Anyone else getting Extortion Emails

[Alan A]

Originally Posted by sc_rufctr

... all of them.

Why?

He has this guys email. BFD. My spam account has 3 of these from today already. If I changed my password every time one came in I’d be up to password352 or so...

[MRM]

Originally Posted by pwd72s

Old ones in B&W 16mm. That's me in the black mask and black socks.

I’d like to believe your claim but Tabs says that was him too.

[Oracle]

Its called sextortion.. and that exact same email has been floating around.
And no.. they have nothing on you..

All they have is a password from a website they hacked and if you happen to have that password across all sites,we'll you're really in a bad place..

Don't worry, the browser thing is a complete lie.

Change your passwords and ignore those hackers.. I wouldn't try and play with them.. they have a valid password, so don't get stupid and piss them off.. Just saying.

[red-beard]

Apparently, I only get death threats. But they are open about it...

[Bill Douglas]

I guess I'm not interesting enough to get this sort of email

[Esel Mann]

Lets see....
OP join date 2012, check 1,
OP post count of 3, check 2,
OP topic involving compromising proclivities plus the shop where you bought the equipment, check 3.

Hmmm. I wasn't aware the Treasury was printing $3 notes.

[Zeke]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

I guess I'm not interesting enough to get this sort of email

Yeah, not me either...yet. Frankly, it's about time to disconnect from the cyber world. What does it offer? For me it's some shopping on Amazon and some forums. I pay only 2 bills online and not every month. I don't need it. I would never, NEVER, do one single operation on my cell phone! I call and I text. I don't read my email or do anything else. I have maybe a dozen times used the browser and it sucks so bad that I can easily wait to get home and use the computer.

[Don Ro]

I don't answer phone calls from #'s I don't recognize.
Recently got two left messages the same day telling me that I was in major trouble with the IRS. I needed to call back immediately to clear up the issue...or else.

[pwd72s]

Originally Posted by Don Ro

I don't answer phone calls from #'s I don't recognize.
Recently got two left messages the same day telling me that I was in major trouble with the IRS. I needed to call back immediately to clear up the issue...or else.

LOL! A friend told me of getting those. Irony. He works for the IRS.

[red-beard]

Originally Posted by Don Ro

I don't answer phone calls from #'s I don't recognize.
Recently got two left messages the same day telling me that I was in major trouble with the IRS. I needed to call back immediately to clear up the issue...or else.

I posted one of those a few years back. It wasn't even a person. Someone use a computer generated voice. Sounded like Steven Hawkings was scamming me.

[GH85Carrera]

I got the phone call that my computer contacted Microsoft and has a virus. He was going to help me. I just played stupid. After 10 minutes of trying to get information from me I told him that for me to go to the web link he wanted me to go to I would have to hang up and dial my modem as I only have one phone line.

The IRS called me and as well as the Sherif's department. The IRS guy said the agents were on the way and unless I bough a Walgreen's gift card and told him the number I was going to be arrested. I just laughed and told him to bring the best SWAT team because I was gong to make the Branch Davidian's raid look like a walk in the park.

[Zeke]

The extortion letter made the Times today:

Los Angeles Times

[Tobra]

So what sort of porn were you checking out? It was this wasn't it, you sick fuch

[911 Rod]

This is the same extortion method I watched on Black Mirror just a couple of days ago.
Chicken or the egg?

[Vipergrün]

From what I can gather, based on the information in my extortion email, the data they have is likely from the LinkedIn breach.

[Don Ro]

Just rec'd another left phone message yesterday. About how my computer will be shut down, never to be useful again until I call them back.

[red-beard]

[Don Ro]

^^^
That sounds familiar.

[scottmandue]

Originally Posted by red-beard

As some have said I guess my porn rep doesn't evoke any blackmail attention.

However the good old IRS calls almost every year with threats... well, at least a bot claiming to be the IRS, threatening financial ruin if I don't send money.

[rwest]

So, I just got the porn email extortion and here’s the disturbing part; they listed my area code and last 4 digits of my home phone number.

I suppose they hacked a business that had my email and phone number?

CEOs need to see some jail time if they don’t do due diligence to secure their data and if they collect more than the bare minimum amount of data needed to do business with you, that’s my opinion and I bet things would get shored up pretty quick.