someone has sent me an email saying that they have installed malware on my iPhone through a site that I have supposed to have visited and have accessed my camera and want money or they said that they are going to send film of me having sex with my wife to all my contacts
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iPhone 12 Pro Max
It’s a scam. Ignore it. See→Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support
It’s a scam. Ignore it. See→Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support
I’ve received the same thing multiple times on different devices over the years and using different emails I had or have had. These are pure B.S. scare tactic scams that have been around for many years now.
I’ve even received them on devices I’ve had that did not even have any sort of camera attached (Linux desktops with no camera of any kind ever attached to them and using an email only ever used specifically for and on that Linux box) claiming they were watching me. My current Mac mini has a Logitech webcams with a sliding privacy shield which is closed when not in use (mainly to keep the glass lens clean) but the scammers still claim they can see my every movement.
None of it is from a real hacker or from any real hack to your devices.
Yes, it is the same as the thousands of other emails that were sent from that scammer.
The scammers need only one person to be their victim to make their scam attempt profitable. Don't be that victim.
It's still a scam. Ignore it.
It is a well known scam that has been around for years.
They changed it from the webcam on your PC to be more modern since almost everyone uses mobile devices.
Report/mark it as spam and move on
Lazybones123 Said:
"I got an email saying that I have a malware on my iPhone"
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Report this to Apple:
Being a scam, forward it to Apple at: reportphishing@apple.com, that way, Apple can know what exactly is occurring.
Senders will use any number of addresses so the address in a particular spam message tells you nothing.
I honestly don’t pay any attention to them. I have a rule on my Mac mail (which is on 24/7) as well as server side rules on own domain email system and iCloud that simply dumps any message with the word “bitcoin” in the subject, header or body text directly to the spam folder.
I don’t use bitcoin or any crypto currency, have no interest in them so anything I receive with the word anywhere in it is not something I care one wit about even seeing in my inbox.
such scam messages are a dime a dozen, and as I mentioned, they even claim to have targeted systems that don’t even have the hardware they claim to have hacked and used to spy on you.
The sender email doesn’t matter. It’s a throwaway email that was probably used only once. So far this sender has gotten one sucker: https://bitref.com/1BTRwsurewvsiuLKoUThR57RMKbCN7z2YK
One I got showed $40,000 in revenue from this scam.
The sender name is completely irrelevant. In fact, every one of these I've gotten has my own email address as the sender.
I have no idea how many of these I haven't seen as I block certain phrases in them at my ISP's email server. I never even see them as they get deleted automatically. There have very likely been hundreds.
Right, I’m kind of nieve to this but it does make sense as it does not address me by name even though it says it’s been watching me for months
Sleep easy.
This is the email I received
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.
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. 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 and microphone, without you even noticing it. In addition, I have also got access to your contacts list and all your correspondence.
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.
I have video’s of you having sex with a woman an they are very explicit.
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 $1200 (USD) to my Bitcoin address (if you have no idea how to do this, you can open your browser and simply search: "Buy Bitcoin").
My bitcoin address (BTC Wallet) is:
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.
One last advice for you: change all the access information to all your online services, since I may be not only one who has the access to all your accounts!
Please be reasonable.
Good luck!
BTRws
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It says that after I’ve opened the email that I have 48 hours to send $1200 in Bitcoin
Thank you
my wife is obviously mortified and I’m trying to convince her
Thank you
my wife was beside herself, how do they get my email
I got an email saying that I have a malware on my iPhone
