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dawn
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do you have a spot to report or post these?

Subject: I recorded you - ______
Date: November 14
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Hey, I know your password is: ______

Your computer was infected with my malware, RAT (Remote Administration Tool), your browser wasn't updated / patched, in such case it's enough to just visit some website where my iframe is placed to get automatically infected, if you want to find out more - Google: "Drive-by exploit".

My malware gave me full access and control over your computer, meaning, I got access to all your accounts (see password above) and I can see everything on your screen, turn on your camera or microphone and you won't even notice about it.

I collected all your private data and I RECORDED YOU (through your webcam) SATISFYING YOURSELF!

After that I removed my malware to not leave any traces.

I can send the video to all your contacts, post it on social network, publish it on the whole web, including the darknet, where the sick people are, I can publish all I found on your computer everywhere!

Only you can prevent me from doing this and only I can help you out in this situation.

Transfer exactly 1400$ with the cryptocurrency DASH (DSH) to my DASH (DSH) address.

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As I got access to this email account, I will know if this email has already been read.
If you get this email multiple times, it's to make sure you read it, my mailer script has been configured like that and after payment you can ignore it!
After receiving the payment, I will remove everything and you can life your live in peace like before.

Next time update your browser before browsing the web!

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Satisfaction mark by dawn 4 years ago

thanks for the info! greatly appreciated 

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anonymous
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Thanks for getting in touch with us-- and for posting an example of the phishing emails which have been going around recently.  I have removed your mail client information for your privacy and removed the ransom wallet information/sites posted by the scammer so as not to drive more traffic towards links associated with this issue. 

Judging by your post, you've already determined that this is spoofing-- which can always be checked by looking at the header information in more detail in a client like Thunderbird. For anyone who has just encountered a message such as this, though, it's worth noting that most passwords in these messages have been acquired through one or more recent data leaks. As always, practice good password hygiene and use SPF records to make it more difficult for scammers to spoof your email. 

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anonymous
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Thanks for getting in touch with us-- and for posting an example of the phishing emails which have been going around recently.  I have removed your mail client information for your privacy and removed the ransom wallet information/sites posted by the scammer so as not to drive more traffic towards links associated with this issue. 

Judging by your post, you've already determined that this is spoofing-- which can always be checked by looking at the header information in more detail in a client like Thunderbird. For anyone who has just encountered a message such as this, though, it's worth noting that most passwords in these messages have been acquired through one or more recent data leaks. As always, practice good password hygiene and use SPF records to make it more difficult for scammers to spoof your email.