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Great Phishing Stories Thread

Butch

Butch

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Over the years I have seen some great ones. I wish I had kept the "King of Cocolat" one.

Got a great one to my late wife the other day:

I know that calling -deleted- or visiting -deleted- would be a effective way to contact you in case you don't take action. Don't even try to escape from this. You've no idea what I'm capable of in San Jose. It's important you pay attention to this message right now. Take a moment to chil, breathe, and analyze it thoroughly. We're talking about something serious here, and I don't play games. You do not know anything about me whereas I know EVERYTHING about you and right now, you are thinking how, correct? Wel, you've been treading on thin ice with your browsing habits, scroling through those videos and clicking on links, stumbling upon some not-so-safe sites. I actua ly placed a Malware on a porn website & you accessed it to watch(know what I mean?). While you were watching those videos, your system began functioning as a RDP (Remote Control) which provided me with total accessibility to your device. I can peep at everything on your display, switch on your camera and mic, and you wouldn't have a clue. Oh, and I've got access to a l your emails, contacts, and social media accounts too. Been keeping tabs on your pathetic life for a while now. It's just your misfortune that I saw your blunder. I put in more days than I probably should have digging into your data. Extracted quite a bit of juicy info from your system. and I've seen it a l. Yeah, Yeah, I've got footage of you doing embarrassing things in your room (nice setup, by the way). I then developed videos and screenshots where on one side of the screen, there's whatever garbage you had been playing, and on the other part, it is someone doing inappropriate things. With simply a single click, I can send this filth to a l of your contacts. I see you are getting anxious, but let's get real. Genuinely, I want to wipe the slate clean, and let you continue with your daily life and forget you ever existed. I am going to present you two options. First Option is to disregard my message. You should know what is going to happen if you choose this path. Your video wil get sent to your contacts. The video was straight fire, and I can't even fathom the humiliation you' l endure when your coleagues, friends, and fam see it. But hey, that's life, ain't it? Don't be playing the victim here. Other wise choice is to pay me, and be confidential about it. We’ l ca l it my “privacy feeâ€. let me te l you what wil happen if you pick this choice. Your filthy secret wil remain your secret. I' l wipe everything clean once you come through with the payment.

Pl You' l transfer the payment by Bitcoin only. I want you to know I'm aiming for a win-win here. I am a man of my words.

Required Amount: $2000

My BTC Address: bc1qlclstlhv74tf4ker98jpre5mlprpq3v3e0ht6j Once you pay up, you' l sleep like a baby. I keep my word. Important: You have one day in order to make the payment and I wil only accept Bitcoin. I have a special pixel within this message, and right now I've been notified that you've read through this email. This email and Bitcoin address are custommade for you, untraceable. If you are unfamiliar with Bitcoin, google it. You can buy it online or through a Bitcoin ATM in your neighborhood. There's no point in replying to this email or negotiating, it's pointless my price is fixed.

As soon as you send the complete payment, my system wil inform me and I wil wipe out a l the dirt I got on you.

Remember if I catch that you've shared or discussed this message with someone else, the garbage wil instantly start getting sent to your contacts and I wil post a physical tape to a l of your neighborhood next week. And don't even think about turning off your phone or resetting it to factory settings, I already have a l your data. I don't make mistakes. Honestly, those online tips about covering your camera aren't as useless as they seem.

Now, I am waiting for my payment..
 
I'm still waiting for all my illicit search results a d photos to be shared with my contacts, I guess their ha d drive might have crashed because that was years ago :laughing
 
I’ve gotten that exact email. Unfortunately when they have your phone number and address in there to start things off, I bet that more than just a handful of people fall for it and pay up. Probably the kind of people who don’t have bitcoin. If that’s even what is involved when you click the ransom link. Or maybe it’s even worse and leads to a fake crypto “bank” that has you enter your real bank account info to “buy” the bitcoin and then your really boned.
 
I got some of those. Almost exact words and included a google earth pic of my street which I recognized but this faced across the street into the woods. Was fretting at first until it dawned on me that there was no way that info could even exist cuz I don’t perv around. Threats haven’t manifested yet either. Get them regular, probably because I opened one, but they change the senders name to something else weird and have that clip visible for the attachment. Never open them or anything else unidentified now. I don’t suppose there is a place to send them to get them caught.
 
Online blackmail...pervasive...only method of defense...live a clean life...ha!

One method of vetting an email, text or other communication that may be a phishing attempt is to check the UK. Their work day begins many time zones ahead of ours. If there is a virus, malware, phish, etc., more than likely it will show up there first. Sometimes Reuters is enough but have a link to a technical website or better, a friend that's a barrister, and you can stay ahead of the game.

This goes beyond online. Tap scams are now in the vogue. Someone convinces you to donate to a cause, you tap-to-pay with your phone, and the amount is far in excess to the agreed donation or purchase. Scam artist standing outside of your local grocery store with a good story to tell.

