You've been hacked "Hello pervert" Email

I received a message from my own mailbox - what do I do?????


Hello pervert, I've sent this message from your iCloud mail. 

 

I want to inform you about a very bad situation for you. However, you can benefit from it, if you will act wisеly.

 

Have you heard of Pegasus? This is a spyware program that installs on computers and smartphones and allows hackers to monitor the activity of device owners. It provides access to your webcam, messengers, emails, call records, etc. It works well on Android, iOS, and Windows. I guess, you already figured out where I’m getting at.

 

It’s been a few months since I installed it on all your devices because you were not quite choosy about what links to click on the intеrnеt. During this period, I’ve learned about all aspects of your private life, but one is of special significance to me.

 

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I doubt you’d want your friends, family and co-workers to know about it. However, I can do it in a few clicks.

 

Every number in your contact list will suddenly receive these vidеоs– on WhatsApp, on Telegram, on Instagram, on Facebook, on email – everywhere. It is going to be a tsunami that will sweep away everything in its path, and first of all, your fоrmеr life.

 

Don’t think of yourself as an innocent victim. No one knows where your реrvеrsiоn might lead in the future, so consider this a kind of deserved рunishmеnt to stop you.

 

I’m some kind of God who sees everything. However, don’t panic. As we know, God is merciful and forgiving, and so do I. But my mercy is not free.

 

Transfer 800 USD to my Litecoin (LTC) wallet: ltc1q0sfhklq82kxps8kpx7e4el538jf6rs6h3x34ta

 

Once I receive confirmation of the transaction, I will permanently delete all videos compromising you, uninstаll Pegasus from all of your devices, and disappear from your life. You can be sure – my benefit is only money. Otherwise, I wouldn’t be writing to you, but destroy your life without a word in a second.

 

I’ll be notified when you open my email, and from that moment you have exactly 48 hours to send the money. If cryptocurrencies are unchartered waters for you, don’t worry, it’s very simple. Just google “crypto exchange” or "buy Litecoin" and then it will be no harder than buying some useless stuff on Amazon.

 

I strongly warn you against the following:

* Do not reply to this email. I've sent it from your iCloud mail.

* Do not contact the police. I have access to all your devices, and as soon as I find out you ran to the cops, videos will be published.

* Don’t try to reset or destroy your devices. As I mentioned above: I’m monitoring all your activity, so you either agree to my terms or the vidеоs are published.

Also, don’t forget that cryptocurrencies are anonymous, so it’s impossible to identify me using the provided address.

 

Good luck, my perverted friend. I hope this is the last time we hear from each other.

And some friendly advice: from now on, don’t be so careless about your online security.


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Posted on Apr 29, 2024 12:46 PM

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Posted on Jun 4, 2024 2:04 PM

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.

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Jun 4, 2024 5:26 AM in response to Marco1470

Marco1470 wrote:

Thanks, i’m very worried

You are welcome. Unfortunately, these scammers rely on people’s fears, and will exploit it at every possible opportunity. If a person were to follow the scammers instructions, and send money, the scammers next step would be to demand more and more money. At the same time, your email address would be sold to other scammers, whereupon you would continue to receive scam attempts for as long as your email address was active.


There has been a noticeable uptick in such posts here for the past couple months, so some scammer, somewhere in the world is attempting to recoup the money they paid for email addresses. Please don’t be part of that circle of scamming.

Jun 10, 2024 12:04 PM in response to LaAlguien

Don't answer or respond to it!! Or send anything-AT ALL. It is bait only to scam you-and *** you out of money and possibly get more information to use against you a well. Do NOT RESPOND or even click the link or message call contact in any way. They know nothing and if they did sending money wouldn't help anyways. I have been scammed several times so I know about this .


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Apr 29, 2024 1:03 PM in response to LaAlguien

It's a scam for sure! Anyone can spoof the email address to make it look like it is yours and that does not mean they have access to your account, and no they did not sent it from your account. They are just trying to scare you into giving them money. Just delete and move on with your day. That won't be the last scam email you get, we all get them. Some people will fall for it and that is why they continue to do what they do.

May 27, 2024 6:33 PM in response to LaAlguien

Hi, I just received the same exact email. Starting of the email is a scam. The licence cost of operating pegasus is more than 500k. It is only used to hack politicians and high ranking government oficials. Further more the email claims to have been sent from your own icloud, to trick you into thinking that, the scammer put your email address in the description of the email to make it look as if it was sent from your own email


May 14, 2024 5:44 AM in response to LaAlguien

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.

Jun 10, 2024 11:03 AM in response to LaAlguien

Since I see this kind of scam using any of my email adresses, I am pretty sure the lowlife cybercriminal who sent you this scam was really using your perfect email address within the "From:" field. No need to play with "upper i" in place of "lower l" ( a technic which is named "typo squatting" ).


Be aware that there is no need to hack your account, to send an email with a "From:" field which is your email address.


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