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.

 

****

 

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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May 8, 2024 7:49 AM in response to lelandeos

lelandeos wrote:

idk, it def got kicked to my spam, but it looks very convincing, I'm more concerned that they have my iCloud password, because the email it was sent from is my own it looks like, there's no uppercase I in iCloud for the l, so I'm just confused as to how they're spoofing it.

Of course, it looks convincing. That's the point. No, they don't have your iCloud password. However, it makes you feel better, change your Apple ID password and ensure the two-factor authentication is enabled.


Change your Apple ID password - Apple Support


Jun 8, 2024 7:49 AM in response to LawIsInTheAir

LawIsInTheAir wrote:

I'm just so curious where they got my mail address from. Generally I always use the generated aliasses by apple which help to identify the leaking website/app.

Maybe it was the very recent Ticketmaster breach of 560 million customer accounts, or the AT&T of 73 million, or any of the other hundreds of breaches reported→https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_data_breaches


But you are luckier than most; just check where you used that specific email address, and that will tell you what site or business was hacked.

Jun 18, 2024 10:19 AM in response to Mac Jim ID

I got his same one on May 19th! I read through my junk folder and read that, and I couldn't decide whether to believe it and feel concerned, or think it's fake and move on. It seems real and I sure as **** would not want ALL my contacts to see some videos they may have recorded, but it seemed a little too bizarre to be true. Thanks everybody for the help, and letting us know that it's a scam, I **** near bought SurfShark VPN just to be sure I was safe.

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