If you receive the “Final Warning” email that threatens to release an explicit video of you watching pornography, you can ignore it. This email falls into the sextortion scam category, and all of its contents are false. There is no malware on your computer, nor is there a video of you watching pornography.
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The “Donation Grant For You” email falls into the spam email category. It’s a very common type of email that claims recipients have been selected to receive a large sum of money. This particular email claims that you will receive a donation of $8.5 million, supposedly from Mackenzie Scott, who is known for having donated large sums of money to various…
Summon To Court For Pedophilia refers to a fake email that claims the recipient has been accused of sexual assault, pedophilia, and possessing child pornography videos. Senders claim to be law enforcement agencies and ask that recipients respond with their justifications. The email is part of an email scam campaign that likely intends to trick users into paying thousands of dollars.…
The “I Have To Share Bad News With You” email falls into the sextortion scam email category. It’s a fake email that claims malware has been installed on your device and an explicit video of you watching pornography has been made. The sender threatens to send the video to all of your contacts unless you agree to pay $950 in…
“I actually installed a Malware on porn website” is a scam email that falls into the sextortion email category. The email falsy claims that the recipient’s computer is infected with malware, which allowed them to turn on the microphone/camera and make an explicit video of the recipient watching pornography. The contents of the email are completely false. The email is…
The “You’ve Been Hacked!” email is a type of extortion scam email that falsely claims the recipient’s computer has been hacked. The sender claims to have stolen all the information in the computer and threatens to reveal it if a payment of $250 is not made to the provided Bitcoin wallet address. Paying would be a waste of money because the…
The “I am a Hacker Who Has Access To Your Operating System” email scam is classified as a sextortion email scam. It’s a very generic attempt to trick users into sending scammers money in exchange for not releasing a non-existent explicit video to users’ contacts. The email is nothing more than a scam and can be ignored.
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Qual ransomware is file-encrypting malware from the Djvu/STOP ransomware family. The .qual extension added to encrypted file names can identify the ransomware. Unfortunately, the ransomware will encrypt all personal files and request a payment to recover them. At the moment, only users who have backups can recover files for free.
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“Online Internet Banking Security Center” pop-up is classified as a tech support scam. This type of scam falsely informs users that their computers have been infected with malware. Users are prompted to call the provided phone number to get assistance with removing the malware. Users who call are connected to scammers pretending to work for legitimate companies like Microsoft or…
“You Are One Of A Kind” email is classified as a sextortion scam email. The email falsely claims that a video of the recipient watching pornography will be sent to all their contacts if they do not agree to pay $1280. The email is nothing more than a scam and can be ignored.
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