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Refund scam variant – 2023-02-02

Posted on February 2, 2023 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Scams like this aren’t uncommon. Basically the idea here is to get you to call the number on the “invoice”, where they will then give you all ...

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Blackmail variant – 2023-02-01

Posted on February 1, 2023 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Hi Brian Black, thanks for the content! Yeah I know you don’t actually have access to my email account, and I know you don’t have a video. And hopef...

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Blackmail variant – 2023-01-31

Posted on January 31, 2023 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

And another one… Remember, it’s stupid easy to spoof the from address in an email. And in my case, as I’ve said several times, I don’t h...

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Blackmail variant – 2023-01-28

Posted on January 28, 2023 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

An odd variant, but not the first time I’ve received one formatted like this. Interestingly is the fact the sender put the BTC wallet address in the subje...

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Blackmail variant – 2023-01-26

Posted on January 26, 2023 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Two new blackmail variants two days in a row… And this one is rather unique in that it plays on the fact that we’ve all probably received one of the...

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Blackmail variant – 2023-01-25

Posted on January 25, 2023 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Been a while since I’ve seen a new variant on the blackmail “we have you on video masturbating” scam email. Hi there! I regret to inform you a...

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Blackmail variant – 2022-12-15

Posted on December 16, 2022 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Another variant. This one came across with the subject “(~_~)”. On 2022-12-20, I received a similar email with badly-formed HTML as the body text wi...

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Geek Squad – 2022-11-28

Posted on November 28, 2022 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

This one came through with the subject “Verify and confirm your order @436753464758-DZXCDRTWETWET#!” from “nad iosa” (nadiosa19@gmail.co...

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Blackmail variant – 2022-11-23

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

Slight mutation on the one from Halloween. Hello there! Unfortunately, there are some bad news for you. Around several months ago I have obtained access to your...

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Geek Squad – 2022-11-23

Posted on November 23, 2022 by Kenneth Ballard / 0 Comment

‘Tis the season for scams, I guess. This came in with the subject “Account creation needs validation #768680#”. The area code for the phone nu...

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