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There is a mail that is being circulated in everyone’s mail box, claiming they have a clip of the user masterbating, and they’ll release it to all friends and families unless he pays money in bitcoins. The mail even goes on to shows ways how one can pay in bitcoins, this mail is one big scam and do not fall for it. This mail is like old wine in a new bottle, last year they send out our passwords, this year they’re sending out fake video claim.

If you have got such a mail here’s what you need to do:

1) Do not reply to it if you have opened it, if you see it just delete it the subject will be Hi perv. I recorded you masturbating! I have captured 'Mail.mp4'! [\b]

2) If you have opened it they’ll send you a second mail, simply delete it.

3) Do not pay any kind of ransom, this is a big scam.

What worries me is that many people are paying them, and those who can’t pay may end up taking their life’s due to sheer embarrassment, it’s my humble request spread the word about this as we all are the targets.

I know many of you’ll will say who’ll pay so see this 3MhAEHCKyh4xsNTvKANR5RKmNd3RpT4KSb people are already paying, this matter cannot be taken lightly and everyone should know this mail is one big scam.

spam is everywhere >:(

It's a typical scam that has been circulating and they are now upgraded because they use crypto now.

I remember those days when they will require you to send through Western Union. Just don't also click any unfamiliar link that these scam spam emails show. Thanks for the reminder juggy.

Or the scammer himself could have sent the amount to the address to convince the would be victims that it's actually happening and some other victims are paying;
I checked;
1. bitcoinabuse.com (https://www.bitcoinabuse.com/reports/3MhAEHCKyh4xsNTvKANR5RKmNd3RpT4KSb) and
2. https://bitcoinwhoswho.com (https://bitcoinwhoswho.com/address/3MhAEHCKyh4xsNTvKANR5RKmNd3RpT4KSb/urlid/13048688)
but the address doesn't seem to have been reported before.

Nonetheless we can make use of the websites and report this kind of addresses involved in scam, a couple of people clueless victims could be saved

Thank you for this heads up! Let's be careful as always guys.  :-\

Is should be more of hypnosis than scam if you don't show me have a prove to show some one how would anyone then pay when he/she has not seen the video well I must say I don't believe this post and I have not heard of it yet and even if it's true it's a cheap and foolish way of scam

Thanks for this information. I would have been a victim if I did not come across this post. I also notice that a very good number of my exchange accounts have been compromised and really do not know what is happening these days.

this information is very important especially for beginners who are still acting in a hurry, e-mail is always the target of hackers to do the action, I think this attack will continue to overshadow the crypto world in a different way, thank you juggy777 all the information

We must be careful in doing anything related to money. I have heard problems like this before, and this is good information to remind us all. Hopefully we will all avoid the evil intentions of irresponsible people who want to take our money away.

This is a common scam but the worrying part is when they tell you your password and it is correct! This makes the user believe it is true when actually it is not, just hacked data from the dark web

This is actually an old story from last year, and maybe even older : https://www.ccn.com/new-bitcoin-scam-targets-embarrassed-porn-viewers/

Hackers target users who visit porn sites, and then ask them to pay ransom or they will send some compromising videos or pictures to your e-mail contacts. This is inovative way of asking ransom, and some will probably pay even without checking if there is anything compromising for them.

I did not get any such e-mail, and everything similar is just marked as spam without opening or give them second chance to send e-mail from same address. Users must be smart and do not allow to be trick with this, just send them to spam and be careful more with you e-mail.

That's look scary actually, I've encountered that before my old laptop was rotten. The scammer told me what I'm doing in front of my alptop and who am I talking too even what I'm typing it, then He also said that He will hack my account if I didn't pay 500$ then, because I felt nervous by that time, I shutdown my pc at once then opened it up again after 30 mins. It was just happened due to I don't have anti virus on my laptop. So after what happened I started to use a protection anti virus on my pc because of that happened.

For let's say this scenario is new to those users who will experience it, they just have to used their "common sense" to deal on this. It's not a reason that people are just new to this so they became a victim, if ever.

If the person itself knew that the claims about them is not true, it's obvious that they must disregard the email. They can also make a self investigation if ever some details are quite "correct".

Spam message like that is really common even outside crypto world. People just have to be vigilant about those.

it is advisable not to click any doubtful links they may carry links of hacking the recent email hack is very huge many mails id got hack better to keep step 2 verification for mails

I cannot believe some people are still falling to these cheap scams. Ignorance and greed are deadly combinations even in crypto.

They could release the video of me - I wouldn’t really give a shit.

