Have you ever got an email blackmailing you to pay some ransom, purporting to be from a hacker who has hacked your account?

It is just spoofed email spam.

If you are unlucky enough to receive a sextortion spam email, don't panic and don't pay. Don't click any links on the email because it may contain malware.

The sad truth is that most victims have little to lose. It's a "spray and pray attack," a volume play executed by botnets, targeting a vast list of email addresses whereby a small percentage return will be lucrative. It's the ultimate in self-selection—the people targeted with the most to lose are most likely to respond.

Email spoofing in the News.

A simple Google search will give you many cases of this type of email spoofing where the scammers ask for money. We thought these three links below will give more details on how other parts of the World are affected.

• FBI: Sextortion Reports on the Rise.
• Symantec: The Rise of Email Extortion Scams.
• Malwarebytes: The lucrative business of Bitcoin sextortion scams

If you need any clarification on this type of email scam, contact us on our support email and we will be more than happy to assist. 

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