Bitcoin scammers net nearly $1M by telling people they can see them masturbate

Bitcoin scammers net nearly $1M by telling people they can see them masturbate
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2019-5-16 04:07

A new kind of scam has accrued almost $1 million in bitcoin from frightened porn viewers, says a new report — and they’re staining the good names of Shakespeare and Austen to do it. According to the report, from cybersecurity firm Area 1, this scam involves a threatening email, in which the victim is told videos or pictures of them watching pornography will be leaked to their contacts, along with whatever they were watching, unless they pay a ransom in Bitcoin.

That hits some soft spots, so I can see why it works — threatening to expose intimate images and porn preferences…

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