My impressive length & girth would probably land me a big job in porn so it’d be the best thing that happened to me.



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Strange ... who are all these people who pay. Even a child can understand that this is an elementary scam. Perhaps they really have something to hide. ::)

These are the same statistics that move spammers as well. Say, if only "2%" of the victims pay, they are making a fortune...

Sad but true, the net is filled with scammers/phishers/spammers etc. Same thing goes to the malware that encrypts part of your data and demand a quick ransom for release, to make you panic and not give you time to confirm or research online about it. Most just bluff, but some do harm, especially to popular insecure OSes and some buggy email clients (or web browsers) that like to "display" attachments...

I have seen the like of those not just in emails, but also social media, etc. Best way is to ignore them, send them to the spam folder, etc.

Why there are people doing this? They want to hurt others in this kind of evil works. We need to be careful enough about this modus. We need to identify the malicious act of other people through an email and other like this.

That was a little funny.
If you know to yourself that you aint doing it in front of a camera then I guess there is no worry about it.
The scary thing is if they say it is one of your relative because you wont know about it.

Thanks though for the information. I have emails thay is work related and I dont want them getting stained by this kind of propagandas.

There’s a lot of ways to scam people, and this email strategies are not new to me. If you see unfamiliar links better not open it and just ignore what ever the threat are. We should always protect our own details from those people who wants to make easy money, don’t be a victim and start to learn.

Yes, this is not first time that I hear about this scam attempt but at the same time, people should already know about this unpleasant possibility of events. Not just in crypto world but In generally. Those people will try and most certain will find someone that will pay requested amount but I don't think that it is significant number of people that will fall on this trap.

No, they want to make money and hope that people overreact. Even if they sell it to a million people and only one person responds and pays it's a success for them because spamming email doesn't cost them anything and a bot will keep working while they are masturbating themselves and counting the money stupid people sent them.

^^ This made my day. Lol.

Anyways, thank you for giving us the fair warning OP, I do hope that no one will fall for this trap again and use their common sense if ever they got this email. Those spammers/hackers are really evolving as well so just be cautious.

Because some people are lazy and just wanted to earn quick money at the expense of others. They know that crypto is (psuedo) anonymous and they can hide their ass from the authorities. I haven't received those kind of emails though, but I already know what to do because I don't trust specially emails because I was a victim of hack before.

That person who created a bitcoin email hack wants to make fast money, and I hope that none of us will be his target and he should realize that it's not good for his life. It's always happening now or in the future because there are always greedy people who want more and more money especially with an easy way. They still use the same way but with a different method and they always trick many people to steal their money without people knows.

thank you for the information about these kinds of scams. it's good that in this way people are aware, to be careful of everything, before joining different types of cryptocurrency in the country and hopefully the scammers will be gone, the good of a bitcoin for everyone.this is very serous for all new members here, you must be careful of everything before joining new campaigns and so on.

well, lately I've also heard of cases targeting e-mails. I also recommend not clicking all the messages you get on your email. this happened when someone got a message from one of the big companies (fake message), and that made him lose his email. well, it can happen anywhere, we just need to be careful

Do not be fooled by the bitcoins that was transferred to that address. The scammer just transfers some of his own bitcoins to this address to fool people into thinking that other people are paying these coins. It just gives some legitimacy to the scam, if you think other people are paying this.  ::)

I received several of these emails and I challenged them to post these so-called videos and even offered to pay them something if they can give me proof, but it has been months now and I have not seen any proof.  ;D  <My computer do not even have a webcam and I do not watch porn>  ;D

I believe some of them are. there were some reported incidents. Thats why we have forums like this one to inform of possible scams and alert people to not send any information out.

agree most of them are related to bounties and airdrops . i did recieve alot of emails lately from an ico company but i already quit joining an ico long time ago .  maybe someone is collecting our personal infos like email address  and then they sell it online for quick bucks ?

  in the case of bitcoin email scam , i dont experience to recieve them but its too obvious to tell if they are legit or not  .  if they are requesting donations and alike then theres a high chance that they are scam  .

Wasn't this the premise of a Black Mirror episode?
Well, unlike in the TV show, this scammers are bluffing and they don't actually have anything on the victim, so you would have to be a special kind of gullible to believe someone without any kind of evidence (and send them money on top of that).
There are hundreds of malwares that ask for bitcoin as ransom, which are in my opinion more dangerous than this one, I don't think this deserves the attention it is recieving.

this sounds more like the old Nigerian prince thing which purely relies on gullibility of the receiver to succeed in its scam. and it is obviously targeting kids who are scare of their parents finding out they were watching porn and don't know enough to know that there is no way they could have gotten a "video" of them playing with themselves ;)
and even if they did, they would have embedded a screenshot of it in the Email.

