Email extortion scam with your iPhone password
Apparently, there are now millions of extortion emails circulating. These are called crypto blackmail, and like other scams, they're bothersome but meaningless. If you're receiving them (I started getting them every day on July 17) Chris Hoffman at How-to Geek wrote a great article that should give you comfort. What is CryptoBlackmail? As Hoffman says, "CryptoBlackmail is any sort of threat accompanied by a demand you pay money to a cryptocurrency address. Like traditional blackmail, it’s just a 'pay up or we’ll do something bad to you' threat." He offers these examples of CryptoBlackmail: Physical mail saying “ I know you cheated on your wife ,” and demanding the equivalent of $2000 in Bitcoin sent to an included Bitcoin address. Emails saying “ I’ve got an order to kill you ,” followed by a demand to pay $2800 in Bitcoin to call off the assassination. Emails claiming an attacker has placed malware on your computer and recorded you watching