I received a very amusing email today supposedly from my own work email address, sent to my own email address. Here it is, with my thoughts added, and one piece redacted:
Somebody spoofed my email address and sent me an email to try to blackmail me. I'm still giggling.
Hello!
Have you recently noticed that I have e-mailed you from your account?
Yes, this simply means that I have total access to your device. [Bullshit. ]
For the last couple of months, I have been watching you.
Still wondering how is that possible? Well, you have been infected with malware originating from an adult website that you visited. [From work. Yeah, sure. ] You may not be familiar with this, but I will try explaining it to you.
With help of the Trojan Virus, I have complete access to a PC or any other device.
This simply means I can see you at any time I wish to on your screen by simply turning on your camera [that I don't have] and microphone [also don't have], without you even noticing it. In addition, I have also got access to your contacts list and all your correspondence. [That might worry me if I didn't think it was complete BS.]
You may be asking yourself, "But my PC has an active antivirus, how is this even possible? Why didn't I receive any notification?" Well, the answer is simple: my malware uses drivers, where I update the signatures every four hours, making it undetectable, and hence keeping your antivirus silent. [Thanks for telling me your supposed secrets. I don't know enough to know if this is a valid technique, which is probably what they're relying on.]
I have a video of you wanking on the left screen, and on the right screen - the video you were watching while masturbating. []
Wondering how bad could this get? With just a single click of my mouse, this video can be sent to all your social networks, and e-mail contacts.
I can also share access to all your e-mail correspondence and messengers that you use.
All you have to do to prevent this from happening is - transfer bitcoins worth $1450 (USD) [That's oddly specific.] to my Bitcoin address (if you have no idea how to do this, you can open your browser and simply search: "Buy Bitcoin"). [ He doesn't even want to give me instructions.]
My bitcoin address (BTC Wallet) is: [redacted]
After receiving a confirmation of your payment, I will delete the video right away, and that's it, you will never hear from me again.
You have 2 days (48 hours) to complete this transaction.
Once you open this e-mail, I will receive a notification, and my timer will start ticking.
Any attempt to file a complaint will not result in anything, since this e-mail cannot be traced back, same as my bitcoin id.
I have been working on this for a very long time by now; I do not give any chance for a mistake.
If, by any chance I find out that you have shared this message with anybody else, I will broadcast your video as mentioned above. [Go ahead. Broadcast that non-existent video. ]
Have you recently noticed that I have e-mailed you from your account?
Yes, this simply means that I have total access to your device. [Bullshit. ]
For the last couple of months, I have been watching you.
Still wondering how is that possible? Well, you have been infected with malware originating from an adult website that you visited. [From work. Yeah, sure. ] You may not be familiar with this, but I will try explaining it to you.
With help of the Trojan Virus, I have complete access to a PC or any other device.
This simply means I can see you at any time I wish to on your screen by simply turning on your camera [that I don't have] and microphone [also don't have], without you even noticing it. In addition, I have also got access to your contacts list and all your correspondence. [That might worry me if I didn't think it was complete BS.]
You may be asking yourself, "But my PC has an active antivirus, how is this even possible? Why didn't I receive any notification?" Well, the answer is simple: my malware uses drivers, where I update the signatures every four hours, making it undetectable, and hence keeping your antivirus silent. [Thanks for telling me your supposed secrets. I don't know enough to know if this is a valid technique, which is probably what they're relying on.]
I have a video of you wanking on the left screen, and on the right screen - the video you were watching while masturbating. []
Wondering how bad could this get? With just a single click of my mouse, this video can be sent to all your social networks, and e-mail contacts.
I can also share access to all your e-mail correspondence and messengers that you use.
All you have to do to prevent this from happening is - transfer bitcoins worth $1450 (USD) [That's oddly specific.] to my Bitcoin address (if you have no idea how to do this, you can open your browser and simply search: "Buy Bitcoin"). [ He doesn't even want to give me instructions.]
My bitcoin address (BTC Wallet) is: [redacted]
After receiving a confirmation of your payment, I will delete the video right away, and that's it, you will never hear from me again.
You have 2 days (48 hours) to complete this transaction.
Once you open this e-mail, I will receive a notification, and my timer will start ticking.
Any attempt to file a complaint will not result in anything, since this e-mail cannot be traced back, same as my bitcoin id.
I have been working on this for a very long time by now; I do not give any chance for a mistake.
If, by any chance I find out that you have shared this message with anybody else, I will broadcast your video as mentioned above. [Go ahead. Broadcast that non-existent video. ]
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