Just received an exceptionally nasty threatening email... spam

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I am not worried not least because I don't view porn or perform solitary sex acts in front of my computer.... however of all the nasty emails I've ever received this is possibly the worst!!

If anyone gets something like this please don't worry it's a very nasty blackmail attempt by someone who doesn't have the material they claim.

I am posting it below so that if anyone else does get it they can see they're not alone and there's no need to be upset by these people. I know for some people this could be very distressing

Block, delete, ignore - Never respond, they then know its an active email address.

I always get confused about these threats. Like if they had hacked your camera, all they are going to get is an unflattering close up of your face, not a big deal

I nearly fell for one telling me my Hotmail had been compromised. Luckily I hovered over the address and did wonder why Microsoft were contacting me via gmail...

That's heartbreaking and it's what upsets me when I read these, that it might tip someone over the edge)

See I'd be tempted to respond with.

Dear Sir

I am more than sure you definitely have the wrong person as the computer I am using is in the middle of a busy office in our local UK police department. I am 100% positive that firstly this computer isn't fitted with a camera due to security and I certainly have not performed any acts of sexual gratification and if I had I'd be concerned about the other 35 police personnel in the room seeing me rather than just yourself via a nine exhistant camera. Secondly the IP addresses and location details (even those that have made attempts to hide their data) of all correspondence is logged by our security systems. Then passed to our fraud department who will take appropriate action. I must make you aware bribery is illegal and can carry a sentence of 10 years imprisonment in the UK and almost sure this is similar in the US and my colleagues in immigration and overseas intelligence are now looking into your email.
Just to clarify when you sent your email you forgot to turn your own web camera off and out security features have managed to obtain a full aged image which is now been forwarded to contacts within the FBI for further action.
I can't say it was a pleasure dealing with you
Yours .........

“I nearly fell for one telling me my Hotmail had been compromised. Luckily I hovered over the address and did wonder why Microsoft were contacting me via gmail...”

😆

I’ve had this one too and I think it’s genius! Anyone who really has been wanking over videos of exploited women might be scared by it, and those of us who haven’t just laugh.

Most scam emails are nasty but this one is arguably a public service.

I had one of those once - my PC doesn't even have a webcam!

Well done for sharing - these people are scum!!

My Rabbi neighbour got one so did I but he also got hacked later and sent ads for dildos to everyone on his mailing list....it was quite funny...!!

I had one too with my address on - it was my old address (I am not on the public electoral roll) so that reassured me a little but I have no idea where they got the address from and it was that part that unnerved me the most.

I got this exact same email. I just deleted

News today

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-68838977

These have been around for over a decade. Don't fret.

I've had a few of these, I just delete them.
The worse one I had was a few years ago. I turned on my laptop and immediately the whole screen was taken over with a message, supposedly from the police telling me that I had recently viewed child abuse pornography and I had to pay a fine of £500 to have my screen restored.
For some reason, that one really upset me. I was angry too that someone could be so sick as to make such an accusation, spam or not.
I went on my husband's laptop to see how I could get rid of it as I couldn't find a way to get it off my screen.
The met police had put a step by step instruction on their website of how to get rid of it off my laptop.
It took ages as you had to go into the registry and god knows what.
It completely screwed my laptop up literally beyond repair.
Personally, I'd like to see these scammers put up against a wall and shot.

@ItDoesntHaveToBeDave you let your son download films illegally?

All those people who like to say/think that spelling and grammar don’t matter any more, evidently haven’t realised how helpful good SPAG is for spotting scams. Errors leap off the page at you.

Have they never heard of Kim kardashian? She made a small fortune from her tape. I’d be asking for a copy of it so I could leak it online my self and become filthy rich (isn’t there some daily mail journos on here) 🤣 tell them they have to actually pay you £900 for the privilege of watching the imaginary video.

These are now known as Sextortion, the National Crime Agency are big on it because vulnerable people do lose money or worse commit suicide.
You can report to your local police force, go on the homepage and there will be something on their site on the best way to deal

I’ve had this. The temptation to respond with something like ‘You’re too late, I’ve already posted the videos on OnlyFans’

SO true!