Blackmail

[Tony@purenails.co]

If I'm being blackmailed by somebody who asks me to buy bitcoin and pay it to their account why can I not report this to bitcoin?

[NeuroticFish]

If I'm being blackmailed by somebody who asks me to buy bitcoin and pay it to their account why can I not report this to bitcoin?

Because Bitcoin is not a company, nor a company's product.
Bitcoin is decentralized, it has no CEO and so on.

Bitcoin is a decentralized form of money. And since it's money, you should report the blackmail to ... the police.

[electronicash]

if this is about you having a video jerking in front of a phone then just ignore it. there had been lots of people receiving those emails they may have even cc on it or sent to many.

why you can't report it to bitcoin? not sure what you mean by that but there is no one to report to. but tell you when you send some BTC to his wallet, you will probably receive back a meme image of the gigolo of the family guy.

[ChiBitCTy]

Bitcoin is not a company, there’s no one person who controls it. That’s the whole point of it, decentralized payments. Bitcoin is asked for in blackmail / ransom scenarios because it’s difficult to track and it can’t be “charged back” after sending it like credit and debit cards can. Depending on what type of blackmail is going on you’re probably better off ignoring it or reporting to authorities. Keep in mind many fake phishing emails try and extort people for bitcoin, often stuff like “here is your email and password, we have video from your web-cam masterbating to porn, and if you don’t pay us in bitcoin we will release it online”..crap like that is just bs.

[PawGo]

If I'm being blackmailed by somebody who asks me to buy bitcoin and pay it to their account why can I not report this to bitcoin?

The same reason why you cannot report it to Mr Dollar or Mr Yen. If you want - go to police.
But first check what is the reason. In case it is encrypted disk - you may try to recover it on your own. Aha- and if you really want to pay, at least try to negotiate the price.

[LoyceV]

if this is about you having a video jerking in front of a phone then just ignore it.

Also: put a sticker on your camera. Even better if you disable the microphone for privacy too, but that's difficult on phones.

If I'm being blackmailed by somebody who asks me to buy bitcoin and pay it to their account why can I not report this to bitcoin?

If the blackmailers would ask for dollars, would you report this to dollar?

For what it's worth: if it's the standard spam, it's not really blackmail, it's just spam. Ignore it, reporting it to the police isn't going to help you either. Unless it's something personal, but that's not likely.

I'm curious: OP's username looks like they're just using Bitcointalk for spam. Or they're dumb enough to get more spam on their real email address.

[mindrust]

If I'm being blackmailed by somebody who asks me to buy bitcoin and pay it to their account why can I not report this to bitcoin?

This guy is the CEO of bitcoin.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3

Send him a PM.

If he finds you worthy, he will get back to you and unhack you.

[PawGo]

if this is about you having a video jerking in front of a phone then just ignore it.

Also: put a sticker on your camera. Even better if you disable the microphone for privacy too, but that's difficult on phones.

People put stickers on cameras in their laptops, then they take their smartphones (with 2 cameras and multiple microphones) and go to toilet for "scroll down" sessions...

[LoyceV]

People put stickers on cameras in their laptops, then they take their smartphones (with 2 cameras and multiple microphones) and go to toilet for "scroll down" sessions...

I'd ask how you know, but I don't dare.

[Smartvirus]

If I'm being blackmailed by somebody who asks me to buy bitcoin and pay it to their account why can I not report this to bitcoin?

Bitcoin is the only coin trusted to be decentralized in the crypto space hence, issue of a bitcoin payment as a form of ransom anf the payment being traceable to the physical owner of the address is impossible. Same rules that applies in legit payments still applies in the fraudulent transactions too. Though the government haven't backed bitcoin for a currency, they would listen to you over some blackmail and direct you on what to do. Mind you, payments often doesn't end the blackmail, its best not to play along.

[Fatunad]

If I'm being blackmailed by somebody who asks me to buy bitcoin and pay it to their account why can I not report this to bitcoin?

Bitcoin is decentralized and just a currency online but anonymous and decentralized.There's no way that you could do some report and you do have that wrong idea.

This might sound personal but if that blackmailing wont affect your entire life then better to ignore but if this one would mess up your entire life then
you wont really have any choice but to pay.

So its a personal kind of choice to make and since its your money and your life then decide which one would be good for you.

[romero121]

What's there to open a spam e-mail. If you've been blackmailed with some of your personal data, then you need to worry about it and look for a solution. When there is a blackmail e-mail without anything related to you, whats the need of opening it or analysing it. Just ignore and move away.

