Kevin If anyone’s been around for awhile, y’all know I’ll raid my inbox from time to time, and get screenshots of the spammy and scammy horseshit that comes my way. This one goes beyond your run of the mill spammer, and into scammer territory. Today’s post is about an extortion scam email I got some months back. To be more exact, it’s an email from sextortion scammers. For the record, I didn’t respond to this jerk fuck, nor do I have plans to do so. At least not on this email addy, haha.
As always, all email addys are obscured, along w/ all other identifiers not publicly available. It’s more than they deserve, but I wanna be the bigger person, ya know?
Here, we’re seeing the sender of this spammy email start off w/ a super generic greeting, instead of by actual name. This email may seem like it’s personal, but it’s not. They’re making it seem like they know the recipient, but they don’t. BTW, my camera’s covered w/ a crappy piece of notebook paper.
![Continuation of a screenshot of a sextortion scam email that reads as follows: "How did I do this? Because of your disregard for internet security, I easily managed to install a Trojan on your hard disk. Thanks to this, I was able to access all the data on your device and control it remotely. By infecting one device, I was able to gain access to all the other devices. My spyware is embedded in the drivers and updates is signature every few hours, so no antivirus or firewall can ever detect it. Now I want to offer a deal: a small amount of money in exchange for your former worry free life. Transfer $1300 USD to my bitcoin wallet [bitcoin wallet address] As soon as I receive confirmation of the payment, I will delet all the videos that compromise you, remove the virus from all your devices, and you will never hear from me again. It's a very small price for not destroying your reputation in the eyes of others, who think that you are a decent man, according to your messengers. You can think of me as some sort of life coach who wants you to start appreciating what you have."](https://themissionwithin.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/sextortion-scammy-dickface-2.png)
Now we’re seeing the sender of this stupid email sling technical jargon around like it’s diner hash. They have no idea what they’re talking about, and they’re hoping at least one recipient won’t know any better. Otherwise, they wouldn’t do it if it hadn’t worked at some point in time.
We also see them demand money, which for many out there, isn’t small potatoes like this scammer thinks it is. I feel like this shows how successful they are in their scamming ways, and ultimately how lucrative scamming activity can be.
Now, they’re really ramping up the urgency, which is what scammers do. They want you to be so scared that you’ll comply w/ their horseshit demands, and not think about it. Just like no legit state or federal government agency will utilize threats and behave abusively, nobody w/ good intentions will do you like this. This is what scammers do. (Side note: anyone actually employed in this agencies who acts like this doesn’t need to be in their line of work. In that case, can I have their job, plox?)
Scammers have dozens of email addys, as the scammer admitted to in this case. They know their shyt won’t fly w/ any decent email service provider, so this is what they do instead.
The good news in all this is that we got some recourse. If you ever get one of these, and the scammers include a bitcoin wallet, you can report it here at Bitcoin Who’s Who as a scam, just like I did w/ the bitcoin wallet listed. If enough ppl report these scammer wallets, it should hopefully be enough to get it shut down.
Now you play nice, after the lame AF threats you made? Yeah, you can now officially go to hell and fuck yourself. Taking life advice from a scammer is like taking sobriety advice from Jack Daniels, anyways.
The important thing to remember is that these scammers send these stupid emails, and any variations thereof, out by the thousands. I’m probably one of a million others who got this same stupid email from this same person, so if you think this is specifically targeting you, it’s not. These scammers are nothing but a bunch of punks who think they’re all big and bad, when push comes to shove. They’re in the business of making money, and they resort to victimizing others in order to do it. Their victims are a means to an end for them, and it’s a numbers game. By sending this email to so many ppl, they’re counting on at least one to take the bait and play their stupid games.
Don’t fall for it, no matter how convincing they may seem. A good course of action is to report their lame emails as spam, report any bitcoin wallets they include, and ignore their nonsense threats. Over to you, readers. Have you ever gotten any of these emails? Know someone who has? Ever fallen for these scam emails, or know someone who has also? Either way, I’d love to hear your thoughts and takeaways, so drop it all like it’s hawt, and let’s talk.
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