The fact that they have it gives the whole scam an illusion of legitimacy. The ace up the scammer’s sleeve here is your password. The scammer wants to embarrass you with this idea of a video, hoping to scare you into paying without thinking. First things first - is there really a compromising video of you taken by your own webcam? You are the only person who knows if that’s even possible, but even if you feel it could be true, our research on this current scam has proven so far that these claims are false. Now let’s take a closer look at this scam. To further the discomfort, the scammer adds that the video has been rendered in a split-screen format that shows the actual XXX clip you were watching alongside your real-time reactions to it. In the examples we’ve seen, the amount requested ranges from $1900 to $7000 (and it could be more). The scammer threatens to send the video to everyone in your contacts if you don’t make a bitcoin payment to the provided address. It hits you with a one-two punch of first showing that it knows your password, then telling you a compromising video exists (taken with your own webcam) of you watching porn. A popular new email scam claims to have video of you - don’t worry, it doesn’t.Ī titillating new scam has hit the scene, but don’t let it work you up.
