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'I have some bad news for you' Email Scam

Posted: September 29, 2020

The 'I have some bad news for you' email scam is a corrupted message that many users around the world may have received in their inbox recently. The message claims that the users' devices have been compromised by threatening Trojans for a few months. The attacker has managed to collect a lot of data about their contacts, profiles, and other information during this period. They also state that they recently used the computer's Web camera and microphone to record the users while they were browsing adult websites, and threaten to send the recorded content to all of the user's contacts. They promise not to do this only if they receive a payment of $1,500 via Bitcoin.

You should never trust random email messages that claim that your computer has been infected by a threatening virus if the sender asks you to pay a ransom fee to avoid certain consequences, especially. The 'I have some bad news for you' email scam is not truthful at all, and you can rest assured that the sender of this corrupted message has not managed to plant any malware on your computer. Paying the ransom asked is out of the question.

After receiving the 'I have some bad news for you' email scam message, the only things you can do are to ignore the ridiculous demands of the fraudsters and then report their email address.

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