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Emails from me to me attempting to extort money

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Forestbilt
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I am receiving emails which say the sender has hacked my account; that he/she has set up various viruses to track the porno sites I visit (I don’t) and wants bitcoin sent to a specific account. If I don’t comply, he/she will send a webcam link to my contact list so I can be watched and a list of the sites to the same contacts. How do I stop this and how do I report him/her w/o compromising my own email address? Thank you.

I am receiving emails which say the sender has hacked my account; that he/she has set up various viruses to track the porno sites I visit (I don’t) and wants bitcoin sent to a specific account. If I don’t comply, he/she will send a webcam link to my contact list so I can be watched and a list of the sites to the same contacts. How do I stop this and how do I report him/her w/o compromising my own email address? Thank you.

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McCoy
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Hello Forestbilt,

This happens quite often unfortunately. They are always hoping that someone will fall for their threats and actually pay them .......

Things to do :

  • Change the password to your email account
  • Contact your email provider and report it   (they may have an abuse team)

(edit : typo .... )

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FredMcD
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I agree.

James
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Forestbilt said

I am receiving emails which say the sender has hacked my account; that he/she has set up various viruses to track the porno sites I visit (I don’t) and wants bitcoin sent to a specific account. If I don’t comply, he/she will send a webcam link to my contact list so I can be watched and a list of the sites to the same contacts.

Sound like a variation of the blackmail email scams like the ones listed at https://www.reddit.com/r/Scams/comments/8gsjba/the_blackmail_email_scam/ and https://www.reddit.com/r/Scams/comments/9srjen/the_blackmail_email_scam_part_2/###