Cybercriminals take advantage of any new development, even the DANA in Valencia, to try to steal from users; but that doesn’t mean they forget their old tricks. Even more so if, despite the passing of the years, they continue to work. And that is precisely what happens with the now classic ‘sextortion’ emails. Those in which criminals try to blackmail users by threatening them with the publication of an intimate video if they do not jump through the hoop and pay a high ransom. ABC has had access to an email of this type that is currently reaching users in Castilian. And already, from the beginning, the criminals behind it try to worry Internet users who find it in their mailbox. “You are receiving this email because I have full access to your mailbox and all your devices,” point out the criminals, who throughout the message make repeated spelling mistakes, one of the most obvious signs that the user is You are, in fact, facing a cyber scam. MORE INFORMATION news No The Civil Guard warns of the scam in which they impersonate the DGT to steal your bank details and obtain a photo of your ID. After this, the cybercriminals point out that, weeks ago, they managed to infect with malicious code one of the victim’s devices, and thanks to this they have gained access to all their contacts, WhatsApp messages, emails or the microphone and camera of the computer or mobile phone. Thanks to this, they say, they have been able to record the user in intimate situations. “I inform you that I have a video in which he appears masturbating, and on the right side the video that he was watching while he masturbated,” say the criminals. The victim is then threatened with sharing this content with his entire contact list. . As long as, of course, silence is not bought with the payment of a ransom. In the email that this newspaper has been able to review, 850 US dollars (about 806 euros at the exchange rate) are requested, but the amounts vary. There are other examples of this scam in which lower or higher amounts are requested. What does not change is the form of payment, which is in cryptocurrency, specifically Bitcoin. The criminals claim that, once they receive the ransom, they will delete the video they have of the user. Now, this has a maximum of 48 hours to comply with the demand. Otherwise, the recording will reach all contacts. But nothing could be further from the truth. Don’t believe anything. The cybercriminals behind this type of scam have not ‘hacked’ the victim’s devices nor do they have any type of recording. They simply know the user’s account, which they have probably had access to thanks to some data leak. But that’s it. “This type of deception is known as ‘sextortion,’ and it is important to understand that these recordings are not real. It is a strategy to create concern and alarm the victim, so that in this way they make the payment due to the fear that possible actions will be carried out against them,” they pointed out a few months ago from the National Cybersecurity Institute (Incibe) after the detection of a scam campaign of this kind. Incibe points out that, if you receive an email of this kind, the only thing you have to do is delete it without further ado: “You should not pay the extortionist or try to communicate with him by replying to the email , since this way you would confirm that your account is active and could be used for future scams.
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