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New scam accuses you of child abuse, offers to remove evidence

A new twist to sextortion, the cybercrime that gets its name because it melds sex with extortion. Instead of asking to pay to have a video file deleted, it’s inviting you to pay for a corrupt law enforcement official to alter the course of an investigation. The case number, agents name and Bitcoin address change every time, but the rest remains the same: send money to buy your way out of a criminal case. The good news, if you can call it good, is that in this instance the crooks are going too far to be believable.”]

Source: https://nakedsecurity.sophos.com/2019/03/19/cia-bribery-scam-crooks-offer-to-erase-child-abuse-evidence-for-10000/

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