Myantispyware team discovered a new variant of the “You may not know me” email scam that uses the 1J9iAfnHhvhhMrP7c8n3bmvWh6CcjjynUt Bitcoin wallet account to get money from its victims. Like previous versions of this scam, it is distributed through spam emails. In addition to the similarities with previous versions, there are several differences. We will talk about them below.
1J9iAfnHhvhhMrP7c8n3bmvWh6CcjjynUt Bitcoin Email Scam
Threat Summary
| Type | Bitcoin Blackmail Scam |
|---|---|
| Ransom amount | $878 |
| BTC Wallet | 1J9iAfnHhvhhMrP7c8n3bmvWh6CcjjynUt |
In the new version of the email scam, the message text is partially replaced, in addition, in order to prevent spam filters from blocking these messages, attackers replaced some of the characters, namely ‘o’ and ‘a’, with ‘ö’ and ‘ä’, which are their equivalents in other languages. Below we give an example of this scam.
Yöu mäy nöt knöw me änd yöu äre pröbäbly wöndering why yöu äre getting this e mäil, right?
I’ve been öbservätiön yöu för ä few three mönths. The tränsäctiön is thät yöu were cöntäminäted with mälwäre thröugh än ädult site thät yöu visited. If yöu dön’t knöw äböut it, I’ll tell yöu.Tröjän Virus gives me full äccess änd cöntröl yöur devices.Is meäns thät I cän see everything ön yöur screen, turn ön the cämerä änd micröphöne, but yöu dö nöt knöw äböut it. I älsö häve äccess tö äll yöur cöntäcts änd äll yöur cörrespöndence.
I äm in älärm öf yöur sexuäl äröusäl fäntäsies!
I mäde videö fröm yöur cämerä lens fröm yöurs devices.
Yöu reläxes, I recörd videö.
I mäde äccumulätiön yöur cöntäcts änd files.
I wänt 878 $ tö my %Bitcöin
My _Bitcöin cöin purse1J9iAfnHhvhhMrP7c8n3bmvWh6CcjjynUt
If YöU dön’t cönveyänce %Bitcöin. I shäre this stun öf yöur repröductiön fäntäsies. With yöurs cöntäcts!
If yöu dö nöt knöw höw tö dö this – enter intö Göögle@
#höw tö tränsfer möney tö ä Bitcöin/ wället+Yöu Häve Time – 45 höurs.
Yöu see grämmäticäl mistäkes? Yes! I dö this speciäl, tö nöt find me. äll electrönic mäil & äpple häve änälyze writing style.
My emäil: [edited]@great-wall37.xyz
yöur persönäl mailkey=[edited
In order to know more about this bitcoin email scam and how to protect yourself, please read the article You may not know me Bitcoin blackmail scam.
