Yesterday, I received two emails from an unknown address with the subject – I strongly recommend you check the information in this email. Both emails had identical content – word to word. The emails were both, threatening and educational! Given below is the content of the emails. My comments on the emails are as usual in red.

I strongly recommend you check the information in this email

From: cpmfqtkl@freelymail.com <cpmfqtkl@freelymail.com> Who makes such a complicated email address that you can't even remember!
Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 6:41 PM
To: y2f3bnbvcmu5mg Is that me?? – This is a red herring indicating that it is a fraud email.
Subject: I strongly recommend you check the information in this email. How menacing can you get?

The other email was 

From: ryang@11yahoo.com <ryang@11yahoo.com>
Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2024 12:19 AM 
To: dynadi9er 

Greetings,
I am sorry, but I have to start with the bad news.

A few months ago, I gained access to your account linked to OS (OS? Which OS??), and therefore to all the devices you use for internet browsing.
Then it was easy for me to install special software on all your devices that tracked your every keystroke and mouse movement.
After that, gaining access to your personal e-mail my correct email id mentioned here was no longer a problem.
Your password on that moment was: y2f3bnbvcmu5mg Nah! Not correct.

I'm not a genius or a brilliant hacker. You are just completely careless about digital hygiene and internet safety. No Sir, I am not careless.
You seem to be completely unaware of incognito tabs, VPN, TOR, and clicking on suspicious email links. Oh. I NEVER do that. And YOU the reader should also NVER EVER DO THAT.
And here is the point of my email – I have accessed not only your browser history and files but also your webcam.

Not only did I record you pleasuring yourself watching a video of highly controversial content, (Oh I don't do that also. So you are BLUFFING) but I also got all your digital conversations.
Lest you think it's some fake editing, some of the footage of you is duplicated from several of your devices.
Everything you value – your friends', coworkers', and family's opinion of you – is jeopardized.

You've spent a long time building your reputation as a decent and responsible person.
Neither you nor I want to destroy it in one click.
The click which will send everyone you know, love and respect a questionable video with you and the most “remarkable” records from your browser history.

I hope you've begun to realize that I can turn your former life into shame and embarrassment in one moment.
However, I am a rational person and I don't want to make anyone suffer for the sake of suffering, so we can make a deal. No you are not a rational person. You are a blackmailer.

You need to transfer $1370 USD bitcoin equivalent to this BTC crypto wallet: 12mwSFYDyCWta8uMNxq52mENdi3nkjQGa5

It's a very small amount for not losing the reputation you've been developing for years, maybe even decades.
Once I receive payment, I will delete all materials once and for all.
Since I monitor all your PC and mobile activity, I'll notice when you send the payment as well as when you read this email.
You have 48 hours to make a payment, starting from the moment you open this e-mail.

I'm a man of my word, you can trust me, otherwise, I would have published it long time ago. Some advice in advance:
– Don't reply to this letter. This email was sent from a randomly generated address. First true words mentuioned in the email.
– Don't call the police or any other authorities. As soon as I notice you're trying to contact them, the videos will be published online. In addition to that, crypto wallets are anonymous, so no one will ever track me.
– Don't try to reinstall your system or reset your device. As I mentioned, as soon as I get a notification of such activity, I will post all the materials.

I'm sorry that we had to meet under such circumstances, but fate is fate.
Adios, senor. I hope this is the last time we interact.

P.S. Kind reminder: please be more careful about your internet security from now on, and then you will never run into such situations.

My take on such emails:

1. IGNORE. The sender has no dope on you. However, you must take the following precautions, always

2. Use an anti virus on you systems.

3. Do not click on links from unknown senders.

4. If you're watching anything remotely pornographic, put a sticker on the device web cam!

Some days back I received a sextortion scam blackmail email purportedly having been sent from my own email address! The scammer wanted to have me believe that he has been able to hack into my email and was now able to send emails at will using my email address.

Sextortion Scam Email in My Name

Unlike many other scam emails, such a blackmail email is addressed directly to the recipient – the from and to email addresses are the same.

