Scammers claim to have hacked a porn site XVideos.com and extort $969 from users

Cyber ​​fraudsters launched a new malicious campaign – users are convinced that one of the most popular adult sites, XVideos.com, was hacked, resulting in all visitors being recorded via a webcam.

In fact, this type of social engineering has already become a classic. In addition, the attackers claimed that user data and contacts fell into the hands of hackers.

In the letters sent to the victims, the fraudsters threaten to publish all the collected materials, as well as a video that captures the user’s direct visit to the porn site. To avoid unpleasant consequences, the attackers offer the victim to pay 969 dollars in bitcoins.

As these scams have actually been very lucrative, with enemies gaining as long as $50k in a week with little or not set you back to spam them out, we should not expect to see them stop whenever soon.

While these e-mails might show up genuine and scary adequate to make you intend to send a settlement, it is necessary that receivers understand that this is a fraud and you ought to simply erase these emails if you receive them. Also worse, several of these sextortion scams include links or accessories to meant samples of video clips they constructed from you.

The bitcoin address consisted of in this email, 18z5c6TjLUosqPTEnm6q7Q2EVNgbCy16Td, has been reported being made use of in sextortion rip-offs beginning in early January 2019. Currently it has obtained 11 purchases for around.95 bitcoins. This equates to $3,260.52.

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The complete letter of this sextortion can be read below:

xxx is your pass. Lets get straight to purpose. Neither anyone has paid me to check about you. You do not know me and you are most likely wondering why you are getting this e-mail? 

Well, i setup a software on the X video clips (porn material) web site and you know what, you visited this site to have fun (you know what i mean). When you were watching videos, your browser began functioning as a RDP with a key logger which gave me access to your display and also web camera. after that, my software program gathered all your contacts from your Messenger, FB, as well as emailaccount. Next i made a double-screen video. 1st part displays the video you were viewing (you've got a good taste lol . . .), and 2nd part shows the recording of your web camera, yeah its you. 

You have got just two possibilities. Lets read these types of solutions in aspects: 

First solution is to skip this message. in this instance, i most certainly will send your actual video clip to each of your your personal contacts and also think about about the humiliation you will definitely get. and consequently in case you are in an affair, exactly how it will affect? 

Next option would be to give me USD 969. We will think of it as a donation. Subsequently, i will asap delete your videotape. You could keep going on your daily life like this never occurred and you would never hear back again from me. 

You will make the payment via Bitcoin (if you don't know this, search for 'how to buy bitcoin' in Google). 

BTC address to send to: 18z5c6TjLUosqPTEnm6q7Q2EVNgbCy16Td

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if you have been making plans for going to the cop, look, this message can not be traced back to me. I have dealt with my moves. i am not trying to charge you much, i just want to be compensated. mail if i don't get the bitcoin?, i will definately send out your video recording to all of your contacts including relatives, co-workers, and many others. Nonetheless, if i do get paid, i'll erase the video immediately. If you need proof, reply Yup! and i will certainly send out your video recording to your 6 contacts. it is a nonnegotiable offer thus don't waste my personal time and yours by responding to this message. 

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