computer blackmail

Ten Pin

...does look like it might be my own account .....or could it be forged?

Unless the sender is authenticated then it's possible to spoof the header with any address. Search "spoof email sender" for an explanation.

amandstu

Just an update for anyone interested. I got another of those emails claiming to have hacked one of my free eircom.net email addresses (tinet.ie for those with longer memories).

She/he gave the right (old) password but I remember that password from the time that eircom was hacked and we were all given new passwords by eircom .

That must be at least 15 years ago I would say

So they must still be hawking around those lists of old compromised passwords....

Graniteville

fxotoole wrote: »

Engage with them, just to wind them up, and waste their time. The more time of theirs you waste is time where they’re not scamming more gullible people

Engage from a totally different and temporary Gmail address - they'll have sent so many that they won't know the difference

amandstu

Graniteville wrote: »

Engage from a totally different and temporary Gmail address - they'll have sent so many that they won't know the difference

There is a name for that activity which I can't remember.Be careful though.Those are professional criminals and you have to be sure they cannot identify you I would have thought.

demanufactured

We received this I to our IT helpdesk in work yesterday.
I'd love to reply asking which server or pc they have infected.
But alas I have deleted and blocked the address on the mail server.

unkel

1MN7A7QqQaAVoxV4zdjdrnEHXmjhzcQ4Bq
1MN7A7QqQaAVoxV4zdjdrnEHXmjhzcQ4Bq QR code
Total Received: 1.61651067

Total Sent: 1.61651067

Final Balance: 0.00000000

Total transactions: 26

Recent transactions:

Date ▼ Amount Balance
⛁ 2018-10-22 13:55:09 -1.61651067 0.00000000
⛁ 2018-10-16 15:36:54 0.07660000 1.61651067
⛁ 2018-10-16 08:50:15 0.07783900 1.53991067
⛁ 2018-10-15 18:02:22 0.07528000 1.46207167
⛁ 2018-10-15 16:52:55 0.07484459 1.38679167
⛁ 2018-10-15 15:08:40 0.00006826 1.31194708
⛁ 2018-10-15 14:20:09 0.06741952 1.31187882
⛁ 2018-10-15 12:07:16 0.07919730 1.24445930
⛁ 2018-10-15 11:29:30 0.06945419 1.16526200
⛁ 2018-10-15 09:15:02 0.01626612 1.09580781
⛁ 2018-10-15 08:52:26 0.07347500 1.07954169
⛁ 2018-10-15 07:31:14 0.07893525 1.00606669
⛁ 2018-10-15 05:20:30 0.08880381 0.92713144
⛁ 2018-10-15 01:03:15 0.08415000 0.83832763
⛁ 2018-10-15 00:47:29 0.08400000 0.75417763
⛁ 2018-10-14 23:13:36 0.06536933 0.67017763
⛁ 2018-10-14 23:05:36 0.02384445 0.60480830
⛁ 2018-10-14 19:00:43 0.08014100 0.58096385
⛁ 2018-10-14 17:49:32 0.00010080 0.50082285
⛁ 2018-10-14 17:39:08 0.03992138 0.50072205
⛁ 2018-10-14 16:59:15 0.08150000 0.46080067
⛁ 2018-10-14 02:07:19 0.06041315 0.37930067
⛁ 2018-10-13 16:44:59 0.08060382 0.31888752
⛁ 2018-10-13 05:38:27 0.08100000 0.23828370
⛁ 2018-10-13 04:06:05 0.08100000 0.15728370
⛁ 2018-10-13 03:58:37 0.07628370 0.07628370

A lot of people paid him about BTC0.07, which is roughly USD500. Then he cleared the balance. A lot of gullible people out there feeling guilty about their secret online behaviour

unkel

His BTC address was reported 283 times

Linky

circadian

Yeah I just checked the address too, first time I've seen one of these with deposits.

GrumpyMe

bpmurray wrote: »

I got one once where they said that they had been hired to assassinate me, but if I paid more they wouldn't. Well, I didn't pay and I'm still here :-)

Where exactly?