always remained undetected until this very letter...

 

During the process of compilation of all the materials associated with you,

I also noticed that you are a huge supporter and regular user of websites hosting nasty adult content.

Turns out to be, you really love visiting porn websites, as well as watching exciting videos and enduring unforgettable pleasures.

As a matter of fact, I was not able to withstand the temptation, but to record certain nasty solo action with you in main role,

and later produced a few videos exposing your masturbation and cumming scenes.

 

If until now you don't believe me, all I need is one-two mouse clicks to make all those videos with everyone you know,

including your friends, colleagues, relatives and others.

Moreover, I am able to upload all that video content online for everyone to see.

I sincerely think, you certainly would not wish such incidents to take place, in view of the lustful things demonstrated in your commonly watched videos,

(you absolutely know what I mean by that) it will cause a huge adversity for you.

 

There is still a solution to this matter, and here is what you need to do:

You make a transaction of $1200 USD to my account (an equivalent in bitcoins, which recorded depending on the exchange rate at the date of funds transfer),

hence upon receiving the transfer, I will immediately get rid of all those lustful videos without delay.

After that we can make it look like there was nothing happening beforehand.

Additionally, I can confirm that all the Trojan software is going to be disabled and erased from all devices that you use. You have nothing to worry about,

because I keep my word at all times.

 

That is indeed a beneficial bargain that comes with a relatively reduced price,

taking into consideration that your profile and traffic were under close monitoring during a long time frame.

If you are still unclear regarding how to buy and perform transactions with bitcoins - everything is available online.

 

Below is my bitcoin wallet for your further reference: 1HmvPgkmdkaSr6R1KA31fW8kpw1EvZJo9H

 

All you have is 48 hours and the countdown begins once this email is opened (in other words 2 days).

 

The following list includes things you should remember and avoid doing:

There's no point to try replying my email (since this email and return address were created inside your inbox).

There's no point in calling police or any other types of security services either. Furthermore, don't you dare sharing this info with any of your friends.

If I discover that (taking into consideration my skills, it will be really simple, because I control all your systems and continuously monitor them) - 

your nasty clip will be shared with public straight away. 

There's no point in looking for me too - it won't result in any success. Transactions with cryptocurrency are completely anonymous and untraceable.

There's no point in reinstalling your OS on devices or trying to throw them away. That won't solve the issue, 

since all clips with you as main character are already uploaded on remote servers.

 

Things that may be concerning you:

That funds transfer won't be delivered to me.

Breathe out, I can track down everything right away, so once funds transfer is finished,

I will know for sure, since I interminably track down all activities done by you (my Trojan virus controls all processes remotely, just as TeamViewer).

That your videos will be distributed, even though you have completed money transfer to my wallet. 

Trust me, it is worthless for me to still bother you after money transfer is successful. Moreover, if that was ever part of my plan, I would do make it happen way earlier! 

 

We are going to approach and deal with it in a clear manner!

 

In conclusion, I'd like to recommend one more thing... after this you need to make certain you don't get involved in similar kind of unpleasant events anymore!

My recommendation - ensure all your passwords are replaced with new ones on a regular basis.

[mreibman]

it is easy (and I mean EASY) to send out emails saying they're from a particular email address. You don't need access to the account to do it, just the email address you want to use.

 

That doesn't change the properties of the mail envelope that contains headers and real info, but 99%+ of people don't even know what that is.

 

I've been in IT for a long time. And I've seen emails just like that and more.....

 

if you really want some good advice:

- Do not use "password" as your password, despite it being the most common password in the world.

- Do not use the same password on any two sites.

- Adopt the use of passphrases rather than passwords.

- Use a password vault to keep all your passwords safely (as much as they say not to write the passwords down, keeping them in a book offline might be smart these days).

- Use 2-factor authentication on anything and everything that means anything to you - that is, either an authenticator app, or a 2nd means of confirming who you are in order to log in - usually a cell phone/text.

- Change all your passwords regularly

- If you have any important data, BACK IT UP!

 

If you receive an email like the above, delete it. Don't ever call them, reply to them, etc.

[Cheater]

Utter bullshit. I get these all the time.

 

The delete button is about to wear out...

[Phil Smith]

Me, too. I've been getting them for so long I'm numb to them. I delete them without giving them any thought.

[Tex]

And never click on any hyperlink that may be enclosed...

[Jim Difalco]

I have gotten that email before. Now I get lots of fake notices from DHL saying my incoming package information is attached as well as purchase orders for my products that never mention slot cars. I just block their emails and go on with my day.

[Clyde Romero]

its standard phishing fare and just delete it 

[Bill Seitz]

In addition to all of the many email tricks to get someone to hand over personal info or give access for introduction of malware, we're now besieged with spoofed phone calls appearing to come from a local number or someone we know despite using all of the call blocking and spam features our provider has available. We use an answering machine on our land line and mailbox on the cell device to screen incoming calls and don't answer anything from a caller ID we don't know. Every month I learn about what we're missing from AARP and so glad we are.

 

Both my wife and I have a good chuckle when we get an email purporting to be Microsoft Tech Support saying our MS Windows has been corrupted, click here to let us fix it for you. I couple of times they've managed to connect to my wife over the phone. When she tells them that's not possible because we don't have MS Windows on any of our computers, the usual response is "FU" and they hang up. We're Linux users since 2006. Not impossible to hack, but has architecture safeguards not commonly used in MS Windows, and is less likely to be hacked.

 

I've become a firm believer in long, complex passwords, especially for anything that's important or could lead to personal information. I know pass phrases are recommended, but not easy for me to come up with one that isn't so common it could be easily figured out and that I can remember, especially for things I only occasionally access. The computer system password lockers are supposed the be highly secure and encrypted, but I still prefer to trust my passwords to pen and paper.

 

The latest email ploy comes from what appears to be your Internet provider using their logo saying your account is corrupted/insecure/obsolete and you need to respond to the email now to prevent being deleted off their system. These have been coming regularly for at least a couple months now, and my Internet provider account is still active (we also contacted the provider via phone when this first appeared).