Extortion

Got email with text letter saying that they have a video of me doing something and if I don’t send them bitcoin payment in 24 hrs they will send video to all my contacts

iPhone 11, iOS 14

Posted on Dec 28, 2020 8:50 PM

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Dec 28, 2020 9:02 PM in response to Wol144leader

Wol144leader wrote:

How can someone get all my contacts info

How do you know they have all your contact info? If you are talking about because they got your email, people get your email address in many ways. If it is someone you know and trust then you can click on the links and files that they attached if it sounds like them. Scammers are out there and they try EVERYTHING to get that information. When you use your email, and when you enter it on websites and things like that, and there are even trackers that get installed on computers that you don't know about that send that information to people. When I get emails like that, I simply (without clicking on anything in the email) put the email in my spam box, and then block it so I never get emails from them again.

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