The reason for this is that the scammer wants you to believe that he has access to your email account and can wreak havoc with your life.

I am reproducing the contents of the sextortion scam blackmail email for bitcoins below. I have also made comments within the email body (in red) to explain why one should not be worried about such emails and give into the foolish demand of the blackmailer.

Sextortion Scam Email

Hello there!

Unfortunately, there are some bad news for you.

Around several months ago I have obtained access to your devices that you were using to browse internet. Subsequently, I have proceeded with tracking down internet activities of yours.

Below, is the sequence of past events:

In the past, I have bought access from hackers to numerous email accounts (today, that is a very straightforward task that can be done online).

Clearly, I have effortlessly logged in to email account of yours  (gautam@gautam.in) Email address changed

A week after that, I have managed to install Trojan virus to Operating Systems of all your devices that are used for email access. Not possible since i have a good anti-virus installed on my devices. I DO NOT browse the internet without protection. NOR SHOULD YOU. 

Actually, that was quite simple (because you were clicking the links in inbox emails). Again, I know this can't be true because I am caustious and never click on link in emails from unknown senders. You should also check the links in emails before clicking them. 

All smart things are quite straightforward. (>_<) The software of mine allows me to access to all controllers in your devices, such as video camera, microphone and keyboard. I have managed to download all your personal data, as well as web browsing history and photos to my servers. I can access all messengers of yours, as well as emails, social networks, contacts list and even chat history. My virus unceasingly refreshes its signatures (since it is driver-based), and hereby stays invisible for your antivirus. Arrrgh! Now he is trying to get to me by covering bases and telling me that you may have an anti-virus but my software can beat it. So, by now you should already understand the reason why I remained unnoticed until this very moment… While collecting your information, I have found out that you are also a huge fan of websites for adults. You truly enjoy checking out porn websites and watching dirty videos, while having a lot of kinky fun. I have recorded several kinky scenes of yours and montaged some videos, where you reach orgasms while passionately masturbating. A lie since I know that I do not indulge in such activities with my devices ON!  If you still doubt my serious intentions, it only takes couple mouse clicks to share your videos with your friends, relatives and even colleagues. It is also not a problem for me to allow those vids for access of public as well. I truly believe, you would not want this to occur, understanding how special are the videos you love watching, (you are clearly aware of that) all that stuff can result in a real disaster for you. Let's resolve it like this: All you need is $1850 USD transfer to my account (bitcoin equivalent based on exchange rate during your transfer), and after the transaction is successful, I will proceed to delete all that kinky stuff without delay. Afterwards, we can pretend that we have never met before. In addition, I assure you that all the harmful software will be deleted from all your devices. Be sure, I keep my promises. That is quite a fair deal with a low price, bearing in mind that I have spent a lot of effort to go through your profile and traffic for a long period. If you are unaware how to buy and send bitcoins – it can be easily fixed by searching all related information online. Below is bitcoin wallet of mine: 13E4d14BnRqsZVrp3Cp3PBMA8Ca4UEVTWC You are given not more than 48 hours after you have opened this email (2 days to be precise). Below is the list of actions that you should not attempt doing: > Do not attempt to reply my email (the email in your inbox was created by me together with return address).
> Do not attempt to call police or any other security services. Moreover, don't even think to share this with friends of yours. Once I find that out (make no doubt about it, I can do that effortlessly, bearing in mind that I have full control over all your systems) – the video of yours will become available to public immediately.
> Do not attempt to search for me – there is completely no point in that. All cryptocurrency transactions remain anonymous at all times.
> Do not attempt reinstalling the OS on devices of yours or get rid of them. It is meaningless too, because all your videos are already available at remote servers.

Since the scammer sending the blackmail email for bitcoin has not bothered to leave a return email address, I'd like to know – How will he know that it is me who has transfered the money? If all cryptocurrency transactions remain anonymous as per his own admission. 

