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The crooks are just trying to scare you into paying them something. If you receive a sextortion email like the one we showed above, without any stills from the video as proof or a link to view the file, then it’s just bluff and bluster.

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(As an aside, Wolf also said that she had risky habit of using the same password everywhere, which may well have been how she got attacked and infected in the first place – so if you aren’t smart about passwords, change yours now!) Do the sextortionists have anything on you?

Indeed, in a high-profile criminal case back in 2014, US youngster Jared James Abrahams, a college student in California who was studying computer science, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for spying on women via their webcams.Ībrahams pleaded guilty to hacking and extortion charges relating to 150 women, including Miss Teen USA, Cassidy Wolf, who went public about the threats made against her. If you’ve ever heard of RATs, short for Remote Access Trojans, you’ll know that malware does exist that makes it possible for a crook to turn on your webcam remotely. The good news is that it’s all a pack of lies, so you can relax.īut the bad news is that this sort of cybercrime is nevertheless confronting and scary, because of how the crooks claim to have spied on you.Įven if you don’t watch porn, what else might they know about you if they have spyware on your laptop? This means that I can see everything on your screen and switch on your camera and microphone without you being aware of it.

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A trojan virus gives you full access and control over a computer, or any other device. If you are not familiar with this, I will explain this. I’ve been watching you for a while because I hacked you through a trojan virus in an ad on a porn website. They typically claim to have filmed you using malware planted on your computer in some way, for example: How did the crooks obtain this X-rated film in which you’re the star? I give you the last 72 hours to make the payment before I send the video to all your friends and associates.

You have the last chance to save your social life. In the crime of sextortion, the “OR ELSE” part is a threat to release a video of a sexual nature in which you are visible.įINAL WARNING. Some of us get dozens of sextortion scam emails every month to our work and personal accounts, demanding us to PAY MONEY OR ELSE!!