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kk66 · 06/09/2018 10:46

I’ve received a spam email. Would normally have been deleted straight away but the heading contained a (old, quite unusual) password of mine so caught my attention. It’s basically an attempt to get $6000 dollars out of me otherwise the films I’ve been watching and recordings via my webcam will be emailed to all my contacts. Nice. The only reason I’m giving this any airtime is that I’ve heard about situations like this that end up very distressingly - usually when a recipient is a teen or vulnerable person (I have a 16 year old and while I like to think if he received this he’d ignore it or come to us if he was concerned, I know how strong peer pressure is in motivating behaviour) so feel I should do something rather than just delete. Anyone know where to go with this? Any organisations that look into this type of cyber bullying? Should I just delete?

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MyDoctor · 06/09/2018 10:50

Delete. If they had the goods on you they would put in a few screengrabs to prove they're legit.

MagentaRocks · 06/09/2018 10:51

This is a well known scam. Just ignore it.

MagentaRocks · 06/09/2018 10:52

Ceop should have some advice for your teen on their website.

Sunnyday1203 · 06/09/2018 10:53

It is a scam ignore. Had several of these

TheyBuiltThePyramids · 06/09/2018 10:54

www.express.co.uk/news/uk/993251/porn-blackmail-scam-cyber-criminals-demanding-ransom

Just delete it

kk66 · 06/09/2018 13:53

Thank you all. Deleted (link very appreciated). Conversation with son pending ...

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