Myantispyware team discovered a new variant of the “I am a hacker who has access to your operating system” email scam. In order to bypass spam blockers and spam filters, the authors of this scam made a change to the text of emails. Attackers replaced some characters of the English language with their equivalents from other languages, and also began to use a new Bitcoin wallet. The size of the ransom changed to 920 dollars.
Î am a hacker who haș acceșș to your operatîng șyștem EMAIL SCAM
The full text of the email scam is:
H¡gh level of r¡sk. Your account has been hacked. Change yøur passwørd.
Hello!Î am a hacker who haș acceșș to your operatîng șyștem.
Î alșo have full acceșș to your account.Thîș meanș that î have full acceșș to your devîce: At the tîme of hackîng your account (***) had thîș pașșword: ***
You can șay: thîș îș my, but old pașșword!
Or: î can change my pașșword at any tîme!Of courșe! You wîll be rîght,
but the fact îș that when you change the pașșword, my malîcîouș code every tîme șaved a new one!Î’ve been watchîng you for a few monthș now.
The fact îș that you were înfected wîth malware through an adult șîte that you vîșîted.îf you are not famîlîar wîth thîș, î wîll explaîn.
Trojan Vîruș gîveș me full acceșș and control over a computer or other devîce.
Thîș meanș that î can șee everythîng on your șcreen, turn on the camera and mîcrophone, but you do not know about ît.Î alșo have acceșș to all your contactș and all your correșpondence.
Why your antîvîruș dîd not detect malware?
Anșwer: My malware ușeș the drîver, î update îtș șîgnatureș every 4 hourș șo that your antîvîruș îș șîlent.Î made a vîdeo șhowîng how you mașturbate on the left half of the șcreen, and în the rîght half you șee the vîdeo that you watched. Wîth one clîck of the moușe,
Î can șend thîș vîdeo to all your emaîlș and contactș on șocîal networkș. î can alșo poșt acceșș to all your e-maîl correșpondence and meșșengerș that you ușe.Îf you want to prevent thîș, tranșfer the amount of $920 to my bîtcoîn addreșș (îf you do not know how to do thîș, wrîte to Google: ‘Buy BTC’).
My bîtcoîn addreșș (BTC Wallet) îș: ########################################
After receîvîng the payment, î wîll delete the vîdeo and you wîll never hear me agaîn.
Î gîve you 48 hourș to pay.
Î have a notîce readîng thîș letter, and the tîmer wîll work when you șee thîș letter.
Fîlîng a complaînt șomewhere doeș not make șenșe becaușe thîș emaîl cannot be tracked lîke my bîtcoîn addreșș.
Î do not make any mîștakeș.Îf î fînd that you have șhared thîș meșșage wîth șomeone elșe, the vîdeo wîll be îmmedîately dîștrîbuted.
Beșt regardș!
Threat Summary
| Type | Bitcoin Blackmail Scam |
|---|---|
| Email Subject | H¡gh level of r¡sk. Your account has been hacked. Change yøur passwørd. |
| Ransom amount | $920 |
In order to know more about bitcoin email scam and how to protect yourself, please read the article I am a hacker who has access to your operating system EMAIL SCAM.
