Sextortion

...Well, i actually setup a malware on the xxx videos (sex sites) web-site and do you know what, you visited this website to experience fun (you know what i mean). While you were watching video clips, your web browser initiated functioning as a Remote Desktop with a keylogger which provided me with accessibility to your display and webcam. Right after that, my software program gathered your complete contacts from your Messenger, Facebook, and emailaccount. and then i made a double-screen video. First part shows the video you were viewing (you have a nice taste : )), and 2nd part shows the recording of your cam, & its u. 

This is part of an email I got and I was like... WHAT is going on?  It seemed somebody was trying to blackmail me! Now I have a sex tape online! How did that happen? OMG is my grandma going to see this? I panicked. I have never sexted anybody. The surprise left me breathless for a second.
So this perv had apparently set some malware up in some porn site (that text I’m quoting is verbatim what they sent me), no specifics, nothing. All they say is they got me and they have got information about me (they did have the password I used to have for that site) and that they had information about my contacts! What were they going to do?

Thing is, it’s a scam. Yeah, when I was on tumblr (it feels like years and it’s been just a few months) they had a huge breach and thousands of login info and passwords were pirated. I remember I noticed because I put my email in some site Forbes recommended and voila! There it was. Tumblr had fucked it up and my information (along with the information from thousands of people) had been stolen. So I changed all my passwords. Still, it was easy for whomever had that information to find my email address and send me that message. Yes, it seems they use your own email as a proxy and then they send you the ransom notice. It's a neat little game they play there.

So  for a moment forget all the holes in their story and their spelling mistakes (that person is either fourteen or an ESL learner) it seemed that somebody had used my cam while I was perusing some smut and had recorded me while I had some 'executive time' alone. And that can actually happen. Can you imagine? In this age and time, I would be more concerned about my email getting hacked (because they could spam my friends and family to death and steal my personal information and use it to scam other people) than worrying about an obviously pirated video of me thinking about some very specific people during a very intimate moment being distributed.

This is the age of camming, sexting and sharing all kinds of intimate details with the world. The fact that 'the fappening' happened is a clear indication that there's very little privacy online and our information can be stolen at any moment. And of course, there's people taking advantage of that. So, just in case, check your email addresses for leaks, change your passwords periodically and never, ever respond to one of these scam emails. But please, keep your 'executive time' up. Remember, if you don't love yourself...

XOXO