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I've got a couple of these lately:
So this guy hacked my computer and caught me masturbating on my webcam
white visiting porn sites. He wants $500 in bitcoin (five hundred
dollars!) or he's going to encrypt/disable my computer.
1) I don't have a webcam.
2) What difference does it make what he caught me doing? If he's on my
machine, he's on my machine regardless of what I was doing.
3) How many phish do you reckon he's caught? I would hope if someone
was savvy enough to use bitcoin that they'd be savvy enough to know this
was a scam. But, it only takes one phish to make it worth his while.
--
dik
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On 27-7-2018 4:57, dick balaska wrote:
> I've got a couple of these lately:
>
> So this guy hacked my computer and caught me masturbating on my webcam
> white visiting porn sites. He wants $500 in bitcoin (five hundred
> dollars!) or he's going to encrypt/disable my computer.
>
> 1) I don't have a webcam.
> 2) What difference does it make what he caught me doing? If he's on my
> machine, he's on my machine regardless of what I was doing.
> 3) How many phish do you reckon he's caught? I would hope if someone
> was savvy enough to use bitcoin that they'd be savvy enough to know this
> was a scam. But, it only takes one phish to make it worth his while.
>
Interestingly, just yesterday the police here in NL advised the public
to totally ignore this new scam. They do not appear to have teeth.
--
Thomas
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On 27-7-2018 8:05, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> On 27-7-2018 4:57, dick balaska wrote:
>> I've got a couple of these lately:
>>
>> So this guy hacked my computer and caught me masturbating on my webcam
>> white visiting porn sites. He wants $500 in bitcoin (five hundred
>> dollars!) or he's going to encrypt/disable my computer.
>>
>> 1) I don't have a webcam.
>> 2) What difference does it make what he caught me doing? If he's on my
>> machine, he's on my machine regardless of what I was doing.
>> 3) How many phish do you reckon he's caught? I would hope if someone
>> was savvy enough to use bitcoin that they'd be savvy enough to know this
>> was a scam. But, it only takes one phish to make it worth his while.
>>
>
> Interestingly, just yesterday the police here in NL advised the public
> to totally ignore this new scam. They do not appear to have teeth.
>
As so often, I hit the send button to rapidly.
They also said that if you received such a message, your mail address
was probably hacked earlier from some internet site. Well, that seems
obvious.
--
Thomas
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On 7/27/2018 2:09 AM, Thomas de Groot wrote:
> They also said that if you received such a message, your mail address
> was probably hacked earlier from some internet site. Well, that seems
> obvious.
>
Whew! What a relief!
Mike
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Am 27.07.2018 um 04:57 schrieb dick balaska:
> I've got a couple of these lately:
>
> So this guy hacked my computer and caught me masturbating on my webcam
> white visiting porn sites. He wants $500 in bitcoin (five hundred
> dollars!) or he's going to encrypt/disable my computer.
>
> 1) I don't have a webcam.
Same here. Except, no threats (yet) to encrypt/disable my computer, but
rather he has me videotaped with the non-existing webcam, and he's going
to send the video to my boss.
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On 27-7-2018 15:19, clipka wrote:
> Am 27.07.2018 um 04:57 schrieb dick balaska:
>> I've got a couple of these lately:
>>
>> So this guy hacked my computer and caught me masturbating on my webcam
>> white visiting porn sites. He wants $500 in bitcoin (five hundred
>> dollars!) or he's going to encrypt/disable my computer.
>>
>> 1) I don't have a webcam.
>
> Same here. Except, no threats (yet) to encrypt/disable my computer, but
> rather he has me videotaped with the non-existing webcam, and he's going
> to send the video to my boss.
>
[shudder]
--
Thomas
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how about being phoned by Beijing frequently and if you answer the call having a
mute signal? Happens to me on cellphone, even to my parents on regular line.
weird...
I wonder if it's Wintermute being born from all internetworks and if it will
answer some day...
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On 30-7-2018 23:40, nemesis wrote:
> how about being phoned by Beijing frequently and if you answer the call having a
> mute signal? Happens to me on cellphone, even to my parents on regular line.
> weird...
>
> I wonder if it's Wintermute being born from all internetworks and if it will
> answer some day...
>
>
About ten years ago, That happened indeed with my regular land line
phone. I complained to the hone company who sent me a form on which to
note days and times of happening. Curiously, from then on, it never
happened again... go figure. I never had to note one single occurrence.
--
Thomas
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Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degroot org> wrote:
> On 30-7-2018 23:40, nemesis wrote:
> > how about being phoned by Beijing frequently and if you answer the call having a
> > mute signal? Happens to me on cellphone, even to my parents on regular line.
> > weird...
> >
> > I wonder if it's Wintermute being born from all internetworks and if it will
> > answer some day...
> >
> >
>
> About ten years ago, That happened indeed with my regular land line
> phone. I complained to the hone company who sent me a form on which to
> note days and times of happening. Curiously, from then on, it never
> happened again... go figure. I never had to note one single occurrence.
ah, Brazil... even for spam we're always late... Lol
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On 31-7-2018 18:44, nemesis wrote:
> Thomas de Groot <tho### [at] degrootorg> wrote:
>> On 30-7-2018 23:40, nemesis wrote:
>>> how about being phoned by Beijing frequently and if you answer the call having a
>>> mute signal? Happens to me on cellphone, even to my parents on regular line.
>>> weird...
>>>
>>> I wonder if it's Wintermute being born from all internetworks and if it will
>>> answer some day...
>>>
>>>
>>
>> About ten years ago, That happened indeed with my regular land line
>> phone. I complained to the hone company who sent me a form on which to
>> note days and times of happening. Curiously, from then on, it never
>> happened again... go figure. I never had to note one single occurrence.
>
>
> ah, Brazil... even for spam we're always late... Lol
>
I must say that, in my case, I am not sure if it was spam. I had just
got a new phone number after moving houses, and I have always wondered
if it was not the phone company which was at fault. I thought it was
very significant that the trouble ended the day I complained.
--
Thomas
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