Email · stamped EXTORTION
The "I recorded you" emailEXTORTION
A real scam people fell for this year, next to the real thing. The numbers mark the three things to check: hover or tap one to see what it tells you.
Hi Sam, your Google Account was just signed in to from a new Windows computer.
If this was you, you don't need to do anything.
If not, you can check what happened in your Google Account under Security.
I hacked your computer months ago and recorded you through your webcam while you were on private websites. I also copied all your contacts.
Send £1,200 in Bitcoin to the wallet below within 48 hours. The timer started when you opened this email.
If I do not get the money, the video goes to everyone in your contacts. Do not reply, this address is not checked.
Always check the demand.
A stranger says they hacked your computer and filmed you, then wants Bitcoin to keep quiet. The same email goes to millions of people: there is no video, and paying only marks you as someone who pays.
no-reply@accounts.google.com is Google's own address.
watcher.0417@proton.me is a free, anonymous mail account.
Nothing. If the sign-in was you, there is nothing to do.
Send £1,200 in Bitcoin, or the "video" goes to all your contacts.
No deadline, no threat.
48 hours, "the timer started when you opened this".
RememberNever pay or reply to an "I recorded you" email. Delete it. If it shows an old password of yours, change that password.
Would you have spotted it?
10 pairs like this one, three minutes, a score to share. Then find out who in the family is the easy mark.