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I wish that some office in the Justice department would make itself useful by exposing itself to such scams and baiting the scammers into exposing themselves. I know most of these are offshore based, but if they can be exposed, we can pressure those countries to extradite the scammed. If they don't cooperate, we should block all telecom access between them and the US.
I wish .gov/.mil would let our cyberwarfare trainees practice on the scammers. Make it look like the scammer is sending death threats to their dictator or local warlord, use stuxnet like viruses to turn off their cooling fans and crater their hard drives/SSDs, denial of service, etc.



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Posts: 23308 | Location: Northern Suburbs of Houston | Registered: November 14, 2005Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I got the same email then realized no camera on my computer. Roll Eyes
 
Posts: 1580 | Location: Ohio | Registered: May 27, 2008Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I got the same email then realized no camera on my computer. Roll Eyes


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Posts: 23543 | Location: Florida | Registered: November 07, 2008Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I got one and told my MIL about it. She said ask them if they can photoshop in a longer d*** into the video. God, I love my MIL! Oh, and by the way, I covered up the camera on my computer years ago.


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Posts: 83 | Location: Las Vegas, Nevada | Registered: April 09, 2018Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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But there are actual blackmail schemes that get people to do stuff in front of their camera because they think the other person is doing what they see them doing (it's just a video on the other end). This is after the person's social media accounts have been harvested of connecting people. Then the request for money goes on until there's no more to give.



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Posts: 19695 | Location: The Free State of Arizona - Ditat Deus | Registered: March 24, 2011Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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I have no camera with my desktop computer. Wife has a laptop w/an embedded camera; however, a small piece of black electrical tape covers it 24/7.


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Posts: 9058 | Location: Northern Virginia | Registered: November 04, 2005Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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You should be able to block the sender e-mail address. That's what I would suggest.
 
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Does your computer even have a camera?


Exactly. My dad got one of those and he said, "How could they do that if I don't have a camera on my computer?" They can't, ignore it and delete it.



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An electronic variation on the old joke:
Q: Do you have any pictures of your wife naked?
A:No!
Q: Want to buy some?


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Posts: 16116 | Location: Marquette MI | Registered: July 08, 2014Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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You can, but the email addresses are throwaways. They'll do one batch from one address, then start another address for the next batch. So blocking them is somewhat irrelevant.

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You should be able to block the sender e-mail address. That's what I would suggest.
 
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I got one too. I don’t have a computer.
 
Posts: 26935 | Location: Jerkwater, Texas | Registered: January 30, 2007Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Tell them they are too late - you already posted that video on Reddit !!
 
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baiting the scammers into exposing themselves

Scammer porn - what's next? Wink

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I think you made a mistake simply opening the email to begin with. If I don't recognize the sender I automatically delete the email without ever opening it. If I recognize the sender I still may delete the email if I wasn't expecting to receive a email from the sender. With all the scams, phishing attempts and malicious emails being sent out its just foolish to open any email from someone you don't know.
 
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Just tell them that you already have copies and are showing them to everyone. So far you've gotten 3k likes. *s*



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I've been wanting to do something lurid and nefarious, I just so seldom have the opportunity.




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Don’t respond to the email. Delete & go on your way.


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You can, but the email addresses are throwaways. They'll do one batch from one address, then start another address for the next batch. So blocking them is somewhat irrelevant.

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You should be able to block the sender e-mail address. That's what I would suggest.

Blocking the email address, or even the IP address/domain of the mail server, is like playing Whack-a-Mole.



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PSA
There are hacks that can activate the camera on your computer without your knowledge. If you have a camera, cover it when you aren't using it. You can buy slides that cover the lens on a laptop, tape works well. Most external cameras come with a cap.

It isn't anything dubious that you might be doing, it's tracking your everyday activity that might provide hackers details on your life.



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even with the elephant gun.
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The fact that you are considering that this common scam might actually be real has me wondering just what kind of dubious sexual things you've actually been doing in front of your computer and are therefore worried about...

On second thought, best to leave that one alone.


Is he a member of the male human species that has Internet? Then yes!


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