In the last 24 hours, SophosLabs received 1,700 samples of just one new sextortion campaign. Good news? It’s all a pack of lies. Don’t reply. Don’t engage.
Tag Archives: sextortion
Prisoners allegedly posed as underage girls in $560K sextortion scam
They allegedly victimized 442 military men by sending nude photos and then calling, pretending to be irate fathers or police.
“We know you watch porn” (and here’s fake proof…) [PODCAST]
Here’s Episode 6 of the Naked Security podcast… enjoy!
Beware sextortionists spoofing your own email address
In the past, they’ve pretended to have your passwords – now they’re pretending to send email from your “hacked” account, too.
Former NASA contractor arrested on charges of sextorting seven women
Richard Gregory Bauer allegedly weaseled private information out of the women on Facebook by pretending to be working on a class project.
Sextortion and what to do about it [VIDEO]
How to handle sextortion – where someone tries to blackmail you over your sexuality or sex life…
The sextortionists are back, this time with your phone number as “proof”
Last month the crooks were throwing old passwords into their scams to make you sit up and take notice. Now it’s phone numbers.
Man arrested for blackmailing women with porn fakes
Police have arrested a man for blackmailing women through Facebook using digitally manipulated images of them.
Child abuser sextortionist hijacked victims’ Facebook and email accounts
James S. Allen, sentenced to 262 months in prison, sent victims to a phishing site set disguised as a Flickr log-in site.
Alleged sextortionist arrested in Texas – Here’s how to protect yourself
The 26-year-old man was charged with internet stalking, producing child abuse images, and coercing a minor into sexual activity.