“Newsletter sent from your account” tries to scam you for Bitcoin
An email scam claims to have recorded you through your camera and insists you pay Bitcoin within 47 hours or risk having your sexual fantasies shared with your contacts.
The scam email appears to be sent from your own email account. It even says “I SENT this newsletter from YOUR ACCOUNT” in the message. However, the email was not sent to you from your account. A third-party email spoofing service was used to make it appear this way. This is not a new tactic used by email scammers and it can be confirmed by the IP addresses used to send the email.
The email claims to have been recording you through the camera on your device. It says “I made video from your camera from yours devices” and “You enjoy, I record video.” However, this also is not true. The scammer did not obtain access to your device and did not record a video of you.
This is just a scam designed to scare you into paying the scammer a certain amount of Bitcoin. It is not a new scam. This type of scam referred to as a sextortion scam has been an issue for quite some time and has become popular.
Also see: ‘Programmer who cracked your email’ tries to blackmail you for Bitcoin
The purpose of the email is to scare you enough to persuade you to pay Bitcoin to a BTC wallet (1B6o6Cbx6Ynq364xGNeSSDhDQjp8wScTFF or other) in order to erase data they claim to have collected about you.
The email says that you have 47 hours to make a payment and if you do not they will ” share this take aback of your sexually fantasies your contacts.”
The email has a lot of typos and errors. They even acknowledge this fact and say “You see grammatical mistakes? Yes! I do this special, to not find me. All electronic communication & apple have analyze writing style.”
The most frightening part about this email is that it will partially include your phone number in the subject. However, do not let this alarm you. Your phone number was likely obtained following a breach that occurred on websites like LinkedIn and Adobe and you are not the only target. If you want to check if your information was obtained during a breach you can search here: https://haveibeenpwned.com/.
Here’s what is written in the email message:
Subject: +I regulator phone @xx72 I Have YOUR secret.
From: [your email]
To: [your email]
I SENT this newsletter from YOUR ACCOUNT.
I surveillance your device.
I am in stupefaction of your reproduction fantasies!
I made video from your camera from yours devices.
You enjoy, I record video.
I made backup your contacts and files.
I want 825 $ to my =Bitcoin
My -Bitcoin cashier
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If YOU don’t Transfer +Bitcoin. I share this take aback of your sexually fantasies your contacts!
If you do not know how to do this – enter into Google&
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Time 47 hours.
You see grammatical mistakes? Yes! I do this special, to not find me. All electronic communication & apple have analyze writing style.
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As you can see, the email can appear legitimate to many people. But, the same message has been sent around the internet to many people (word-for word) and there have been many campaigns like it in the past. Even if you have never visited an adult website, you will still receive the same message. Even if your device does not have a camera, they will still claim to have recorded you through your camera.
Do not pay BTC to the scammer and do not reply to the fraudulent email message. The only thing you need to do is change the password to your email address and other accounts you have for safe measure.
The email message does not mean that your computer is infected with malware; However, if you would like to scan your computer for malware and other potentially malicious files from your computer we recommended to use Malwarebytes. Here are some instructions to do so:
1. Download Malwarebytes Anti-Malware software to scan your computer and remove malicious files and potentially unwanted programs.
2. To install the program, click the file you just downloaded. It can usually be located in the Download folder.
3. A window that says “Welcome to the Malwarebytes Setup Wizard” will appear. Click Agree and Install to begin the installation. Once complete, click Finish.
4. Now the Malwarebytes is installed, open the program and click the Scan Now button – or go to the Scan tab and click the Start Scan button.
3. When the scan is complete click the Quarantine Selected button.
4. If Malwarebytes says “All selected items have been removed successfully. A log file has been saved to the logs folder. Your computer needs to be restarted to complete the removal process. Would you like to restart now?” click the Yes button to restart your computer.
