Since the beginning of 2019 I've been getting regular emails from some idiot who makes all kinds of threats if I don't deposit $1,000 into his Bitcoin account within 48 hours. I just ignore them but they arrive like clockwork (pretty much every week) so obviously, they're becoming extremely irritating. He's very careful to not expose any info that would help me identify him (e.g. his email address) and the only info he makes known to me is his Bitcoin account number - except that the account number changes with each new email.
So I'm guessing it's possible to set up 'temporary' accounts with Bitcoin which only last for a few days and aren't traceable?? Nevertheless, this person is a blackmailer and I'd like to report him the relevant authorities.
So what's the situation regarding Bitcoin accounts? If I forwarded one of his emails to Bitcoin, would they be able to identify this person from his Bitcoin account number?
Even i have gotten such spam, and its probably not even directed for you, but copy pasted to a long list of purchased email addresses from the dark web. Like any spammer they are aiming for a very low percentage of victims to fall prey of fear. Heck at 1k even a single victim could probably pay back their "investment". You can report it, but its probably from one of those countries "uncooperative" to international authorities...
If your email client has some sort of
Bayesian filter it should go straight to the spam folder without bothering you again. Email needs spam filtering.
Bitcoin is no central authority, the whole point is that it is decentralized. You don't have "accounts", you can make a wallet and nobody will ever know until you use it, and even after that proving that it belongs to a specific individual can be difficult if enough precautions are made (such as using an address only once). I doubt the spammer bothered to use distinct addresses on each spam mail you got, did he? nah.