Sextortion scam includes new threat of Pegasus–and a picture of your home

https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2024/09/hello-pervert-sextortion-scam-includes-new-threat-of-pegasus-and-a-picture-of-your-home

by dabacaba • 2 years ago

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ghostpepper• 2 years ago

More details in the original article here

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/09/sextortion-scams-now-inc...

mock-possum• 2 years ago

I always have to remind myself that scams like these are poorly presented on purpose, to encourage only the most credulous marks to participate.

hi-v-rocknroll• 2 years ago

Probably because the boiler room indentured servant/foreign imported slave the scammer criminal gangs maintain would have difficulty extracting money from a mark with any level of sophistication or agency.

threecheese• 2 years ago

The coincidence of receiving one of these emails (with home picture), shortly followed by the first ever MacOS notification to upgrade from MalwareBytes Free for 40% off, and then seeing this MB post has me feeling … conspiratorial.

That email sure did raise my heart rate for a moment :)

Sextortion scam includes new threat of Pegasus–and a picture of your home

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