ALERT : BITCOIN BOMBERS
Do not dial 911, do not call the bomb squad, do not send money!
It all started after the LinkedIN hack, and has grown to epidemic scale. Cyber criminals around the globe capitalizing on crime friendly ISPs, VPN and open proxy servers to extort money through email and threats. The scam works perfectly because bitcoin and blockchain are designed to be untrackable and untouchable — there’s no money trail. It started out innocently enough with threats of porn videos, but now has grown to bomb threats.
Folks, it’s a hoax.
Some people have taken it very seriously making these low life criminals a lot of money. Share this :
How do I know it’s a hoax?
I’ve been following this trend since the fall. It’s a cut and paste message sent to anyone and everyone. Today, we are beginning to realize there may even be a botnet or some form of automation involved. One series used the same email address repeatedly changing only a serial number — another series sent the exact same email repeatedly, changing only the amount and the blockchain wallet address. Read the message above, received yesterday, and consider that I don’t have a business! I retired and sold the building several years ago!
See:
- LinkedIN breach brings cyber crime blackmail — Have you ever been blackmailed? Have you ever received a threat that you would be harmed in some way if you didn’t send bitcoin money to some cyber criminal somewhere?
- Another wave of bitcoin blackmail, and a ransom note — Why did the cyber crime industry came up with bitcoin? I don’t know, but cyber crime cartels, black hat operatives, loan-wolf hackers, terrorists and subversive governments love bitcoin and blockchain because it gives them the cover of complete anonymity!
IF YOU GET ONE OF THESE EMAILS, do not respond, and click DELETE.
… and thanks for reading
