Sextortion scam includes new threat of Pegasus–and a picture of your home

mock-possum wrote: post #4

I always have to remind myself that scams like these are poorly presented on purpose , to encourage only the most credulous marks to participate.

Probably because the boiler room indentured servant/foreign imported slave the scammer criminal gangs maintain would have difficulty extracting money from a mark with any level of sophistication or agency.

Re: Sextortion scam includes new threat of Pegasus–and a picture of your home

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Post by threecheese » Thu, Sep 12, 2024, 1:20 PM UTC

The coincidence of receiving one of these emails (with home picture), shortly followed by the first ever MacOS notification to upgrade from MalwareBytes Free for 40% off, and then seeing this MB post has me feeling … conspiratorial.

That email sure did raise my heart rate for a moment :)