In some cases the e-mail lead to phising sites that resembles the original website. If we enter login credentials, they easily take our accounts into control and empty the funds. So, we need to be very careful with each and every activity done on the cryptospace.

[airdata]

People put stickers on cameras in their laptops, then they take their smartphones (with 2 cameras and multiple microphones) and go to toilet for "scroll down" sessions...

Hello Friend, i don’t Understand your answer, can you explain it that who put stickers on camera in Their laptop and why they use sticker on Their laptop Camera? Can you tell me here?         

[mindrust]

People put stickers on cameras in their laptops, then they take their smartphones (with 2 cameras and multiple microphones) and go to toilet for "scroll down" sessions...

Hello Friend, i don’t Understand your answer, can you explain it that who put stickers on camera in Their laptop and why they use sticker on Their laptop Camera? Can you tell me here?         

You should do that because you'll never know who is watching and listening to your fap sessions. Especially if you are using windows. Windows is not safe. Windows itself is a spyware/malware. Bill Gates collects all of your data. Use linux on all your devices because it is open source and safe. You don't even need to use any antivirus software with Linux.

[worle1bm]

If I'm being blackmailed by somebody who asks me to buy bitcoin and pay it to their account why can I not report this to bitcoin?

The case here is of cyber crime and it should be treated as same not involving btc because the case is of blackmailing and they are demanding something in return from you so simply report it to the cyber crime branch along with all the details of them and they will surely help you.Suppose they demand some property or fiat then whom should you contact? Understand basically this is not any btc related but some sort of ransom similar to cash.So just report it.

[PawGo]

People put stickers on cameras in their laptops, then they take their smartphones (with 2 cameras and multiple microphones) and go to toilet for "scroll down" sessions...

Hello Friend, i don’t Understand your answer, can you explain it that who put stickers on camera in Their laptop and why they use sticker on Their laptop Camera? Can you tell me here?          

You should do that because you'll never know who is watching and listening to your fap sessions. Especially if you are using windows. Windows is not safe. Windows itself is a spyware/malware. Bill Gates collects all of your data. Use linux on all your devices because it is open source and safe. You don't even need to use any antivirus software with Linux.

LOL ;-)
Yes, all Bill Gates needs are your videos.
BTW: "it is open source and safe" is a false statement. There is no correlation at all. As long as source code is not checked by independent auditors, there could be anything. Last example: open source log4j, which had a critical bug for years.
Android source code is available and what? Plenty of malware and dangerous, phishing applications. iOS is closed, but that problem does not exist because architecture is different (each application lives in their own world, which changes a lot).
So no, there is no one universal solution for all. Each user should use tools he needs, but do it in reasonable way. Using good antivirus system on Windows, like bitdefender does not hurt.
But if one's click on every link he receives, it will not take long time to compromise his data, no matter what system he uses.

[michellee]

If I'm being blackmailed by somebody who asks me to buy bitcoin and pay it to their account why can I not report this to bitcoin?

You can report it to the police so they can investigate who the person that blackmailed you is. It is not related to bitcoin because they can ask for fiat money for the ransom. Usually, that thing happens if they have something worth for you and they ask you to pay with money.

But if someone blackmailed you and they asked you to pay in bitcoin, you can not report it to bitcoin or the founder of bitcoin (satoshi). Bitcoin is not a company or organization or whatever that has structured membership.

[pawanjain]

If I'm being blackmailed by somebody who asks me to buy bitcoin and pay it to their account why can I not report this to bitcoin?

You cannot report it to bitcoin because bitcoin is not a person or an entity or an organization.
If you are being blackmailed then it doesn't really matter if it's bitcoin or fiat money. You will have to follow the same procedure in both the cases.
Find out the reason why you are being blackmailed. If it's just a scammer trying to blackmail you on email or phone then you can ignore.
If it's something else then may be you need the help of cops.

[Masplanc]

You can't report to bitcoin because bitcoin is not a company or institution which you can locate the office of bitcoin.  That is why  if you are doing transactions of bitcoin with anyone you have to be extra careful so that you don't get into any problem. 

[PrimeNumber7]

If I'm being blackmailed by somebody who asks me to buy bitcoin and pay it to their account why can I not report this to bitcoin?

This guy is the CEO of bitcoin.

https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=profile;u=3

Send him a PM.

If he finds you worthy, he will get back to you and unhack you.

Satoshi created bitcoin, but he is not in charge of bitcoin.

I would advise the OP to contact local law enforcement if he is being blackmailed.

My general advice is to not pay a blackmail demand as the person can potentially do whatever they were going to do in the future if you end up paying the blackmail.

If your computer is infected with ransomware, your files are likely lost.