Have you entered your inbox and seen a strange email? A new fraud is circulating via email. In the message, she assures that she has a video of you consuming pornography while you masturbate and that she will send it to all your contacts if you do not transfer Bitcoins.
The email is usually written in English and has as subject the phrase: Hi perv. I recorded you masturbating! I have captured 'Ruben Ch.mp4' !. What translated means: Hello pervert, I have recorded you masturbating, I have captured (and the name of the video file). The so-called 'hacker' uses the name of the email address to refer to the attachment he has saved. In this case, 'Rubén Ch.mp4' (It's not me, it's a friend…).
In the body of the message the hacker warns that he has a video of you, that you are very perverted and that he will send it to all your contacts if you do not send an amount of Bitcoins within a limit of hours . It ensures that you have downloaded and installed a software that spies on you through the camera when you visit a porn web page, and that it has hacked your list of contacts and Facebook friends.
Is it a fake message?
Part of the message where they threaten to make a video public if you don't send Bitcoins.
How do I know this email is fake? What if it really recorded me? First of all, you have to take into account how you got our email address (my friend's in this case). The email has reached your blog address. A public web page, which any user can enter and see the contact information. There, in the 'contact us' section is your email address and two more, advertising and general contact. The funny thing is that the hacker has sent the mail to all those addresses, he only changes the name of the file 'publicity.mp4', 'contactomp4'. It is the main key: in this case, you have not hacked the email, but you have easily extracted it from the blog. If you have received this email in your personal account, it may be because it is public on an internet portal or social networks.
Another key to finding out if the email is a fraud is to Google it. A quick search with the email subject and voila. Dozens of publications in forums warning of this message false . No, nobody has spied on you on the camera while you watch porn, they don't have a video of you and they don't have a contact list.
What happens is that they use blackmail to send them money over the internet. They don't lose anything and they think you can sting.
What to do about this situation?
If you receive a fraudulent email, it is important that you do not download any type of attachment . Nor do you go to any link, much less send the amount they ask for. Afterwards, you can report a fraudulent email to Gmail or the email platform you are using. In the reply option, the option to report the message usually appears. You can also report it. Delete the email, do not reply to the messages, and of course, avoid giving information of interest, such as your phone number, passwords, etc. Do not forward it either, you may cause panic to other users.