You should be more careful if you want to make a transaction using cryptocurrency. Don't be too easy to push a button via email, usually the e-mail includes phishing crimes and will target confidential data or even other sensitive data on your device, so you should be able to be more careful and don't be too careless.

I think few of users are echoing the above sentiments (might be OP used word bitcoin in the tittle). But actual concern is here is I guess.
1. Do not bow to demand of the scammers.
2. Take your privacy seriously.

the scammers are everywhere these days! everybody should use their common sense to stay safe!

it is very booming when they steal your private key via email, telegram, or other media. usually they offer the gambling games, and then they can steal the private key from you

Those accounts depositing to the mentioned address are probably part of the scam or atleast most of the deposits.

If there were newbies who fell into it, it's going to be a hard lesson for them.

Always split up our email, like for join something or register in a site and make it different with email that we use on our primary wallet. If something like this happenned, we don't have any choice except secure ourself and avoid something like that happen.

I personally received one of such mail. What surprised me most is that a password which I have used in more than two occasions was also included in the mail which initially scared me that the info might be through but I summoned courage and change all the password in all the account I have used it. My guess is that the sender must have gained access or purchase users login information from unknown sources and want to use that as a blackmailing tool by sending those messages. if you are in anyway fairing that your mail has been compromise, you can use velixid.

Forms to attack Bitcoin users to hijack it become more and more popular. Spamming addresses that make you unique and stolen Bitcoin when pressed on it, this is one of the most popular forms on Gmail that had taken place over the last few years when the Cryptocurrency boomed.

Thank you for the information you provided, indeed crime on the internet is very diverse so that those who are less understanding will be trapped in it and to overcome it all is by the principle of ourselves if we do good things certainly will not be trapped in such a thing.

That works?  LOL

If someone send me that email I'd like to ask if I could see the clip if not then its not going to be me. I'd be happy to send them another clip of mine so they can compare whether its me  ;D   Lets say they've sent it to someone who knows nothing about BTC,  that means victim has to go lengthy job to buy BTC to send to that extortionist?

Hackers follow every possible to way to hack anyone's wallet but this one is really funny " I recorded you masturbating ", who would actually believe it.
People with lack of knowledge or in excitement just open such mails and caught in their trap, such mails from any unknow resource must be moved to trash nothing else. Your wallet security is in your hand until you share it with anyone.

We have be aware with some email sending to our account, many hacked of exchange account market because many people click link sending to their email and without checking is correct or phising link sending by hacker, we have more careful with some link sending to our email.

I don't understand either ! Especially when people come to e-mail a letter with a Google form where it is specified that it is necessary to register not the address of the wallet and the private key. And people are not strange doing it.

Thanks for this information it will help a lot of people not to fall victim am not even aware of this, though I know there are many email that comes with false info. These will also save people from hackers as they have develop different means by which they can easily get access to one's information without stress.

I once got an email like that, even up to 2x. And I never responded. Apparently, until now, nothing bad has happened to me. Therefore, I suggest to everyone. If you get such an email, just ignore it

That is why you never use the same password. The reason they got it is that a service you used in the past got "hacked", the database dumped and sold in the dark web. Then they target you with a message akin to: "I know your secret, your password is blahblah, pay ransom or else..." Its actually rather in-personal (unlike the email pretends to) perhaps a program skimming thru the database and sending emails tailored like that.

Just ignore it. But someone less savvy, and very careless (or reusing passwords) might fall for it...

Thanks for sharing your experience, I have received a lot of emails which is scammers and have to delete and block them daily. Never click to any links in the email.  

People who are here with smart brain will never be into hacking as they know how to secure their precious belongings.
If you are new in the community you must read more in the forum and study more for you to be safe.
Hackers and scammers are all over the world so beware.

This is getting and getting even worst. To the current era we are in, hackers became so widely been into, and so, here in the crypto currency community. And what's left for us to do is always be protected and secure having to always aware to our surrounding such as one like this in Bitcoin Email Hacking.

yes I also feel it, lately so many emails have come to me and don't know them at all. they say this great gift and that makes me believe this is a cheat. so don't trust incoming e-mails with the lure of big prizes and others

Ignore all emails from strangers even though they look very attractive. There are a lot of weird emails coming into my inbox almost every day, but fortunately, I have never been interested in opening one of them. This trick, sending emails to random people for fraudulent purposes, is very common nowadays and we must be very careful.