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Dodgy emails ransom demand 😂

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Anthilda · 12/09/2019 14:28

Opened an email in my junk folder which says they know all my passwords (and possibly did guess one of them). It didn't display a list just the one that I think they've guessed. Now I'm being held to ransom! If I dont give them $1000 ALL of my personal info will be displayed online, along with photos and messages.
Ok so I've checked my little book of important passwords and the one they mentioned is not in there. At first I was a a bit worried but you know what? I don't even have $100 in my account so I'm stuffed arent I?
I actually think it's quite funny tbh. Of all the people in the world they picked someone boring and skint ha.
I actually think though, that others could be quite worried about this or be duped. I wonder how common these types of email are? I've had the PayPal, tvlisence, bank account spam emails but never something like this Shock.

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Iloveelephants2 · 13/09/2019 05:39

These are hilarious. I’ve had some like this too. I used to get landline ones where they phone up and say i was in an accident last week and the insurance company were after me. Only thing was I didn’t have a car or drive for a year so I saw straight through them. I’d say something like wait, really? I was in an accident? how did you know? and then they tried to say how they knew and threaten me, and I’d say I dont have a car and don’t drive. They would hang up on me Grin

Notthebradybunch · 13/09/2019 06:39

@Getterfeck that made me howl, brilliant!

QueenofLouisiana · 13/09/2019 06:45

Yep- my family and friends are about to go videos of me pleasuring myself. Well, it’ll save me buying them all Christmas presents I reckon- what more could they need in life? Grin

StarbucksSmarterSister · 13/09/2019 06:47

I had the "we've videod you masturbating one" too. They sent it to my work e mail. Porn is obviously blocked on the work system and I suspect that had I been sitting in an open plan office masturbating, people would already know!

BalloonSlayer · 13/09/2019 07:09

LOVE the idea that the best email address that Mark Zuckerberg could get for himself was [email protected] Grin

nancy75 · 13/09/2019 18:35

My dad loves the you’ve had an accident phone calls, he takes great delight in making up ridiculous accidents, the scammers get very annoyed

sueelleker · 13/09/2019 22:12

*Dear Beneficiary,

We are please to inform you that you have been selected for Monetary Compensation of Four Million Five Hundred Thousand Euros from The EUROPEAN UNION COMPENSATION SCHEME (EU), Through the European Union Economic and Financial Directorate (Mr.Marco Buti).

Reply for more details to file your compensation, Kindly provide us the below info.

Full Names:
Country:
Telephone Number:

Contact Person: (Mr.Hilton Neil)
Contact E-mail:[email protected]
Contact Number: (+44) 11 5824 6211*
You mean they don't want your bank details too ?
All I've had so far are notifications that my Amazon and VirginMedia accounts are about to be suspended.

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