A particularly nasty sextortion Bitcoin scam from at least the middle of 2018 is making the rounds again. The scam involves making use of old breach dumps, then emailing someone from the list and reminding them of their old password. Pressure is then applied to start sending over some Bitcoinor else. One of the more eye-popping claims is that the scammer has video of the user viewing adult websites, and they will share this video with all the users contacts unless they pony up and pay a Bitcoin ransom.”]
Source: https://blog.malwarebytes.com/cybercrime/2019/02/sextortion-bitcoin-scam-makes-unwelcome-return/