Threat Database Adware 'I'm a programmer who cracked your email account' Scam

'I'm a programmer who cracked your email account' Scam

By GoldSparrow in Adware

The 'I'm a programmer who cracked your email account' scam refers to a wave of spam emails that were reported by Web users in October 2018. The 'I'm a programmer who cracked your email account' scam relies on phishing email that may include listings of sites you like to visit and email accounts that you may have used in the past to scare you. The emails associated with this tactic feature subject lines like ' is compromised. Password must be changed' and begin with 'I'm a programmer who cracked your email account.' The 'I'm a programmer who cracked your email account' emails are likely to suggest that you have been recorded via your Webcam while you were visiting pornographic sites. Also, the 'I'm a programmer who cracked your email account' scam may leverage the names of popular banks and lead you to believe that your credit card data has been recorded too.

The con artists behind the 'I'm a programmer who cracked your email account' scam are reported to ask the users for a "silence fee" of $870 lest they sent compromising photos to their relatives. The money requested in the 'I'm a programmer who cracked your email account' scam is to be paid via Bitcoin ($870 is approximately 0.14 BTC) promptly. However, you should ignore the 'I'm a programmer who cracked your email account' messages and block the sender's email address. You should not respond to messages that attempt to extort money from you even if they include details like your social media profile and email address. These details may have been extracted from poorly protected sites where you have a registration. As long as you do not download files attached to the 'I'm a programmer who cracked your email account' emails you should be fine. The 'I'm a programmer who cracked your email account' scam uses the following email body:

'Hello!

I'm a programmer who cracked your email account and device about half year ago.
You entered a password on one of the insecure site you visited, and I catched it.
Your password from *******@***********.com on moment of crack: -***********

Of course you can will change your password, or already made it.
But it doesn't matter, my rat software update it every time.

Please don't try to contact me or find me, it is impossible, since I sent you an email from your email account.

Through your e-mail, I uploaded malicious code to your Operation System.
I saved all of your contacts with friends, colleagues, relatives and a complete history of visits to the Internet resources.
Also I installed a rat software on your device and long tome spying for you.

You are not my only victim, I usually lock devices and ask for a ransom.
But I was struck by the sites of intimate content that you very often visit.

I am in shock of your reach fantasies! Wow! I've never seen anything like this!
I did not even know that SUCH content could be so exciting!

So, when you had fun on intime sites (you know what I mean!)
I made screenshot with using my program from your camera of yours device.
After that, I jointed them to the content of the currently viewed site.

Will be funny when I send these photos to your contacts! And if your relatives see it?
BUT I'm sure you don't want it. I definitely would not want to ...

I will not do this if you pay me a little amount.
I think $825 is a nice price for it!

I accept only Bitcoins.
My BTC wallet: 1BncH5WxBSYJ6mmcJC9bCRxQ6Z1evvtRxk

If you have difficulty with this - Ask Google "how to make a payment on a bitcoin wallet". It's easy.
After receiving the above amount, all your data will be immediately removed automatically.
My virus will also will be destroy itself from your operating system.

My Trojan have auto alert, after this email is looked, I will be know it!

You have 2 days (48 hours) for make a payment.'

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