You've been hacked "Hello pervert" Email

Marco1470 wrote:

let us know what happens mine expires tomorrow

It’s a scam spam, and fiction, not reality.

No hack, no breach, no espionage tooling, no nudes, nothing.

It’s somebody that wants money for their creative fiction writing efforts.

Delete the scam spam, and move on with the rest of your day.

I’ve received numerous copies of this spam campaign going back months, and copies of the same basic scam going back many years.

Run a web search for the cryptocurrency wallet address for some of the many discussions around the ‘net.

See the previous discussions of this scam spam in this thread for yet more detail.

Arowan123 wrote:

Did anything happen? I received this same email. I reset my password, and looked in my sent and deleted items to see if the email really was sent from my account. I couldn't find it anywhere. I'm not worried about the videos they mention in the email because I can assure you there are none of the videos described; however, I obviously don't want any videos sent to my contacts.

Of course nothing is going to happen. This is a classic attempt to scare you into giving them money. So many people are getting this same email, even if a fraction of the people fall for the scam (1250 to be exact), they could easily make a million dollars. It doesn't cost them anything to send out the emails and they just need to wait for the money to come in. Don't be fooled, and if anyone was tempted to fall for this obvious scam, they really need to review this article about phishing scams too, or they will also be handing out their account passwords like candy.

Recognize and avoid phishing messages, phony support calls, and other scams - Apple Support

And Gift Card scams:

About Gift Card Scams - Official Apple Support

mckrrrr001 wrote:…

It’s a scam spam, and fiction, not reality.

No hack, no breach, no espionage tooling, no nudes, nothing.

It’s somebody that wants money for their creative writing efforts.

Delete the scam spam, and move on with the rest of your day.

See the previous discussions of this scam spam in this thread for more detail.

It’s a scam spam, and fiction, not reality.

No hack, no breach, no espionage tooling, no nudes, nothing.

It’s somebody that wants money for their creative writing efforts.

Delete the scam spam, and move on with the rest of your day.

See the previous discussions of this scam spam in this thread for more detail.

ilke179 wrote:

what happened after 48 hours later? Can you give some information? I received this e mail this morning

Many of us have been getting this creative-fiction spam for months.

Me included.

Spam.

Months.

Nothing.

Zilch.

Mark as junk.

Delete it.

Move on.

The key point to understand is, the petty cybercriminal:

• didn't use your account, didn't hack it, and didn't get your password,
• did fill the "From: " field of the email he send with your email address, which is a public information not protected by any password. Your email address, is not your account, and is public as is public as your postal address.

If you are interested in finding a clear proof of this fact, you just have to get the full headers of the scam message, and look to each line starting with "Received:", the last one of these lines will clearly show you from which domain was sent the original attack. The hacked account, is an account giving access to this system, for email, but also for some other kinds of accesses: web, file sharing…

You don't have to change your password.

You can just delete this scam message.

You don't have to block the sender ( based on the "From:" field ) because it is your real email address.

You don't have to report this attack, because there are millions every day, and to prosecute the authors, we would need a real international collaboration to hunt cybercriminals. We are not in a world where this is possible.

user889 wrote:

I've recieved this email even though I don't have any money or videos that I watch and only use my phone for calling people.

Apparently you did not read anything in this thread before posting. You don't need to have any money and the videos you watch and how you use your phone makes no difference. Nothing needs to be done on your part.

klepsdiphone5s wrote:

I have the same email. How do I find the IP Address and the user who sent the email?

You don't. Each user has a private IP address, with the only public address being the Router that it is connected to. Even if you view the Raw email by selecting the email and going to View > Message > Raw Source, you will see IP addresses of the hops it takes to get to you with the last "Received:" section showing the closest to the originator, but it will not identify the sender.

Simiooo wrote:

I got the same email on Wednesday, I opened it today tho, what happened after 48 hours for you?

Nothing. For many months.

But if you want or need to believe the scammers and their claims, you could certainly choose to pay off the scammers. Which will encourage more spam and more scams sent everywhere more generally, and will more specifically make you a far more valuable target to re-sell your info for further re-scamming.

And of course, your pay off is also completely dependent on the scammers being completely truthful and honest, because scammers are always truthful and honest. And scammers never return to you for more money. And scammers never re-sell your willingness to pay to other scammers, and of course scammers will never resell those photos you want to believe they have to others anyway.

Parker certainly re-sold the Brooklyn Bridge, after all.

Marco1470 wrote:

I also received the email, what should I do?

Delete it, adjust your own personal credulity filter, and move on.

For background, the preceding four pages of replies have explanations of spam and sextortion and related scams.

I opened the message today and it was sent to me on May 26th

This “hello pervert” spam has been being spammed widely for months.

I’m mildly surprised the Apple spam filters aren’t catching this.

HELP

Welcome to the many folks that have received this spam. Delete it. Move on.

Marco1470 wrote:

let us know what happens mine expires tomorrow

NOTHING will happen. It is totally a scam, and a very common one. Millions of people get it every day. A few fall for it, which just costs them money, because they haven’t been hacked. For all practical purposes iPhones cannot be hacked.

Anna_2331 wrote:

I opened the email but didn’t click on any links. Will I be ok?

It’s spam.

The sender lied.

No security breach.

Mark the spam scam email as junk, and move on.

Want more info? Please see the earlier replies here in this thread.

user889 wrote:

I've recieved this email even though I don't have any money or videos that I watch and only use my phone for calling people.

It is spam. No breach, no leaks, no hidden camera access. The sender lied. Delete it. Move on.

lelandeos wrote:

I received this same email, but the address is exactly my icloud, @me and @Mac accounts. how do I know or check they don't have access to my computer or devices? everything I've read about this email seems like it's a scam, but it def appears as though it came form my account

They don't have access to anything. It's a scam. Why would they bother spending huge amounts of time and money, not to mention the risk of criminal prosecution, to get access to your computer when they can just send a scary email and frighten you into sending them money?

Arowan123 wrote:

Did anything happen? I received this same email. I reset my password, and looked in my sent and deleted items to see if the email really was sent from my account. I couldn't find it anywhere. I'm not worried about the videos they mention in the email because I can assure you there are none of the videos described; however, I obviously don't want any videos sent to my contacts.

PLEASE read the rest of the posts in the thread you just added to.