A fresh take on the classic sextortion scam is making the rounds, with several reports confirming a new wrinkle in approach: The inclusion of a legitimate password in the email for the campaign. The emails offer, as proof of compromise, a password associated with the target s online accounts. The passwords were almost a decade old, according to white-hat researcher who went by SecGuru on Twitter. In the case, the demand is $1,400 for a video of the person watching porn to be sent to all contacts.
Source: https://threatpost.com/sextortionists-shift-scare-tactics-to-include-legit-passwords/133960/