What is Purtroppo, ho una cattiva notizia per te?
Salve! Purtroppo, ho una cattiva notizia per te is a new ‘sextortion’ scam that targets Italian users. This scam is a new version of the already well-known scam, which spreads through spam email campaigns. The scammers slightly modified the original text and translated it into Italian, preserving the meaning of the text. The size of the ransom has also changed, with the scammers now demanding 1550€ from their victims. In addition, scammers are now using new bitcoin wallet (1QKZCTBVX49ANvHzwFWPvRhuJdhvqutoV3). Otherwise, everything remained the same, the scammers sent this scam to thousands of users, hoping that a few of them would be naive enough to pay the required ransom.
The “Salve! Purtroppo, ho una cattiva notizia per te” message is a new EMAIL SCAM
“Purtroppo, ho una cattiva notizia per te” email message is new variant of the sextortion scam. Sextortion emails say that hackers hacked into the computer/phone/email account and recorded the victim visiting adult sites. They threaten to distribute the video to the victim’s family and friends, unless the victim pay into hackers bitcoin account. It is a scam. The people behind these emails are scammers. Don’t pay them anyway!
Threat Summary
| Type | Bitcoin Blackmail Scam, Sextortion Scam |
|---|---|
| Ransom amount | 1550€ |
| BTC Wallet | 1QKZCTBVX49ANvHzwFWPvRhuJdhvqutoV3 |
Prima di tutto, lascia che mi presenti, faccio il programmatore, Ho monitorato il vostro dispositivo sulla rete per molto tempo, Come puoi vedere, questa e-mail proviene dal tuo account are other variants of the sextortion scams aimed at Italian users. All claims and threats made in sextortion emails are false. Therefore, recipients are not in danger, sextortion emails can be safely ignored.
In order to know more about the sextortion scam and how to protect yourself, please read the article Unfortunately, there are some bad news for you Email Scam.
