Scam Emails

Just got an email posing to be from myself but looking at the source of the message from 30.144.121.168.grvtelecom.com.br ([168.121.144.30])
Trying to extort:
It's all bullshit. Don't transfer anything to the bitcoin account!
"
I am a spyware software developer.
Your account has been hacked by me in the summer of 2018.

I understand that it is hard to believe, but here is my evidence:
- I sent you this email from your account.
- Password from account [my majorgeeks emailaccount]: [my majorgeeks password] (on moment of hack).

The hacking was carried out using a hardware vulnerability through which you went online (Cisco router, vulnerability CVE-2018-0296).

I went around the security system in the router, installed an exploit there.
When you went online, my exploit downloaded my malicious code (rootkit) to your device.
This is driver software, I constantly updated it, so your antivirus is silent all time.

Since then I have been following you (I can connect to your device via the VNC protocol).
That is, I can see absolutely everything that you do, view and download your files and any data to yourself.
I also have access to the camera on your device, and I periodically take photos and videos with you.

At the moment, I have harvested a solid dirt... on you...
I saved all your email and chats from your messangers. I also saved the entire history of the sites you visit.

I note that it is useless to change the passwords. My malware update passwords from your accounts every times.

I know what you like hard funs (adult sites).
Oh, yes .. I'm know your secret life, which you are hiding from everyone.
Oh my God, what are your like... I saw THIS ... Oh, you dirty naughty person ...

I took photos and videos of your most passionate funs with adult content, and synchronized them in real time with the image of your camera.
Believe it turned out very high quality!

So, to the business!
I'm sure you don't want to show these files and visiting history to all your contacts.

Transfer $863 to my Bitcoin cryptocurrency wallet: 1Bt4psBJmjfVTcW6eYiJZ6HEbpFgKkBSX4
Just copy and paste the wallet number when transferring.
If you do not know how to do this - ask Google.

My system automatically recognizes the translation.
As soon as the specified amount is received, all your data will be destroyed from my server, and the rootkit will be automatically removed from your system.
Do not worry, I really will delete everything, since I am “working” with many people who have fallen into your position.
You will only have to inform your provider about the vulnerabilities in the router so that other hackers will not use it.

Since opening this letter you have 48 hours.
If funds not will be received, after the specified time has elapsed, the disk of your device will be formatted,
and from my server will automatically send email and sms to all your contacts with compromising material.

I advise you to remain prudent and not engage in nonsense (all files on my server).

Good luck!
"

 

i've been getting, on a daily basis, these emails for the past 2 months.
i usually get 3 or 4 of them a day. the dollar amount is never the same.
it's like... whatever.... so, i've been saving them in a folder called dumb spam.

i never have, nor will i ever have a camera and mic attached to my computer.
the only thing to learn from this, if your computer has a camera and microphone built in...
is to always disable the mic and put a yellow sticky note over the camera.
especially in the settings for flash.

toodles.

 

just an update... my dumb spam folder now has 500+ of these threat emails.
it must not be working because they have scaled upped the threat.
i started getting these about 2 weeks ago.

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Hi,

Let me get directly to the point without wasting both of our time recently while surfing one of adult porn xxx web page your operating system is hacked by software I carefully placed there,
while you were watching those videos and enjoying my application installed trojans on your computer system now I've got complete access of your personal computer.

Once I found your pc idle I opened up network connection details and made a video of your ip details, same manner I made a video of yours all important documents, social accounts, your contacts , and e mail accounts, now I've everything to prove that is you more over my malware sent me everything back so i have copies of them with me.

Soon after I visited few child porn web sites downloaded those child porn videos played on your computer and made a video of it , I save those videos on your computer in hidden format such way that's only I can access them (and authorities will once I will inform them if you do not do what I say specifically), after that I went to few black market web-sites dream market and silk road (Google it and you will get it what is it) and I made an account on your name there..

Now I got 3 recordings of yours

1) Watching and downloading child porno (criminal offence)
2) Made you member of infamous Dream Market and Silk Road (thinking to ordering some cocaine and weapons on your name soon..)
3) Your ip , important documents , Contacts, Social Details , Geo Graphical details by Google map and your ip

Now you have 2 choices .... [ yadda yadda yadda ]

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it's like, whatever dude. sigh.
i'm getting nostalgic for the old days when all we had to deal with
were sites that produced those hundreds of unwanted pop up windows.

 

I reply to those emails. But I can't post the message here.