Below is the list of things you don't need to be concerned about:
> That I will not receive the money you transferred.
– Don't you worry, I can still track it, after the transaction is successfully completed, because I still monitor all your activities (trojan virus of mine includes a remote-control option, just like TeamViewer). > That I still will make your videos available to public after your money transfer is complete.
– Believe me, it is meaningless for me to keep on making your life complicated. If I indeed wanted to make it happen, it would happen long time ago!

Everything will be carried out based on fairness! Fairness? Where is fairness in Balckmail?

Before I forget…moving forward try not to get involved in this kind of situations anymore!

An advice from me – regularly change all the passwords to your accounts. But you only said no point in changing passwords since you have some Trojan installed on my system? Oh? You mean I should not fall victim to another Blackmailer like you? Thanks

The important things to keep in mind are:

1. This is nothing but an empty Blackmail email. Do not worry. Ignore theis kind of sextortion scam emails

2. The blackmail email sender would have sent such an email to thousands of email addresses. He needs only a very small fraction of people to succumb to such as a sextortion scam to succeed.

3. Use a good anti-virus on all your devices that you use for online interactions. If you noticed above in the email header image you'd find an expression – The message has ben processed. I am reproducing the image below again for your convenience

I have an anti-virus on my laptop. It automatically deleted the email content and just left a note – Message has been processed.

The sextortion scam email did not actually reach my email inbox. For the purpose of illustration here I had to log into my server to retrieve the contents of the email.

Moral of the story – get an

today and install it on all your devices.

Today, I received a sextortion email from someone who claimed many frightening things – frightening, if true. I am, however not scared because I know that what he has written in the email is a pack of lies.

Let us go through the sextortion email and my comments in red so you know what I am talking about.

The sextortion email from an unknown blackmailer

From: myemail@mydomain.com (email email address changed – it displayed my actual eemail id as if the sender had access to my email account)
Date: 27 Jun 2022 08:14
Subject: There is an overdue payment under your name. Please, settle your debts ASAP. debts? What debt? Did I borrow money from you?

To: myemail@mydomain.com (he is essentailly sending email to me from me)

Cc:

Hi!

Sadly, there are some bad news that you are about to hear.

About few months ago I have gained a full access to all devices used by you for internet browsing. (Liar! Liar! Not possible. I use top notch internet security  on all my devices and never click a link from unknown people)

Shortly after, I started recording all internet activities done by you.

Below is the sequence of events of how that happened:

Earlier I purchased from hackers a unique access to diversified email accounts (at the moment, it is really easy to do using internet). (yes, that is sadly true and hence we all must be careful what forms we fill)

As you can see, I managed to log in to your email account without breaking a sweat: (myemail@mydoamin.com). (this is nothing be to be scared about – anyone can send email showing someone's email id with some knowledge about email configuration)

Within one week afterwards, I installed a Trojan virus in your Operating Systems available on all devices that you utilize for logging in your email. (he is bragging and that's ok. Let him)

To be frank, it was somewhat a very easy task (since you were kind enough to open some of links provided in your inbox emails). (he slipped up here. I NEVER do that and you too must NOT do that if you do not know the sender)

I know, you may be thinking now that I'm a genius. (I would not like to say what I think of you, but surely I do not think you're a genius)

With help of that useful software, I am now able to gain access to all the controllers located in your devices (e.g., video camera, keyboard, microphone and others).
As result, managed to download all your photos, personal data, history of web browsing and other info to my servers without any problems. Moreover, I now have access to all accounts in your messengers, social networks, emails, contacts list, chat history – you name it.

My Trojan virus continues refreshing its signatures in a non-stop manner (because it is operated by driver), hence it remains undetected by any antivirus software installed in your PC or device. (An anti virus will scan everything on the computer, drivers included. So stop scaring me. It's not working)

So, I guess now you finally understand the reason why I could never be caught until this very letter…(Man, you get caught when you are able to do something, If you have not been able to do anything, there is no qustion of being caught.)

