Sextortion scam includes new threat of Pegasus–and a picture of your home

[mock-possum]

I always have to remind myself that scams like these are poorly presented on purpose, to encourage only the most credulous marks to participate.

[hi-v-rocknroll]

Probably because the boiler room indentured servant/foreign imported slave the scammer criminal gangs maintain would have difficulty extracting money from a mark with any level of sophistication or agency.

[ghostpepper]

More details in the original article here

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/09/sextortion-scams-now-inc...

[threecheese]

The coincidence of receiving one of these emails (with home picture), shortly followed by the first ever MacOS notification to upgrade from MalwareBytes Free for 40% off, and then seeing this MB post has me feeling … conspiratorial.

That email sure did raise my heart rate for a moment :)