- What is This ?
Sextortion Scam is an emerging scam in the field of IT. When it comes about cyber security we must know about on what forums we really need to apply. Sextortion is basically an emerging scam in which a group of strangers are threatening to different people.They claim to have recorded the person on their webcam and if the victim do not pay ransom so they will leak the videos and private data to the friends and family.
- Now the question arise how they threaten you ?
well they usually send you emails and those mails contain passwords that the person has used in the past. This is the only thing they have to blackmail you.
Most people will believe if they receive such mail as how else can they have their password. This is how this scams kicks in.
- Most of my blog viewers will want to know that how they get your old passwords?
As major email servers have been hacked in the past years .The hackers sell the username and password that they gained through hacking.Let me give you an example Hotmail was hacked a while ago and that is how lots of usernames and passwords for all Hotmail accounts were leaked online. Then people purchase these mails and passwords and this how they send you an email claiming to have access to your webcam.
- Conclusion
Actually they are playing with human's mind . They do not have your such kind of data . All they are doing to get ransom. All you need is to immediately change your password. Secondly if anyone receive such mails , Do not believe them just ignore it or to block them from your email account.
Safety is better than Sorry 🌝
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