Sextortion Email Threat

During the process of your personal info compilation, I could not help but notice that you are a huge admirer and regular guest of websites with adult content. (Man,this did it. I have not seen any porn websites in quite a few years now. So it is confirmed that he is a LIAR and there is not any reason to be frightened of.  If you too have not been going to such sites, then you too can safely assume that any such email that you received is empty threat and nothing else. This is a classic sextortion email) You endure a lot of pleasure while checking out porn websites, watching nasty porn movies and reaching breathtaking orgasms.

Let me be frank with you, it was really hard to resist from recording some of those naughty solo scenes with you in main role and compiling them in special videos
that expose your masturbation sessions, which end with you cumming.

In case if you still have doubts, all I need is to click my mouse and all those nasty videos with you will be shared to friends, colleagues, and relatives of yours.
Moreover, nothing stops me from uploading all that hot content online, so all public can watch it too. I sincerely hope, you would really not prefer that to happen, keeping in mind all the dirty things you like to watch, (you certainly know what I mean) it will completely ruin your reputation. (No man, please do publish if you have any such compilation. I don't mind at all)

However, don't worry, there is still a way to resolve this: You need to carry out a $1190 USD (You must be joking, 1190USD? No way will I pay that kind of money to someone who sends such a blatant sextortion email) transfer to my wallet (equivalent amount in bitcoins depending on exchange rate at the moment of funds transfer), hence upon receiving the transaction, I will proceed with deleting all the filthy videos with you in main role. Afterwards, we can forget about this unpleasant accident. Furthermore, I guarantee that all the malicious software will also be erased from your devices and accounts.

Mark my words, I never lie. (The very fact that you claim to have my videos in compromising position, belie your claim that you never lie)

That is a great bargain with a low price, I assure you, because I have spent a lot of effort while recording and tracking down all your activities and dirty deeds during a long period of time. In case if you have no idea how to buy and transfer bitcoins – feel free to check the related info on the internet.

Here is my bitcoin wallet for your reference: 1EKdS2BjXd8BzYtsu8U9nQmpcygCjGCjZx

From now on, you have only 48 hours and countdown has started once you opened this very email (in other words, 2 days).

The following list contains things you should definitely abstain from doing or even attempting:

> Abstain from trying to reply this email (since the email is generated inside your inbox alongside with return address).
> Abstain from trying to call or report to police or any other security services. In addition, it's a bad idea if you want to share it with your friends, hoping they would help. If I happen to find out (knowing my awesome skills, it can be done effortlessly,
because I have all your devices and accounts under my control and unceasing observation) – kinky videos of yours will be share to public the same day.
> Abstain from trying to look for me – that would not lead anywhere either. Cryptocurrency transactions are absolutely anonymous and cannot be tracked.
> Abstain from reinstalling your OS on devices or throwing them away. That would not solve the problem as well, since all your personal videos are already uploaded and stored at remote servers.

Things you may be confused about:

> That your funds transfer won't be delivered to me. Chill, I can track down any transactions right away, so upon funds transfer I will receive a notification as well,
since I still control your devices (my trojan virus has ability of controlling all processes remotely, just like TeamViewer).
> That I am going to share your dirty videos after receiving money transfer from you.
Here you need to trust me, because there is absolutely no point to still bother you after receiving money. Moreover, if I really wanted all those videos would be available to public long time ago!

I believe we can still handle this situation on fair terms!

Here is my last advice to you… in future you better ensure you stay away from this kind of situations!

My advice – don't forget to regularly update your passwords to feel completely secure. (well that is my advice to all as well. Use antivirus on your systems. Do not click on  links in emails from unknown senders or open attachments if you do not have antivirus on your devices)

My advice if you receive such sextortion Email

Ingore. The sextortion email sender has nothing on you. You can be 100% sure as long as you:

1. Use an anti virus on your system

2. Avoid opening attachments in emails from unknown senders

3. Do not click on links in emails from unknown senders without the protection of anti virus on your device.

On lighter note I have one more advice: If you do none of the above three, cover the device camera all the time!