I know someone that fell for an elaborate ruse, where they received a phone call that their daughter (and husband) had been kidnapped. Initial info for verification was probably gleaned from daughter's social media accounts. As I debriefed the scammed individual, they had divulged further facts by responding to the 'kidnapper' and shouting out to the cries of their supposed distraught daughter.

Got clipped for $3,000. Harshly priced lesson. But not fully learned. Periodically ask, "Did you get a burner phone so you can call me the next time?" Answer is a shrug and looks at shoes.
 
Well, I have apparently been video'ed at work on the loo, tossing off to certain websites, and he has all the goods ready to spread around the world. We have portable phones at work that do not have cameras. I should probably send him my shares of IBIT. Advice please? :wave
 
Welp, that's a relief.

With so, so much on tap for others to be paranoid about disclosure, my colorings of slightly outside the lines don't merit notice. Well, that's only because I'm old enough to have backed off as the information age dawned.

My double safety is that the only video of me compromised is on beta tape. Remember that format? I doubt the tape still exists and, second, I doubt there is a functioning player in the vicinity of the tape.

So I'm good. Right?
 
BillSmith said:
Good in Florida? Plenty of folks there that still have their Lear Jet 8-track decks. Sony beta max is their new-fangled machines, still in the family room. Goyim, you are gornisht helfn.
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Well then, I'll suffer notoriety balanced by the bad guys not being able to un-see what they will have seen.

I suppose I can sort of dig being a point of stimulus when things need to get underway over in The Villages if I don't pay up. Don't intend to have my face in there anyway.
 
A friend with a professional office in Ohio was successfully caught by a phisher a few years back. He must have been actually stalked. They had a vid of him in his parked car in a park, pleasuring himself. They threatened to send it to all his contacts if he didn’t pay $20K. He refused to pay. He sent all his contacts some ‘splainin’ bout how he was sending selfies to his wife and then got blackmailed. The phisher actually sent the vid to his long contact list. Wonder how many folks pay.
 
900ss said:
Well, I have apparently been video'ed at work on the loo, tossing off to certain websites, and he has all the goods ready to spread around the world. We have portable phones at work that do not have cameras. I should probably send him my shares of IBIT. Advice please? :wave
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I also got that email :rofl
 
Back in the early 2000s I got a phone call from my mother. "Honey, you know I'm no fool, but this seems like it's too good to pass up on. Apparently your little brother has the same name as a Nigerian prince, and if I give them my bank account number, they'll link it to one the prince has in America that has been frozen. There will be $20 million in the account, and we will get to keep half, and they want us to transfer the other half to them. I'm only calling you because your stepfather doesn't think it's real and wanted me to ask our family Internet expert."

To this day, when she's mistaken, I'll say "Mom, I know you're no fool..."
 
Picked up the call to have the voice drop right into a spiel about the advantages of some nebulous Medicare Advantage plan.

When she paused I just said, quietly, 'bullshit'.

She said, "Well. . . .yeah." And hung up.
 
I got the car warranty people to stop calling me.

“I’m so glad you called, I definitely need coverage.”
Them, clearly excited, “What year, make and mileage is the vehicle?”
“2004 Ford F150 with 320k miles.”
“We can’t warranty that, please hang up.”
“But like you said, anything could fail at any time.”
“Sir, please hang up.”
“You called me, I NEED a warranty.”

He finally hung up and I haven’t gotten one of those calls ever since. It has been at least a year. :laughing
 
wazzuFreddo said:
I got the car warranty people to stop calling me.

“I’m so glad you called, I definitely need coverage.”
Them, clearly excited, “What year, make and mileage is the vehicle?”
“2004 Ford F150 with 320k miles.”
“We can’t warranty that, please hang up.”
“But like you said, anything could fail at any time.”
“Sir, please hang up.”
“You called me, I NEED a warranty.”

He finally hung up and I haven’t gotten one of those calls ever since. It has been at least a year. :laughing
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SNL is missing potential comedy gold. A snarky character each Saturday night having sport with a call scammer. Each week would be a fresh scam to joust against. And it would be free of the cringe they are afflicted with.
 
Not enough is being done to stop the senior fraud in this country.

It's been a problem for decades and will continue to get worse until it is taken seriously and the full power of the government is turned onto these scammers with the resources to track them and shut them down.

They took Billions during the pandemic and yet only millions have been spent to stop this crap.
 
… getting emails saying to pay my fast-track by going to the website and enter the letter Y.
I deleted it and report it as a scam
 
apparently, i have bought quite a lot of bitcoin lately. through an app that would ordinarily have the ability to process a financial charge, but i have never entered any information to enable it to do that. ‘payment confirmed, click this link to view your receipt.’ yeah, right.
 
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