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New bitcoin sextortion scams in Canada use images of victims’ properties

By Editorial Board Published October 17, 2024 2 Min Read
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New bitcoin sextortion scams in Canada use images of victims’ properties

On each coasts of Canada, residents are receiving “unnerving” letters demanding $1,900 in bitcoin or threat having their nudes and soiled browser historical past despatched to their family members.

Whereas these bitcoin sextortion scams are nothing new, fraudsters at the moment are utilizing Google Maps streetview to idiot victims into pondering that scammers have been standing exterior their properties.

York Regional Police (YRP) have just lately warned these within the Higher Toronto area that fraudsters are more and more utilizing publicly out there info to seem authentic. Passwords, addresses, cellphone numbers, social media accounts, and extra are all simply discovered if victims have been a part of a third-party knowledge breach, for instance.

Certainly, with out including these particulars, bitcoin sextortion letters can learn like they have been despatched by your annoying little nephew.

That is *ideas fedora* coded (picture by way of YRP).

“I suggest you read this message carefully,” reads one letter shared by the YRP. “Take a moment to chill, breathe, and analyze it thoroughly. ‘Cause we’re about to discuss a deal between you and me, and I ain’t playing games.”

Some sentences even learn just like the lyrics of a music (that might slap). “Yeah, Yeah, I’ve got footage of you doing filthy things in your room (nice setup, by the way).”

In response to a spokesperson for the North Vancouver RCMP, all reported bitcoin sextortion threats have fortunately been empty.

What’s extra, it looks as if victims aren’t simply satisfied by these letters. Protos examined a bitcoin tackle despatched to a number of sextortion victims, which confirmed zero transactions and a steadiness of $0.

That mentioned, anybody who receives these messages are suggested to brush their units for malware, instantly report the incident to native police, and to by no means ship a dime.

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